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7 Things I Wish People Knew About Prematurity

Pregnancy is supposed to be easy, but sometimes your baby girl or baby boy ends up in the neonatal intensive care unit. Some friends and family think they understand what you’re going through, but here’s 7 things I wish people knew about prematurity, its effects on a family and how to help someone in the NICU.

Five years ago prematurity happened to our family. Out of the blue, it sucker punched us. Looking back, there are lots of things I’d tell myself – accept help, take…

The Preemie Goes to Preschool {and other things I never thought I’d say}

Just look at those eyelashes. Go ahead, I’ll wait. For my new(er) readers you may not know the whole Luke story. The long and short of it? He got a…

HDYDI: You (or a friend) is in the NICU. What do you do?

The NICU sucks eggs. Most of my readers know that we endured a 44-day neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) stay with our fifth child, Luke. While we were there, so…

5 Things I Wish I Would’ve Known About Post-NICU Motherhood

I’m the mom of six—teenager to newborn. No, I’m not certifiably crazy, but there are days I wonder. Two of my children were born premature. One skated home two days…

37 Weeks: The Words Every Preemie Mom Dreams to Hear

BL, as in “before Luke” I could often be found saying, “Oh, I hope I deliver early, because I am miserable.” Then we endured a living 44-day hell, plus some,…