Today’s guest author is Angie, who shared her story of premature birth due to pre-eclampsia for Pre-eclampsia Awareness Day. My husband and I married in 2009. We knew we wanted our own family and were eager to welcome our first baby, Adriana, in April 2010. We knew after we had Adriana that we wanted a […]
Today’s guest author is Leslie. As a preemie mom herself, Leslie was able to help in welcoming a friend home after she experienced the birth of her own preemie. My twins were born at 28 weeks gestation and spent 74 days in the NICU. I was terrified. Because of the risks of infection, we did […]
Today’s guest author, Jamie Lynn, can be followed on her personal blog. I am a mother of two amazing little boys. I had my first son, Kairael at 37 weeks in 2008. I am a brittle diabetic and spent quite a lot of time in and out of the hospital during my pregnancy. I went […]
Anne Richter is a graduate of the College of William and Mary and New York Law School. She works as a partner at McManus & Richter, P.C. in New York City. Anne’s daughter Eliza Grace was born in 2006 at 26 weeks and weighed 1 pound 4 ounces. Eliza had a very difficult course in […]
I’ve lost count of the number of times people have said to me with wide eyed expressions “How are you alive?” Many times people look at me and shake their heads. It’s a will and a drive from deep within that pushes me forward every time I’m up against a wall of struggle. How is […]
Today we’re excited to feature a story and photos from Kristen, mom to a 26-weeker who was born unexpectedly and overcame many challenges before finally making it home after 100 days. If you’d like to be a part of our Prematurity Voices series, email your story and photos to christa@grahamsfoundation.org. This is my gorgeous girl […]
For Prematurity Awareness Month and beyond, we are continuing our series Prematurity Voices, where we give parents of preemies a place to share their story in their own words. This is Jenny’s story – and Joshua’s – about what parents have to do and what they can’t do for their preemies. On May 31, during […]
Angela gave birth unexpectedly to son Max at just 26 weeks along with almost no warning at all. HELLP syndrome was behind her early birth, but she didn’t fit the profile. Luckily, her medical team took her concerns seriously and she and Max are here today. This is her story as told in her own […]
As many parents of preemies know, writing can lead to healing. It’s no substitute for prematurity support, of course, but it’s something moms and dads can do when support is slow in coming or there seem to be no spoken words that can express the pain and fear that can accompany a baby’s early arrival. […]
Rebecca, the blogger behind Cheering On Charlie (which you can find in our resources section of the site) invited us to repost her prematurity story (which will appear in two parts) on our blog. It originally appeared here. My husband and I decided early in our marriage that we were not baby people. We were […]
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