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“Both our kids’ births were kind of traumatic for both of us.”
This is a comment by Tamen on the post “Open Thread: When Did You First Feel Like a Dad?“ Tamen said: “Both our kids’ births were kind of traumatic for both of us, the first born the most so. About 12...
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52 Days in NICU: A Father and his Son
Mark Brislin shares the story of his son in hopes that other dads of preemies won’t feel so alone. Originally published on Papas of Preemies It was around day 16 of my son’s 52 day stay in the Morgan...
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United Arab Emirates Donates Millions to Help Rebuild America
Help for a community comes from the most unexpected place. In May, 2011, the town of Joplin, Missouri, was destroyed by a tornado that was over a mile wide. The tornado killed 161 people, destroyed 6...
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Looking Beyond Neonatal Intensive Care to Hope
After 52 days in NICU with his baby on life support, Mark Brislin can dream again There is a point in my afternoon commute where New York City is no longer visible. I put my cell phone down and turn...
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“There is nothing worse than being a NICU parent, but there is nothing...
Harley, Samara, and Mark share their stories about being in the NICU with their children with terror, with hope, with tears, and little sleep. Have you ever had a child in the NICU or the ER? What is...
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You Won’t Remember How You Got Through: To Dads Spending Their Day in NICU
Mark Brislin walked into the storm that surrounds the birth of a preemie. And walked out changed. His message to NICU dads: You are not alone. “And once the storm is over…” It was Sunday night, three...
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Triumph Over Tragedy: a Tale of Three Fathers
Ina Chadwick shares the story of three men who sustained her family through unfathomable loss. ___ As I walked toward the entrance of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, cajoling my feet to move...
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A Dad’s First Experience with Pampers
There is a first one for every parent. The diaper. For Ronnie and his newborn daughter it was also their first duel. Here’s who won. — “Would you like to try changing a diaper?” the nurse asked. My...
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Comment of the Day: ‘Caucasian males are the weakest at birth’
Embed from Getty Images Nurses often have a language of their own and it’s not meant to harm. — This comment was by Kristina Hammer in reference to the post – The Doctors Told My Friend His Son had...
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The War Against Medicaid and Fathers Across the Country
Embed from Getty Images By: Matthew Gilman If you have been reading my series on being father to a micro-preemie then you already know the challenges that come with this kind of life changing event....
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The Misadventures of a Paranoid Parent
— Every night I visit Zoey after work. I try to make it into the NICU before her care time and spend a few minutes reading to her, updating my Instagram account on her progress, and tucking her in...
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Moving Day, Out of the Cave and Into the Sun
— This evening had gone the same as the rest that came before it. I told my supervisor I was stepping out for lunch and walked down to the hospital to spend my lunch with Zoey, as I had done every day...
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The First Week In The NICU, The Blurry Details
— The week before Zoey was born, Sarah and I had finished painting the nursery and found a new crib for $20 at a garage sale. This was the middle of May and Zoey wasn’t expected until mid-September. On...
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Sleep, The New Luxury I Can’t Afford
— The alarm clock thumps to the sound of Daft Punk in a neighboring room and I continue on with my nap until noon. This was the normal sleep schedule I was on before Zoey was born. Working second...
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Hobbit Baby Homecoming
— Early in the morning I received a phone call from the hospital that Zoey had been moved to the stepdown unit. I have to admit that a moment of panic set in when I read the first three numbers on my...
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Facing Loss While Staring at the Tree of Life
— “She isn’t growing as fast as we would like,” was the statement made by the doctor. Zoey was reaching 70 days old and her growth had come to a standstill. A fortifier was added to her breast milk to...
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The Sink
Embed from Getty Images — The Sink Francis Linardo, Knoxville, TN From Dads Behaving DADLY 2: 72 More Truths, Tears, and Triumphs of Modern Fatherhood Copyright © 2015 Motivational Press. Reprinted...
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Reading and Singing to Preemies Helps Parents Feel Comfortable With Their...
Embed from Getty Images — Brenda Hussey-Gardner, University of Maryland, Baltimore and Susan Sonnenschein, University of Maryland, Baltimore County One out of 10 babies is born prematurely in the...
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Lesbian Mom Confronts Microaggressions In Hospital After Daughter’s Birth
— Hours after her wife had given birth, Karen Rayne was spending time alone with their new daughter in the NICU. Rather than enjoying these precious first moments with her daughter, Karen had to deal...
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A Passionate Rant About Oliver
Renee Suzanne Cole will do whatever it takes to give her children the opportunities they deserve. The photo above is my son, Oliver, a few hours after he was born and a few hours before he extubated...
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