New Normal After months in the hospital, NICU life can become your new normal. Announcing yourself to the nurse and being buzzed in, washing your hands and arms to your elbows for a few minutes, and breathing in the scent of soap and sanitizer happens every day. The quite darkness of the rooms, the loud beeps of the machines, and the quiet whispers all around start to feel … [Read more...]
Smaller and stronger, Naomi’s story
Smaller and Stronger Today's Micro Preemie was the size of a 19 weeker when she was born. This is significantly smaller than a baby normally born at 25 weeks. Because of this, doctors did not think she would survive. However, in addition to being smaller, she was definitely stronger than they anticipated. I'm so happy to be able to bring you, Naomi, today's Micro Preemie … [Read more...]
Small, but Mighty, Nova Rinoa Elizabeth
Small, but Mighty Though she was very small for her gestational age, today's miracle fought very hard. Micro Preemies are defined by many different criteria in many different sources. Basically, it's a way to describe the smallest and earliest arriving babies. As I've mentioned before, a micro preemie (on this blog,) is a baby that is born before 28 weeks and/or under 2 … [Read more...]
Micro Preemie Mondays and Zander
Welcome to Micro Preemie Monday! For those of you that have been here before, thank you for all your support. If you're new to the blog or new to reading on Mondays, let me give you the scoop. Mondays are the days we celebrate Miracles! I have two of my own....my twins. They were born at 25 weeks, 5 days at 1 lb 7 oz and 2 lbs 2 oz. I share my story on the blog to give … [Read more...]
Micro Preemie Monday and Adiana
Welcome back to Micro Preemie Mondays! Thank you so much for reading our story last week. Today, we start the first of 4 new family posts. We'll meet Adiana, as told by her mom, Adrienne. Adiana was a "Rainbow" baby, and I'll explain that term at the end. … [Read more...]
