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Featured Parent

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We regularly ask special preemie parents to share their stories on our blog and are happy to consider publishing any mom or dad's story of premature birth and beyond in an upcoming post. To submit your story, email it along with photos to jennifer.m@gmail.com.

Prematurity is....

Prematurity is….

By Featured Parent on November 22, 2022

“Premature birth can happen to anyone, at any time in their life. It can happen to you, your child, your grandchild, your best friend; it does not discriminate in who it chooses or why.”

Categories: Mothers of Preemies, Preemie Parent Voices
Tags: #micropreemie, #nicusupport, #preemiesupport, #prematurityawareness
Lessons from the NICU

Lessons from the NICU

By Featured Parent on November 3, 2022

“I’m not sure you ever really heal from the NICU experience but doing what you can to prepare yourself mentally to be the best mother you can be when your baby does come home is so important.”

Categories: Preemie Parent Voices
Tags: birth stories, IVF, micro preemie twins, micropreemies, preemie
What Does Being a Loss Mom Mean

What Does Being a Loss Mom Mean

By Featured Parent on October 18, 2022

“She asked me a question that I had not been asked before: Define what a loss mom is.” 

Categories: Preemie Parent Voices
Tags: loss, preemie, preemie loss, Pregnancy and infant loss Awareness
157 Days

157 Days

By Featured Parent on October 12, 2022

The NICU is a place that changes a person.  The sounds of babies crying and alarms sounding every second and lights flashing creates an environment of chaos and constant panic.

Categories: Preemie Parent Voices
Tags: birth stories, micropreemie, micropreemietwins, preemie, twins
Leaving My Heart Behind (part 4 of 6)

Leaving My Heart Behind (part 4 of 6)

By Featured Parent on September 28, 2022

It was truly an up and down rollercoaster trying to understand everything that was happening, trying to understand what all the dings and chimes and lines on the monitors meant, trying to decipher if the news we were receiving was sugar coated or really good news.  

Categories: Life in the NICU, Mothers of Preemies, Preemie Parent Voices
Tags: micropreemie, NICU, nicu journey, preemie, Preemie support, pregnancy stories
The Delivery (part 3 of 6)

The Delivery (part 3 of 6)

By Featured Parent on September 21, 2022

After being admitted into the hospital at 21 weeks pregnant with twins due to my daughter’s sac rupturing, I was starting to be ok with the fact that I would be spending four months on hospital bedrest.

Categories: Life in the NICU, Mothers of Preemies, Preemie Multiples, Preemie Parent Voices
Tags: birth stories, micro preemie twins, micropreemies, multiples, NICU, preemie, preemietwins, pregnancy stories, twins
The 23 Week Mark (part 2 of 6)

The 23 Week Mark (part 2 of 6)

By Featured Parent on September 16, 2022

by Megan Ueckert Pregnant with my perfect little twins, I was put on hospital bed rest after learning my daughter’s sac had ruptured at only 21 weeks of pregnancy.  I spent the first few nights in a labor and delivery room where the nurses kept telling us the next few days were critical, almost like a […]

Categories: Mothers of Preemies, Preemie Multiples, Preemie Parent Voices
Tags: bedrest, micropreemie, micropreemietwins, multiples, preemie, pregnancy stories, Stories Along the Preemie Journey
The Journey Begins (part 1 of 6)

The Journey Begins (part 1 of 6)

By Featured Parent on September 14, 2022

” I didn’t know anyone who had gone through this.  I had heard there was a possibility I would need to go on bedrest towards the end of my pregnancy but didn’t really understand why.  I had no clue this hospital would become my new home and had no idea the journey that our family was embarking upon.”

Categories: Life in the NICU, Mothers of Preemies, Parenting Preemies, Preemie Parent Voices
Tags: bedrest, micropreemies, preemie, preemie story, preemie twins, pregnancy stories
The First One

The First One

By Featured Parent on June 19, 2022

“Fathers’ Day holds a special significance for me as it was the first day I ever held my son. I have to admit that becoming a Dad as early as I did came as an enormous shock, as it would anyone in that situation, but I kept telling people I didn’t ‘feel’ like a parent. I just was *there*.”

Categories: Fathers of Preemies, Preemie Parent Voices
Tags: NICU, NICU Dad, NICU support, preemie, Preemie dad, preemie parents
Advice to NICU Parents from a NICU Parent

Advice to NICU Parents from a NICU Parent

By Featured Parent on May 3, 2022

by Kimberly Solis For all parents, be physically present and be involved in their daily care like changing their diapers, feeding time, and bath care. Your presence alone means so much for your little one in overcoming this traumatic and stressful moment in their life.  Don’t be afraid to let the doctors and nurses know […]

Categories: Life in the NICU, Preemie Parent Voices
Tags: #nicu, #nicuparent, #parentsofpreemiesday, #preemieadvice, #preemiebaby, #preemiejourney
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