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My daughter was born 5 years ago at the Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba, Israel. She was almost 4 months premature, at 26...
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My daughter was born 5 years ago at the Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba, Israel. She was almost 4 months premature, at 26...
Along the entrance corridor to our NICU, flat television screens show colorful pictures of our premature babies, as NICU patients and graduates of all...
There is a special job in the NICU that is “Family Support Specialist.” This person has the opportunity to walk alongside families through their...
I joined the NIDCAP Federation International in 2017 after attending their annual NIDCAP Trainers Meeting in Edmonton, Canada. NIDCAP stands for Newborn Individualized Developmental...
Admission to the neonatal unit occurs during a sensitive period of development. The first 1,000 days of life from conception to age three is...
Just 7 days earlier, I had an OBGYN visit. After a great visit, I asked other moms of multiples if they thought I would...
In 2008, following the deaths of my children, I went home from the hospital feeling empty and broken-hearted. I simply wanted to close my...
It was the summer of 2008 and I spent the most wonderful vacation carrying my twin baby girls. At our 21 week antenatal check-up...
Leaving the secure if somewhat claustrophobic bubble of the NICU after three months was tinged with many conflicting emotions. We so desperately wanted to be...
My perceptions of motherhood prior to the birth of Amelia were filled with moments of touching, loving, holding, breathing in her smell, caressing and...
It was September 7, 2003 and I had been on bed rest for a little over a day. The day before I had been...
May 2006, strolling along the sun-kissed shores of the Indian Ocean, having spent 16 glorious days on the beautiful island of Mauritius, I turned...