You be You
A question I’ve heard a lot in the past few months is, “What about my child at home, while my baby is in the NICU?” The part of many prematurity stories that is often left out, is other children in the family. A baby coming early effects a whole family, everyone loses out on the […]
Continued from: The Day My Daughter Almost Died- Alice’s Fight With NEC (Part 1) “The plan was to take her and start heading to Chapel Hill, but probably we would be diverted to Greenville, as they were more likely to take her. So, the ambulance was going to get on the road, and we were going […]
“She laughed for the first time today. Like, a real laugh. Its hard to pin down the feelings I had while it happened. Of course, her brother would be the first to make her hearty laugh. Recently she has become quite smitten with him. She smiles as he gets close, her eyes start to flutter […]
Awareness: noun 1. the state or condition of being aware; having knowledge; consciousness: September is NICU Awareness Month. So, what does that mean? Well, Awareness is about having knowledge and consciousness. Most people, who have not had an experience in the NICU, don’t think of it, and many don’t know exactly what it is or what […]
NEC: “Necrotizing enterocolitis is a serious disease that occurs when the intestinal tissue become damaged and begins to die. It most often affects premature infants. Common symptoms include bloating or swelling in the abdomen, bloody stools, and diarrhea.” -Healthline.com The day before her one month birthday, two days after Christmas. Two days […]
They tell you to have a birth plan. The books, the doctors, whatever labor & delivery class you wind up at. Some of them might include the disclaimer that birth plans sometimes need to be adjusted. Most of them won’t. If you start reading the mommy boards on Facebook, or some of the pregnancy support […]
