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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...
There is a special job in the NICU that is “Family Support Specialist.” This person has the opportunity to walk alongside families through their...
Part 1. My reflections as a veteran nurse on the evolution of NIDCAP Care in our NICU I retired from work recently. I started...
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...
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...
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...