the development
Chapter One:. Expecting You...
As a preemie parent, I needed to hold on to the memories that came to fruition so quickly. Taking the two or three days in the high-risk pregnancy ward after the birth of my son, was a great time to embrace the joys that pregnancy had brought to me. 'A Journey to Home' brings the parents back to those moments; moments that will draw hours of reflection and surfaces hope for their preemie's future.
Chapter Two:. Our Home for Awhile...
For 33 days, I called the NICU our home. With a minimum of nine hours a day, I was fortunate enough to be a true advocate for my son and his experiences. Many parents are not.
'A Journey to Home' reminds us that the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is a place of progress and development. It outlines developmental goals, and processes to expect. It provides thought to relationships created in the NICU, Holidays and Celebrations as well as Preemie Milestones.
Importantly, we have included areas to journal calendar reminders for each month as well as contact information for outside and inside the NICU.
Chapter Three:. Transitioning to Home...
Without even knowing it, we were transitioning to home when we began meeting the expectations of the NICU. When my child became bottle fed a certain number of times in a day, when he could maintain is temperature in an outside crib, when he was gaining weight, he was transitioning to home. This chapter is the light at the end of the tunnel, and it is place where all parents should start to celebrate in the fact that their child is becoming the developed child of a newborn baby at a higher gestational age. Our journal includes, going home goals, and checklists. 'A Journey to Home' provides areas to journal Baby and Family Care Givers, Sentiments, and of course phone numbers for medical, insurance, and follow-up care.
Chapter Four:. Resources for Us...
In the time I spent in the NeoNatal Intensive Care Unit I longed for companionship with other parents, activities centered around my newborn son, and honestly, a connection to the cause and hope for the greater good of other families. Resources for us provides all of that. The featured resources are just some of the free services on the internet where families can learn to crochet Preemie hats, scrapbook their NICU experiences, blog about their babies, and of course, bond with others going through the same experiences. Our hope is that everyone finds something that brings them into a sense of community. Prematurity is a lonely circumstance, although 500,000 babies experience it every year. Our hope is that we bring resources, healing and celebration to the NICU experiences in this chapter.
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