Charting Progress
Our Parents as Teachers Coordinator stopped by this past week to check on Olivia’s progress and administer her 12 month ASQ Screening. As I expected, Olivia passed…
World Prematurity Awareness Day
November 17th is World Prematurity Awareness Day. The March of Dimes currently states that 1 out of 9 women will deliver prematurely in the United States. I…
Inspirational Words for Mamas with Preemies
For the second time in less than 2 months, a status on my Facebook wall has popped up about a friend (or a friend of a friend)…
Our Experience with Hypnobabies
In my baby bump updates {HERE} and Olivia’s birth story {HERE and HERE}, I mentioned that James and I took a childbirth prep class called Hypnobabies. I…
10 Ways to Help a New Mom of a Preemie
I was overwhelmed by the love and support given to us after Olivia’s early arrival. So many people wanted to know how to help our family during…
Preemie 101
With Olivia’s early arrival, we were welcomed into a brand new exclusive club: the world of preemies. We didn’t ask for this entrance pass and I wouldn’t…
Olivia’s Birth Story: Part 2
This post is a follow-up to Olivia’s Birth Story: Part 1. After arriving at the hospital and facing the reality that we were going to meet our…
Olivia’s Birth Story: Part 1
I wasn’t sure how much of this story I was actually going to share on such a public forum. Why divulge the intimate details of such a…
The Day Time Stood Still
You might have noticed a bit of a time gap from my last post… our lives have been utterly transformed by one precious event: the birth of…