10 things I got from the NICU

My second child was a preemie. I like to share my thoughts and feelings about this experience to help other who may be going through the same thing. 1.Schedules are cool. I never thought I would get a positive experience from having a NICU baby, but when she came home, she was on a schedule [...]

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Pre-e and what I felt

I had pre-eclampsia and HELLP syndrome. My baby was born 6 weeks early and spent time in the NICU. You are a crazy field of emotions in any pregnancy and birth, compound that with being sick and in my case I was just sad and disappointed. At the time of birth and the time in [...]

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10 things pre-eclampsia taught me

May is pre-eclampsia awareness month and as a survivor I want to do all I can to help others be aware of this condition. Here is my list of 10 things pre-eclampsia taught me: 1. Life is not planned. You can prep for a baby all you want and get ready, but when you develop [...]

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Pre-e & me

May is pre-eclampsia awareness month. If you’ve never had it, it’s unlikely you would even think twice about pre-eclampsia, if you have had it it has changed your life. There are some myths about pre-eclampsia that I believed when I was pregnant, I had seen an article or two about it. I was on baby [...]

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Pics yes please

So I had sever pre-eclampsia and HELLP. My baby was born early, she was whisked off to the NICU and I saw her for all of 5 seconds before they took her away and work on me and my pressure. Like other moms who deliver early for any number of reasons, I did not get [...]

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gone

Dear Nan, It’s been 10 months, 10 months since the ground dropped out from under me. 10 months since you left this world for a better place. I know you are happy and healthy and not in pain. Hopefully you don’t even think about the post-polio issues you spent so many years fighting. I just [...]

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Learn

I want to learn how to relax I want to learn to stop for the moments and be excited about all the moments, instead of being worn out by a pre-schooler I want to learn how to be a counselor so I can help others who had a NICU baby I want to learn the [...]

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We are blessed

So today we took my youngest to a Children’s Hospital to meet a genetics doctor to talk about hearing loss. Our loss is not a big deal right now, we need to stay on top and get tests from time to time. Her file was seriously like an encyclopedia and she’s not really that ill [...]

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miss you

My youngest was a preemie. I don’t know if it’s a preemie thing or if it’s just a second child thing, but she needs to have me in her sight at all times. She has separation anxiety when I leave her at school or sometimes if I go run some errands and she is staying [...]

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Blues for the babes

So the world knows Beyonce and Jay Z had their baby.  We know all about her name and it’s meaning.  We know they don’t want any pictures leaking out.  We know they paid a ton of money to block off that area of the hospital.  Ok, so you have so much money you can do [...]

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