tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76350150965635378102024-03-05T16:20:13.042-08:00The Preemie:. Bringing awareness, resources, and celebration in the moments of prematurityWelcome to The Preemie, a site devoted to the awareness of prematurity and it’s place in the hearts of families around the world.
You have made your way to this site because you have been touched by prematurity. We have compiled a comprehensive resource for families, and it is my hope that you will benefit greatly from your visit.The Preemiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09317050268751901834noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7635015096563537810.post-75493932058785162582011-10-22T07:35:00.001-07:002011-10-22T07:35:59.370-07:00Christmas Donations For Nebraska NICU&apos;sThe Preemiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09317050268751901834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7635015096563537810.post-59954479055492797572011-05-14T15:43:00.001-07:002011-05-14T15:43:27.827-07:00My eBay<object width="355" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://togo.ebay.com/togo/seller.swf?2008013100" /><param name="flashvars" value="base=http://togo.ebay.com/togo/&lang=en-us&seller=artbyaesthetica" /><embed src="http://togo.ebay.com/togo/seller.swf?2008013100" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="355" height="355" flashvars="base=http://togo.ebay.com/togo/&lang=en-us&seller=artbyaesthetica"></embed></object>Miracle Bebehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14982303810907780935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7635015096563537810.post-47427904516025902612011-04-26T20:21:00.000-07:002011-04-26T20:21:03.652-07:00Scrapbooking Pages for Preemies - The Premature Infant<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ujdUfTNrp3wsGZlNseMQTXl7RSNhRjzlo62O7gIwBErI4xKcM3oqjLFP6WnIDhWqn8gR5DP65dlOINLVFijcZjkby0a71KE0zShIeCsgMGNSoI0MXFgjJaohpDitcj37k78JyzUDMQSg/s1600/0006p5.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ujdUfTNrp3wsGZlNseMQTXl7RSNhRjzlo62O7gIwBErI4xKcM3oqjLFP6WnIDhWqn8gR5DP65dlOINLVFijcZjkby0a71KE0zShIeCsgMGNSoI0MXFgjJaohpDitcj37k78JyzUDMQSg/s320/0006p5.jpeg" /></a></div><br />
Scrapbooking is a wonderful pass-time for parents who enjoy documenting and journaling about the lives that they have lead and the lives that they have created. Whether it be a son entering college, or a first grader on the bus. As a parent of a premature infant, scrapbooking took me by surprise. It was not only a way to document the milestones and changes of my son's life, it was also a way to journal and wrap my head around the events that we were encountering every moment. <br />
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We spent a total of 33 days in the NICU, and within the first hours of his birth I found myself on my computer sending a blog out to family and friends, informing them of our conditions and progress. It was a way for me to personally communicate with others without me having to pick up the phone. The emotional turmoil I felt as a parent was tough, but the guilt compounded and honestly the embarrassment grew to levels that we just unbearable. I really hid behind that online journal and posted what was everyday for us. Hoping for compassion and sympathy from my family, I went home each night and edited photos taken from the day and uploading to the servers to document my day to others.<br />
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Since that time, I have spent making scrapbooking pages and journaling resources available for preemie parents. It is my goal for others to be able to treasure their journey and celebrate in the moments of birth. Here is a link to all of the free downloadable scrapbooking pages. Feel free to use these in your journey and of course, check out our whole book of NICU scrapbooking resources at the following link.<br />
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We are, of course here to provide to you. If you have suggestions, or wish to be informed, please email us for more information... info@miraclebebe.com<br />
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<a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/116386380802814021864/PreemieScrapbookingPages?authkey=Gv1sRgCPO61tyO-66LvQE&feat=directlink">Scrapbooking Pages.</a>The Preemiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09317050268751901834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7635015096563537810.post-34959663513776177022011-04-26T19:03:00.000-07:002011-04-26T19:05:59.893-07:00NICU Care Cards for Preemie Parents - Includes free Greeting Cards Made for Parents of Premature Infants<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib6Zq4fDfnscgWOn4qcGcLNzqbIiZz1NtzZL9eOnXhX542g5WT3OR3ibVtpgC9vec_2MaSfoYLNYwln03KU-gN3uw45aG2kTMBqo-QSBbeCegDAho2x1nOLjv3nI58GksURn1pDtbv6-tO/s1600/0001UA.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="207" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib6Zq4fDfnscgWOn4qcGcLNzqbIiZz1NtzZL9eOnXhX542g5WT3OR3ibVtpgC9vec_2MaSfoYLNYwln03KU-gN3uw45aG2kTMBqo-QSBbeCegDAho2x1nOLjv3nI58GksURn1pDtbv6-tO/s320/0001UA.jpeg" /></a></div><br />
Celebrating in the NICU is just as important as celebrating first holidays at home. Imagine having a premature infant in the neonatal intensive care unit for the first holiday of your family's lives together. It is an important event, one that should be cherished and shared with all relatives and friends. Parents are now able to download free baby announcements, free care cards and holiday cards for their preemie babies. Printable on any home printer or send to the commercial printer, have fun sharing your moments with others as you compile memories on your care cards. <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/116386380802814021864/NICUCareCards?authkey=Gv1sRgCL_d8-OIj8TQOw&feat=directlink">Link</a> <br />
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For all NICU Care Cards, click for a link to our album.<br />
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<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="https://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" width="288" height="192" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&hl=en_US&feat=flashalbum&RGB=0x000000&feed=https%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2F116386380802814021864%2Falbumid%2F5600071777065756625%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26authkey%3DGv1sRgCL_d8-OIj8TQOw%26hl%3Den_US" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed>The Preemiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09317050268751901834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7635015096563537810.post-18569434156711593282011-03-11T21:23:00.000-08:002011-04-27T19:17:27.891-07:00The Preemie Primer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUZRHXWO2zXC4ADf5ykjQVj5DVAy-vyDwjMkfMOIYYlQma9jKnRJ2Eao2gG68LZeuil6kcnh9zkUQTf3oAA0pbigwfQJl8MPCwFAMJ8ZlP14-H3Wt1hhVXOKNjsxXdCMu5uEWTOChDQKjN/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-03-11+at+11.22.03+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUZRHXWO2zXC4ADf5ykjQVj5DVAy-vyDwjMkfMOIYYlQma9jKnRJ2Eao2gG68LZeuil6kcnh9zkUQTf3oAA0pbigwfQJl8MPCwFAMJ8ZlP14-H3Wt1hhVXOKNjsxXdCMu5uEWTOChDQKjN/s320/Screen+shot+2011-03-11+at+11.22.03+PM.png" /></a></div><br />Being a Mother of a 30 weeker, I was dedicated to understanding the steps in the NICU and achieving healthy steps home as we were discarged. In 2007 there were not many books that lent extensive information into the processes that a parent and child would take, nor the expectation of medical care takers in order to leave the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. I recall living my experiences day to day. I had no knowledge of what tomorrow would bring, nor did I know the proper questions to ask. <br /><br />By September of 2007 we were all home, with heart and apnea monitors we spent the holidays still concerned about issues like reflux, weight gain, and of course alarms that went off. We still had in-home medical visits, but nothing that lended a true guide to expectations. By winter, I began to develop 'A Journey to Home, A Preemie Baby Book and NICU Companion Journal'. (visit:: http://www.amazon.com/Jessica-Williams/e/B004G0E4PC/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0) Over the course of two years I still needed the guide that enabled me to know what was universal to preemie babies to make it absolutely correct...<br /><br />Prior to publishing the fill-in baby book, I downloaded 'The Preemie Primer' on iBooks. I cross referenced everything that Jen Gunter had produced and I fell in love with the compassion and feeling that she had during her own experiences in the NICU. The fact that Jen Gunter was a practicing OB-GYN for 13 years brought a true insight into prematurity from the heart. Her fate brought her full-circle and into an experience that she was merly diagnosing to an actuality within moments of the birth of her triplets.<br /><br />This guide, this story, is a wonderful attribute for any parent discovering roads and journeys through the NICU. I would highly recommend it as the empowerment that Jen lends us, as well as the power of journaling for parents, is a true gift for any preemie parent. My hope is that all parents touched by prematurity would have the opportunity to meet in Jen's words, and to benefit their baby's health by journaling in our preemie companion journal.<br /><br />Thank you for the time that you have dedicated, Jen. My life, the life of my son, and my family is all in a better place because of your contribution!<br /><br />The Preemiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09317050268751901834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7635015096563537810.post-86810889755625496512011-03-05T07:16:00.000-08:002011-03-05T07:16:02.444-08:00Parents Who Journal in the NeoNatal Intensive Care Unit Promote Healing & CelebrationTransposing one's feelings into a record for purposing of healing, understanding emotion, documenting memories and more. The effectiveness of journaling has long since been known, but the perspective of using the <br />
processes of documenting thoughts and feelings for those who have been medically challenged is a new concept. In 2007, a Mother gave birth to a premature infant, 10 weeks to soon. Within having her first born son, and touching his tiny hand through an isolette window, her yearning for journaling began. "It became the most important thing to me. To recall all of the first moments that I had shared with my son. It became a way to cope and to deal with the stresses of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit." Her journaling began and continued for the next 33 days. With emotion, sentiment and love for her child the journaled pages grew that included photos and written word from a Mother to her child. "I truly drove home 20 minutes every night, and ran to straight my computer to import photos from my camera from the day spent in the NICU. I would layout pages that outlined the milestones and setbacks for the day. I would include any emotions that I knew would fall behind in the days and years to come. Journaling, became an outlet for me. The benefits provided healing as the feelings of guilt and loss lessened" By early 2008, this preemie Mom began to put her journaling ideas into fruition for other parents of premature infants. Working with a motivation to change the outlook of prematurity in society, the course of the next year would produce 'A Journey to Home, A Preemie Baby Book and NICU Companion Journal'. The self-published, first edition was offered in full-color pages with fill-in journaling areas that outlined steps through the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. "I had little knowledge of what was to come for us in the next 33 days, this journal offers pages of processes. Essentially, of both emotional processes and NICU processes." The supplemental baby book was marketed for a year when the demand required more pages and larger journaling space. Working with an illustrator, the pages took on a stunning vintage appeal. "It was essentially a digital scrapbook. The look and feel was different on each page but maintaining the beauty and integrity that every Mother would appreciate." Lara Payton of Dusty Bear Designs provided the Graphic Artist and Preemie Mother with every element that she needed for her own journal and for other Mothers touched by prematurity. "I have found a true friend in Lara, she honestly understood the overall need for the journal and allowed me to use her elements to design and eventually commercially publish the book. Lara knew that her art was healing others, and that is why she chose to participate in this mutual adventure." The Mothers from Nebraska and Kansas joined hands in the cause, without ever meeting each other face to face, only through the love of art and being Moms. Close to a year went by when the publication sold month by month via word of mouth and Google search engine help. It was a time of testing for the needs of premature infants and their parents. The Neonatal Care Units, Foundations, Organizations as well as Parents began to hear of the journal and the benefits for parents. It lead to the time of full publication. "I had such great feedback that it was time to take the journal to the next level. I had to find a means to provide the journal at the lowest cost possible, with the best printing options available. Within months I had a re-design done on the diary and it was ready for publication with an ISBN. I leaned towards CreateSpace for their affiliation with Amazon and their integration with print on demand services. I could not have asked for a better experience. I could finally produce the book with double the pages and almost double its physical size for less than my first edition." Within months, the journal was finally available to the public. Within one more month the book was listed on Amazon and number one as Google shopping results for a Preemie Baby Book. The dreams of a Preemie Parent had been taken to a whole new level, and the realization that helping others in the moments of prematurity would be an absolute part of her destiny drove to more results. Contacting hospital gift shops, NICU foundations, Preemie Support Groups and Organizations would lead to providing an instant inlet for families. "When I spent a week on bed rest, I was given the opportunity to meet with a Neonatal physician. He actually visited my bedside and spoke to me about what I should expect. I was clouded with hope in that I would not be the one to need his services, although in three days I learned different. I absolutely respect what these people do everyday, although I felt that my emotional needs were avoided. I speak of this as I look back into my heart and see all of my expectations and hopes diminish into an experience that I had no control of. The doctors know this, although sometimes the heart of a Mother is not their job to attend to. After my son's birth, I was wheel-chaired down four floors to visit his isolette. I was limited to touch his foot, his hand and head. I had no idea when the glass would be removed and when I could hold my baby for the first time. That came four days later, after I was discharged from the hospital." A Preemie Parents journey is a long and full of feelings of loss. The health of a premature infant is fragile and well, unpredictable, especially for parents. "I did not know what to ask. I did not want to ask to remove the isolette for fear I would push the situation at hand and endanger my child. The journal outlines progresses and reminds parents to ask those questions in order to predict when they will be able to bond, hold and care for their Preemies." Picture after picture, night after night, milestone after set-back parents wonder in a world called the NICU. Alarms, procedures and even surgeries are a part of a premature infants life. "The NICU tries it's best to provide a society of parents who can meet and learn from each other, although it can't do this job effectively enough because professional nurses, social workers, doctors and others are so overwhelmed with their daily tasks. I have seen it first hand. I wish, and I know that the professionals wish the same, that there was more time to do more for the parents. They just don't know what they can do in the time that they have." Social workers provide information to families about financial planning and aid for the future. Developmental Care Specialists offer support for preemies and their families by sighting issues and predicting next steps. Lactation Consultants offer support with breast feeding and the benefits of a Mother's milk to a premature infant. Head Nurses spend a minimum of twelve hours assisting up to 25 babies per day and a staff of over eight nurses. Neonatologists spend their mornings bonding with the team, calling parents daily with reports on the prior night, and assessing new goals for babies for the day. "It is team of people that seriously have dedicated their lives to these little lives. As much as I love little babies, this job is not for me. I would be an emotional wreck! I know that. Caring for high-risk infants calls for some of the most talented people in the medical industry. There is no justification for prematurity, cancer, heart issues; there is no explanation for it, just that they have to trust that they are in the role to help a child make it one more day, and to let go when the battle is too much. What kind of an individual does that take? Someone who is close to God, possibly someone who understands that there is a higher purpose than what we know of right now, in this moment." Journaling and mending a heart began with that moment. "I wished I had a means to journal in the days I was upstairs in the hospital with my child in his isolette. I wish that I had the time to reflect on my pregnancy and the expectations of being a Mother for the first time. I wish I would have written the letter to my baby and said, I am sorry for not being able to protect you for 10 more weeks. I would have said that I feel that my body gave out on us, and that I would never allow myself to fail you on purpose. I would have hoped that your first photograph had never included tubes and wires leading to your heart and lungs, and I would have wished that all of our family would have celebrated in your birth with the expectation of you being full-term. I feel guilt for not being the Mother that I had expected me to be, although... Little Man, I always will be. Now and into your future. My hope for you is this..." That letter to my baby is one of the first pages in 'A Journey to Home', it is the Mother's response to the premature delivery of her child. It is the letter that will take years of guilt off the top of the circumstance and heal her to proceed on with the moments and months to come. "If I would have written that letter, I would have been in a better place. I still feel guilt, I do. I can't tell you how it feels when your three year old begins to ask what those tubes are in his baby pictures. I will never forget failing at my pregnancy, I will never let the emotional moments go when I thought I may loose my child, but what I want is for other parents to begin to come to terms earlier, and sooner. I think that this takes burdens off the emotional plate of prematurity and heals the family in ways that will better them in the future." We can all expect and take for granted the fact that we have children. We can see it as a pleasure or as a burden at times, but when we see that there are so many parents struggling to have just one, healthy child at such an emotional cost, we have to look back into the eyes of our child and know these are the blessings that we have and that others would greatly cherish in a heart beat. Treasure your child, hold them dear... There are so many entering the world today that will struggle for breaths, will struggle for heart beats and will battle for life and parents who devotionally, emotionally, monetarily, and physically put their lives on hold with outcomes unknown for the sake of a child. "We have to know that their are people who need help from us, over 500,000 children a year need Neonatal Care in the United States alone. We also know that that equates to 500,000 parents who need emotional and financial support. We as a society can do better to make prematurity a common and known possibility of pregnancy. It proceeds itself with feeling of guilt and loss. We as a society can do better for parents by providing support through many means. I will not allow my experiences to pass me by as a person who had a premature infant. I will always be an advocate for parents who are touched by prematurity and will do my best to serve them in the time that I have. My hope is that every NICU adopts the journal for the sake of the emotional support for their patients and their families. 'A Journey to Home' was created for that purpose. It is my way of giving back all of the moments that I felt were not celebrated, the moments of having a child, whether full-term or premature. It is my way of sending a message to parents that, yes, you are empowered to ask the next question, and yes, you know what the definition of said NICU term is. It is your time, your child, and certainly your moment. You can make a huge difference in your outcome by simply, knowing the processes and knowing yourself better."<br />
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'A Journey to Home, A Preemie Baby Book and NICU Companion Journal' is written and designed by Jessica Williams, Illustrated by Lara Payton and is available on Amazon at the following link:.http://www.amazon.com/Jessica-Williams/e/B004G0E4PC/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0<br />
Released in 2010, the journal is available in both Teal and Pink Covers. The design quality is excellent an exceeds any Preemie Baby Book and NICU Journal on the market today. Please take the time to consider 'A Journey to Home' as part of your Foundation, Organization or Preemie Parent Support Group. This fill-in journal lends much healing to the moments of prematurity and allows parents to walk away with memories of their birth, celebration in moments, and empowerment in the processes of healing. For both parents in and out of the NICU, we thank you for your consideration.The Preemiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09317050268751901834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7635015096563537810.post-68725871756033065102011-03-03T10:33:00.001-08:002011-03-03T10:35:58.738-08:00Parents Who Journal in the NeoNatal Intensive Care Unit Promote Healing & Celebration<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=11/03/03/1217.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/11/03/03/s_1217.jpg' border='0' width='112' height='150' align='right' style='margin:5px'></a><br /><br />Transposing one's feelings into a record for purposing of healing, understanding emotion, documenting memories and more. The effectiveness of journaling has long since been known, but the perspective of using the <br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=11/03/03/1218.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/11/03/03/s_1218.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />processes of documenting thoughts and feelings for those who have been medically challenged is a new concept. In 2007, a Mother gave birth to a premature infant, 10 weeks to soon. Within having her first born son, and touching his tiny hand through an isolette window, her yearning for journaling began. "It became the most important thing to me. To recall all of the first moments that I had shared with my son. It became a way to cope and to deal with the stresses of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit." Her journaling began and continued for the next 33 days. With emotion, sentiment and love for her child the journaled pages grew that included photos and written word from a Mother to her child. "I truly drove home 20 minutes every night, and ran to straight my computer to import photos from my camera from the day spent in the NICU. I would layout pages that outlined the milestones and setbacks for the day. I would include any emotions that I knew would fall behind in the days and years to come. Journaling, became an outlet for me. The benefits provided healing as the feelings of guilt and loss lessened" By early 2008, this preemie Mom began to put her journaling ideas into fruition for other parents of premature infants. Working with a motivation to change the outlook of prematurity in society, the course of the next year would produce 'A Journey to Home, A Preemie Baby Book and NICU Companion Journal'. The self-published, first edition was offered in full-color pages with fill-in journaling areas that outlined steps through the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. "I had little knowledge of what was to come for us in the next 33 days, this journal offers pages of processes. Essentially, of both emotional processes and NICU processes." The supplemental baby book was marketed for a year when the demand required more pages and larger journaling space. Working with an illustrator, the pages took on a stunning vintage appeal. "It was essentially a digital scrapbook. The look and feel was different on each page but maintaining the beauty and integrity that every Mother would appreciate." Lara Payton of Dusty Bear Designs provided the Graphic Artist and Preemie Mother with every element that she needed for her own journal and for other Mothers touched by prematurity. "I have found a true friend in Lara, she honestly understood the overall need for the journal and allowed me to use her elements to design and eventually commercially publish the book. Lara knew that her art was healing others, and that is why she chose to participate in this mutual adventure." The Mothers from Nebraska and Kansas joined hands in the cause, without ever meeting each other face to face, only through the love of art and being Moms. Close to a year went by when the publication sold month by month via word of mouth and Google search engine help. It was a time of testing for the needs of premature infants and their parents. The Neonatal Care Units, Foundations, Organizations as well as Parents began to hear of the journal and the benefits for parents. It lead to the time of full publication. "I had such great feedback that it was time to take the journal to the next level. I had to find a means to provide the journal at the lowest cost possible, with the best printing options available. Within months I had a re-design done on the diary and it was ready for publication with an ISBN. I leaned towards CreateSpace for their affiliation with Amazon and their integration with print on demand services. I could not have asked for a better experience. I could finally produce the book with double the pages and almost double its physical size for less than my first edition." Within months, the journal was finally available to the public. Within one more month the book was listed on Amazon and number one as Google shopping results for a Preemie Baby Book. The dreams of a Preemie Parent had been taken to a whole new level, and the realization that helping others in the moments of prematurity would be an absolute part of her destiny drove to more results. Contacting hospital gift shops, NICU foundations, Preemie Support Groups and Organizations would lead to providing an instant inlet for families. "When I spent a week on bed rest, I was given the opportunity to meet with a Neonatal physician. He actually visited my bedside and spoke to me about what I should expect. I was clouded with hope in that I would not be the one to need his services, although in three days I learned different. I absolutely respect what these people do everyday, although I felt that my emotional needs were avoided. I speak of this as I look back into my heart and see all of my expectations and hopes diminish into an experience that I had no control of. The doctors know this, although sometimes the heart of a Mother is not their job to attend to. After my son's birth, I was wheel-chaired down four floors to visit his isolette. I was limited to touch his foot, his hand and head. I had no idea when the glass would be removed and when I could hold my baby for the first time. That came four days later, after I was discharged from the hospital." A Preemie Parents journey is a long and full of feelings of loss. The health of a premature infant is fragile and well, unpredictable, especially for parents. "I did not know what to ask. I did not want to ask to remove the isolette for fear I would push the situation at hand and endanger my child. The journal outlines progresses and reminds parents to ask those questions in order to predict when they will be able to bond, hold and care for their Preemies." Picture after picture, night after night, milestone after set-back parents wonder in a world called the NICU. Alarms, procedures and even surgeries are a part of a premature infants life. "The NICU tries it's best to provide a society of parents who can meet and learn from each other, although it can't do this job effectively enough because professional nurses, social workers, doctors and others are so overwhelmed with their daily tasks. I have seen it first hand. I wish, and I know that the professionals wish the same, that there was more time to do more for the parents. They just don't know what they can do in the time that they have." Social workers provide information to families about financial planning and aid for the future. Developmental Care Specialists offer support for preemies and their families by sighting issues and predicting next steps. Lactation Consultants offer support with breast feeding and the benefits of a Mother's milk to a premature infant. Head Nurses spend a minimum of twelve hours assisting up to 25 babies per day and a staff of over eight nurses. Neonatologists spend their mornings bonding with the team, calling parents daily with reports on the prior night, and assessing new goals for babies for the day. "It is team of people that seriously have dedicated their lives to these little lives. As much as I love little babies, this job is not for me. I would be an emotional wreck! I know that. Caring for high-risk infants calls for some of the most talented people in the medical industry. There is no justification for prematurity, cancer, heart issues; there is no explanation for it, just that they have to trust that they are in the role to help a child make it one more day, and to let go when the battle is too much. What kind of an individual does that take? Someone who is close to God, possibly someone who understands that there is a higher purpose than what we know of right now, in this moment." Journaling and mending a heart began with that moment. "I wished I had a means to journal in the days I was upstairs in the hospital with my child in his isolette. I wish that I had the time to reflect on my pregnancy and the expectations of being a Mother for the first time. I wish I would have written the letter to my baby and said, I am sorry for not being able to protect you for 10 more weeks. I would have said that I feel that my body gave out on us, and that I would never allow myself to fail you on purpose. I would have hoped that your first photograph had never included tubes and wires leading to your heart and lungs, and I would have wished that all of our family would have celebrated in your birth with the expectation of you being full-term. I feel guilt for not being the Mother that I had expected me to be, although... Little Man, I always will be. Now and into your future. My hope for you is this..." That letter to my baby is one of the first pages in 'A Journey to Home', it is the Mother's response to the premature delivery of her child. It is the letter that will take years of guilt off the top of the circumstance and heal her to proceed on with the moments and months to come. "If I would have written that letter, I would have been in a better place. I still feel guilt, I do. I can't tell you how it feels when your three year old begins to ask what those tubes are in his baby pictures. I will never forget failing at my pregnancy, I will never let the emotional moments go when I thought I may loose my child, but what I want is for other parents to begin to come to terms earlier, and sooner. I think that this takes burdens off the emotional plate of prematurity and heals the family in ways that will better them in the future." We can all expect and take for granted the fact that we have children. We can see it as a pleasure or as a burden at times, but when we see that there are so many parents struggling to have just one, healthy child at such an emotional cost, we have to look back into the eyes of our child and know these are the blessings that we have and that others would greatly cherish in a heart beat. Treasure your child, hold them dear... There are so many entering the world today that will struggle for breaths, will struggle for heart beats and will battle for life and parents who devotionally, emotionally, monetarily, and physically put their lives on hold with outcomes unknown for the sake of a child. "We have to know that their are people who need help from us, over 500,000 children a year need Neonatal Care in the United States alone. We also know that that equates to 500,000 parents who need emotional and financial support. We as a society can do better to make prematurity a common and known possibility of pregnancy. It proceeds itself with feeling of guilt and loss. We as a society can do better for parents by providing support through many means. I will not allow my experiences to pass me by as a person who had a premature infant. I will always be an advocate for parents who are touched by prematurity and will do my best to serve them in the time that I have. My hope is that every NICU adopts the journal for the sake of the emotional support for their patients and their families. 'A Journey to Home' was created for that purpose. It is my way of giving back all of the moments that I felt were not celebrated, the moments of having a child, whether full-term or premature. It is my way of sending a message to parents that, yes, you are empowered to ask the next question, and yes, you know what the definition of said NICU term is. It is your time, your child, and certainly your moment. You can make a huge difference in your outcome by simply, knowing the processes and knowing yourself better."<br /><br />'A Journey to Home, A Preemie Baby Book and NICU Companion Journal' is written and designed by Jessica Williams, Illustrated by Lara Payton and is available on Amazon at the following link:.http://www.amazon.com/Jessica-Williams/e/B004G0E4PC/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0<br />Released in 2010, the journal is available in both Teal and Pink Covers. The design quality is excellent an exceeds any Preemie Baby Book and NICU Journal on the market today. Please take the time to consider 'A Journey to Home' as part of your Foundation, Organization or Preemie Parent Support Group. This fill-in journal lends much healing to the moments of prematurity and allows parents to walk away with memories of their birth, celebration in moments, and empowerment in the processes of healing. For both parents in and out of the NICU, we thank you for your consideration.<br /><br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad<br /><br />The Preemiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09317050268751901834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7635015096563537810.post-27044656514612639442011-01-15T09:54:00.000-08:002011-01-15T11:23:13.822-08:00LuLu Press is offering 20% off our Preemie Baby Book and NICU Companion Journal thru January 17th.Hurry to take advantage of LuLu Press offer of 20% of the comprehensive Preemie Baby Book and NICU Companion Journal. For ordering through LuLu Press, please follow this link:.<br />
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‘A Journey to Home’ is a comprehensive Preemie Baby Book and NICU Journal. Over three years in the making, this journal will be a companion during the NICU stay, and a book of memories in the future. It is a book of expectations, setting parents up for a true understanding of what is to come. It builds resources while celebrating the joys of their baby’s life. “The development of this book began 4 hours after the birth of my son. I longed to be able to journal and have a keepsake that was adjusted to my premature child.” “In my personal journey, I have found that you must find peace with being a parent of a preemie. It is only after much time that I have been able to rejoice with my toddler, and shed layers of protection that sheltered us from harm in the past. I will look at him with a little less guilt in my heart, and continue to treasure every breath, word, and step that he takes in his life.”<br />
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http://thepreemie.wordpress.comThe Preemiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09317050268751901834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7635015096563537810.post-86412953121081363712011-01-02T20:42:00.001-08:002011-01-15T11:23:42.011-08:00The Most Inspiring Preemie Blogs<a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/11/01/02/4387.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/11/01/02/s_4387.jpg' border='0' width='187' height='281' align='left' style='margin:5px'></a><br />
I have updated my website to include the most inspiring preemie blogs on the Internet today. Many include such heart-felt stories that inspire parents in and out of the NICU. please email, tweet or facebook me me with more recommendations.<br />
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http://thepreemie.wordpress.comThe Preemiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09317050268751901834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7635015096563537810.post-79901926242466531272010-12-27T11:15:00.001-08:002011-01-15T11:23:54.420-08:00Sites are growing and under complete construction<a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/12/27/2161.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/12/27/s_2161.jpg' border='0' width='100' height='150' align='left' style='margin:5px'></a><br />
Visiting Miracle Bebe online will bring you a fabulous gifts as a parent in and out of the neonatal intensive care units. <br />
Our site has always been devoted to bringing products, resources, and services to preemie Moms and Dads. "we have over grown our current site, and are in the processes of providing more content, updated regularly".<br />
You will find preemie artwork for journal pages, medical care fill in sheets, lactation charts, growth charts, preemie baby announcements, printable pages, as well as cute artwork available for free download. <br />
"Our resources page will soon be indexed and highlighting all of the businesses and organizations bring awareness to society and healing to preemie parents". <br />
It is our hope that you will stop by to read a story or two from parents who have experienced prematurity. Whatever your needs are, we should able to provide an answer on our comprehensive sites. Please visit us at: miraclebebe.com and bookmark us for future visits!<br />
ThePreemie.com is also going through some major renovations. We look forward to hearing from you very soon.<br />
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http://thepreemie.wordpress.comThe Preemiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09317050268751901834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7635015096563537810.post-15256333875467118592010-12-27T10:56:00.001-08:002011-01-15T11:24:07.961-08:00Free Preemie Baby Announcements<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFfsEPc3foOKF8rYnQkK5w3HfdPofdlBmulVeDxkzsEpUgcYSOhsb2g6a7kblbKyaCGEoRcOhSbNg7ayKNBy362GoFMVlxkxTWa8iSxKyPJk9OMptV0_tDcqodumVazJlhjlXjCob1qC7P/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-01-15+at+1.11.38+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="268" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFfsEPc3foOKF8rYnQkK5w3HfdPofdlBmulVeDxkzsEpUgcYSOhsb2g6a7kblbKyaCGEoRcOhSbNg7ayKNBy362GoFMVlxkxTWa8iSxKyPJk9OMptV0_tDcqodumVazJlhjlXjCob1qC7P/s320/Screen+shot+2011-01-15+at+1.11.38+PM.png" /></a></div><br />
<b>Creating the perfect announcement for a premature infant is an sometimes a struggle for parents. There are so many questions to this event, and the announcing thereof. We tend to ask ourselves if it is too early, would I want a photo of my preemie on the announcement, should I wait until the baby comes home.</b><br />
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In our circumstances, it wasn't about all of that, mainly about the fact that I just had a child, and needed the support and celebration brought to my family. The birth announcement that we did send out contained three cute photos that the night NICU nurse while our son's face was exposed during the changing of his tubes.<br />
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I was a little shocked at the fact that they were having a photo shoot with my son without me. I mean, I lived for those moments. Ultimately, I took those three photos home and scanned them just as fast as I could to assemble his baby announcement. I had tried several times to come up with the perfect pose, or just a hand or just a foot, but seriously, this worked for us...<br />
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I have put together some great designs available to download and print personally or through a commercial printer, paste your photo or journal your sentiments atop of the announcements. This is a great example of hybrid scrapbooking where you make use of scrapbooking stickers and decals to layer atop of the under printed design.<br />
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Over three years worth of artwork is now being made available to parents of premature infants in the neonatal intensive care units, world-wide. For more downloadable baby announcements, vellum overlays, printable scrapbooking layouts, and scrapbooking baby elements for hybrid or digital scrapping! If you would like to view all freebies follow the link to http://www.miraclebebe.com and click on freebies.<br />
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HOW TO FIND US ONLINE…<br />
Visit Our WebSites :.<br />
http://www.thepreemie.comhttp://www.miraclebebe.com<br />
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http://thepreemie.wordpress.comThe Preemiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09317050268751901834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7635015096563537810.post-62684297063994214002010-12-27T10:22:00.001-08:002011-01-15T11:25:06.605-08:00Freebies for Pre-Term and Term Babies - Scrapbooking Elements<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU5T0AOzvTHSjBwxMwVGDrQerhwSornpgU6Rbiwzb6qiEeSAhZ4kQJIDo37bl2rNcbS7vK6nxga3_2crQ_pSjN2h7WXe3tyr2EVGdRE-7bUbC76G_x9qs2UCd7abKf_IPn_olKmUS_Wbp2/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-01-15+at+1.17.32+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU5T0AOzvTHSjBwxMwVGDrQerhwSornpgU6Rbiwzb6qiEeSAhZ4kQJIDo37bl2rNcbS7vK6nxga3_2crQ_pSjN2h7WXe3tyr2EVGdRE-7bUbC76G_x9qs2UCd7abKf_IPn_olKmUS_Wbp2/s320/Screen+shot+2011-01-15+at+1.17.32+PM.png" /></a></div><br />
Freebies from Miracle Bebe<br />
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We are all part of a digital age, and in our age our resources have grown. You have found your way to many resources that we have created especially for parents of premature infants. Our hope is that you will incorporate the artwork below to your scrapbooks and keepsakes.<br />
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Our passion is to continue to create art that is available for download. Please keep us bookmarked for additional pages in the future. Have fun!<br />
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I have put together some great designs available to download and print personally or through a commercial printer, paste your photo or journal your sentiments atop of the announcements. This is a great example of hybrid scrapbooking where you make use of scrapbooking stickers and decals to layer atop of the under printed design.<br />
Over three years worth of artwork is now being made available to parents of premature infants in the neonatal intensive care units, world-wide. For more downloadable baby announcements, vellum overlays, printable scrapbooking layouts, and scrapbooking baby elements for hybrid or digital scrapping! If you would like to view all freebies follow the link to http://www.miraclebebe.com and click on freebies.<br />
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HOW TO FIND US ONLINE…<br />
Visit Our WebSites :.<br />
http://www.thepreemie.comhttp://www.miraclebebe.com<br />
YouTube Channel :.theeverydaypreemie<br />
Facebook Pages :.<br />
http://www.facebook.com/thepreemie<br />
Follow us on Twitter :.@thepreemie<br />
Blogspot Profile :.<br />
http://thepreemie.blogspot.com<br />
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http://thepreemie.wordpress.comThe Preemiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09317050268751901834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7635015096563537810.post-25380077929329298582010-12-06T20:11:00.000-08:002011-01-15T10:49:06.452-08:00Finally, we are up and published!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzgZjOkniEiwceMkgH-F5UltaPr5kVwbmwxRkE9xWm0SIEoR7pgYjKJeATjgllnA9vgczxniSHh67XR929hisiuZIfqpDZxtH7AMsJZqCmjOj4IDAHdEuwn76FkIU4py-rUIOEBqRasZ9p/s1600/Pink+Cover+Reduced.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzgZjOkniEiwceMkgH-F5UltaPr5kVwbmwxRkE9xWm0SIEoR7pgYjKJeATjgllnA9vgczxniSHh67XR929hisiuZIfqpDZxtH7AMsJZqCmjOj4IDAHdEuwn76FkIU4py-rUIOEBqRasZ9p/s200/Pink+Cover+Reduced.jpg" width="157" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">‘A Journey to Home’ is a comprehensive Preemie Baby Book and NICU Journal. Over three years in the making, this journal will be a companion during the NICU stay, and a book of memories in the future. It is a book of expectations, setting parents up for a true understanding of what is to come. It builds resources while celebrating the joys of their baby’s life.</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">“The development of this book began four hours after the birth of my son. I longed to be able to journal and have a keepsake that was adjusted to my premature child.”</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">“In my personal journey, I have found that you must find peace with being a parent of a preemie. It is only after much time that I have been able to rejoice with my toddler, and shed layers of protection that sheltered us from harm in the past. I will look at him with a little less guilt in my heart, and continue to treasure every breath, word, and step that he takes in his life.” Jessica Williams</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">'A Journey to Home' is offered in a 72 page, soft bound book, measuring 8"x10". It is perfect for a baby bag or purse when running from home to NICU. We have provided a pink and teal version for preemie girls and boys. A medical recording section has been omitted in this second edition book. For personal use, we are providing those pages as a free download on our website:. www.thepreemie.com. All parents are welcome to print or have a commercial printer produce them in a separate journal for complete care records and reports throughout the NICU experience and potentially at home. Included:. weekly doctor reports, daily care records, lactation records, feeding records, and weekly records.</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><br />
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</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Chapter One:. Expecting You...</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">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.</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Chapter Two:. Our Home for Awhile...</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">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 Milestones. Importantly, we have included areas to journal calendar reminders for each month as well as contact information for outside and inside the NICU.</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Chapter Three:. Transitioning to Home...</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">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.</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Chapter Four:. Resources for Us...</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">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.</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Table of Contents:.</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Expecting You</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">My Wish for You</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">The Day You Came Into My Life</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">First Photos of You</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">A Letter to My Baby</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Photo Page</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Ten Tiny Fingers, Ten Tiny Toes</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Family Tree</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">About Our Family</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Our Home for Awhile</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Important Contacts</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Conversion Charts</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Monthly Calendars</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">NICU Dictionary</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Milestones & Photos</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">My NICU Friends</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Our Firsts</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Moments We Have Shared</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Holidays and Celebrations</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Thoughtful Gifts & Expressions</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">NICU Visitors</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Transitioning to Home</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Going Home Goals</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Going Home Checklist</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Photo & Journaling Pages</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Contacts & Phone Numbers</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Sentiments</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Going Home</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Baby & Family Care Givers</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Photo & Journaling Pages</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><br />
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<a href="mailto:info@miraclebebe.com">info@miraclebebe.com</a></div>The Preemiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09317050268751901834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7635015096563537810.post-79969592553842000092010-12-04T20:15:00.000-08:002011-01-15T11:25:53.442-08:00A Review of 'A Journey to Home, A Preemie Baby Book and NICU Companion Journal'<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZjDxnW4SdGSoDAvl8UY7GZr6gUkOy1Gbrup-t4wJ0t22CoPo2gssjddUu9FZHnsLtm1zM8vpOlNdFfA3ygor3o8by-Esy7NcVauG3mT6X-jSE94fJjfGhEOcC6R_fUuv_lFfuNKwKzg0e/s1600/Pink+Cover+Reduced.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZjDxnW4SdGSoDAvl8UY7GZr6gUkOy1Gbrup-t4wJ0t22CoPo2gssjddUu9FZHnsLtm1zM8vpOlNdFfA3ygor3o8by-Esy7NcVauG3mT6X-jSE94fJjfGhEOcC6R_fUuv_lFfuNKwKzg0e/s320/Pink+Cover+Reduced.jpg" width="252" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">‘A Journey to Home’ is a comprehensive Preemie Baby Book and NICU Journal. Over three years in the making, this journal will be a companion during the NICU stay, and a book of memories in the future. It is a book of expectations, setting parents up for a true understanding of what is to come. It builds resources while celebrating the joys of their baby’s life.</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">“The development of this book began four hours after the birth of my son. I longed to be able to journal and have a keepsake that was adjusted to my premature child.”</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">“In my personal journey, I have found that you must find peace with being a parent of a preemie. It is only after much time that I have been able to rejoice with my toddler, and shed layers of protection that sheltered us from harm in the past. I will look at him with a little less guilt in my heart, and continue to treasure every breath, word, and step that he takes in his life.” Jessica Williams</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">'A Journey to Home' is offered in a 72 page, soft bound book, measuring 8"x10". It is perfect for a baby bag or purse when running from home to NICU. We have provided a pink and teal version for preemie girls and boys. A medical recording section has been omitted in this second edition book. For personal use, we are providing those pages as a free download on our website:. www.thepreemie.com. All parents are welcome to print or have a commercial printer produce them in a separate journal for complete care records and reports throughout the NICU experience and potentially at home. Included:. weekly doctor reports, daily care records, lactation records, feeding records, and weekly records.</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Contents include :.</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Chapter One:. Expecting You...</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">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.</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Chapter Two:. Our Home for Awhile...</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">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 Milestones. Importantly, we have included areas to journal calendar reminders for each month as well as contact information for outside and inside the NICU.</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Chapter Three:. Transitioning to Home...</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">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.</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Chapter Four:. Resources for Us...</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">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.</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Table of Contents:.</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Expecting You</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">My Wish for You</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">The Day You Came Into My Life</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">First Photos of You</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">A Letter to My Baby</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Photo Page</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Ten Tiny Fingers, Ten Tiny Toes</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Family Tree</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">About Our Family</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Our Home for Awhile</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Important Contacts</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Conversion Charts</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Monthly Calendars</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">NICU Dictionary</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Milestones & Photos</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">My NICU Friends</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Our Firsts</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Moments We Have Shared</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Holidays and Celebrations</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Thoughtful Gifts & Expressions</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">NICU Visitors</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Transitioning to Home</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Going Home Goals</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Going Home Checklist</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Photo & Journaling Pages</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Contacts & Phone Numbers</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Sentiments</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Going Home</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Baby & Family Care Givers</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Photo & Journaling Pages</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><br />
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Are you able to donate your time or talents to the NICU for the holidays? We would love you to be a part of Made for a Miracle. An organization that brings hand made gift to the neonatal intensive care units. I you would like to be involved, or would like more information, please email me personally... thepreemie@me.com<br />
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http://thepreemie.wordpress.comThe Preemiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09317050268751901834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7635015096563537810.post-21751085872951551852010-11-11T17:50:00.000-08:002011-01-15T11:26:14.267-08:00The Preemie is on Twitter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIwgN2WHYw7orQ0hqax3rKmXXfdF1Do1cFxoz3xYY0NVImASHTg6NsA3ugB3pXbx92PHm1yNLCkJYcx269lm5ummArNGkjcMmd5SHtCu1yjIEjGZZ5lkeiW1_pTArFj12ReCGA7d-x0V5a/s1600/twitter_logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIwgN2WHYw7orQ0hqax3rKmXXfdF1Do1cFxoz3xYY0NVImASHTg6NsA3ugB3pXbx92PHm1yNLCkJYcx269lm5ummArNGkjcMmd5SHtCu1yjIEjGZZ5lkeiW1_pTArFj12ReCGA7d-x0V5a/s200/twitter_logo.png" width="200" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Come find our instant blog post on Twitter. It is my understanding that I must need both. If you would like to be aware of new offers, interesting updates, and post that promote the advocacy for celebrating the Preemie children and families of the NICU. Follow us :.</span><br />
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http://thepreemie.wordpress.comThe Preemiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09317050268751901834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7635015096563537810.post-28730319960059483782010-11-07T12:54:00.000-08:002011-01-15T11:26:26.528-08:00The Preemie :. A Journey to Home, A Preemie Baby Book and NICU Companion Journal - Now Available for Hospitals and for Donation!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDqrNvVD2KgOixaCxde8LkJcvI9ifitxomHps16AX2PJ8Na-IfnIFCkOsKbp9u017SEHWrK6xDDiBWkgIqcllzc7UOpls9rxL2KyUmb3Y8SUgGQHq9mXXae9uuPFiVTR7OKHX7kVicCWBR/s1600/MiracleBebeAJourneyToHomePressnew10072010.pdf10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDqrNvVD2KgOixaCxde8LkJcvI9ifitxomHps16AX2PJ8Na-IfnIFCkOsKbp9u017SEHWrK6xDDiBWkgIqcllzc7UOpls9rxL2KyUmb3Y8SUgGQHq9mXXae9uuPFiVTR7OKHX7kVicCWBR/s200/MiracleBebeAJourneyToHomePressnew10072010.pdf10.jpg" width="155" /></a></div>As many of you know, I have been compiling a NICU Journal and Preemie Baby Book. This companion journal had been offered on the internet for the past year. I have done a complete revision and have made the preemie baby book larger, more reasonable in cost, and faster shipping. This journal is 104 pages and in outstanding full-color. The new printers have offered excellent quality and the publishers will market the book on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other brick and mortar store across the world.<br />
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The artist and illustrator, <a href="http://dustybeardesigns.blogspot.com/">Lara Payton</a> had lent me her designs to give the book a beautiful scrapbook look and feel. The elegance of her artwork gave something so unique to this journal. Every page is different and personal, as is the NICU experience.<br />
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In the publishing of this Preemie keepsake, I have a new website that details the book in it's entirety (http://thepreemie.com). Along with that, I have advertised a discounted price of 25% as an introductory offer. Many hospitals and organizations had contacted me in the past concerning wholesale and discounted pricing, at that time and with the resources that I had available to me, I was unable to do so.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRplJiXIAtk-I7nvMVpQEKoAu74eurt8Xbfttc-0_gc3vpg_riJGv7vQKhmWVVs4cW1a9av6qVerTZ5gu4BDN77mSHXbobhdcu2Uy3C_j8ydzO0flHeNWU6ZENj430gAK7L5ZjTqNjBl0q/s1600/MiracleBebeAJourneyToHomePressnew10072010.pdf12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRplJiXIAtk-I7nvMVpQEKoAu74eurt8Xbfttc-0_gc3vpg_riJGv7vQKhmWVVs4cW1a9av6qVerTZ5gu4BDN77mSHXbobhdcu2Uy3C_j8ydzO0flHeNWU6ZENj430gAK7L5ZjTqNjBl0q/s200/MiracleBebeAJourneyToHomePressnew10072010.pdf12.jpg" width="155" /></a></div>Today is a new day, and for many families in the NICU, my hope is that they are able to have a copy of this 'fill-in' diary throughout their stay. As the author of this publication, I wanted nothing more than a means to give parents a resource for celebration and hope. As a Mother of a Preemie, I have poured my heart into the journal, detailing pages for parents to fill in with emotion and sentiments. My hope is to offer comfort to parents and children with a memory of their Journey to Home.<br />
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Today, the journal is available at LuLu.com and is ready for immediate shipment. It is listed at $49.99 with a 25% off, making it $37.49. There is a promotional code that will take the book down in price to $29.99. I would encourage all NICU's to take a look at the journal and check back with me for opportunities for larger orders. If you are an individual, I would encourage you to purchase and have it shipped to the NICU of your choice as a donation to a family for the holidays.<br />
Use promo code :. NOVEMBOOK for the additional discount. <a href="http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/a-journey-to-home-a-preemie-baby-book-and-nicu-journal/13228408?productTrackingContext=search_results/search_shelf/center/1">Order Your Copy, Today.</a><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3nsijRnuE61Z4qjFv54jfW2nN4r3U9r-8daGxH9z5VC73AJr-NsQD7Cs8wJu5PeFIyTUUPaPGeGp8ZwwsJWwjJwRY340Gvkc4cOXFaBBqfrgiKnFQVJTKUr49tE0Gq4HhMd_mho9TPDqD/s1600/MiracleBebeAJourneyToHomePressnew10072010.pdf65.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3nsijRnuE61Z4qjFv54jfW2nN4r3U9r-8daGxH9z5VC73AJr-NsQD7Cs8wJu5PeFIyTUUPaPGeGp8ZwwsJWwjJwRY340Gvkc4cOXFaBBqfrgiKnFQVJTKUr49tE0Gq4HhMd_mho9TPDqD/s200/MiracleBebeAJourneyToHomePressnew10072010.pdf65.jpg" width="155" /></a></div>This is my way of giving back to the community of premature infants. It is the way that I, as a working Mother am able to fight for the healing and the celebration to be a part of future experiences in the NICU. This journal will make it's way into the hearts of many, but my hope is that it makes it's way into the hearts of all.<br />
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http://thepreemie.wordpress.comThe Preemiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09317050268751901834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7635015096563537810.post-45501591125132861962010-11-07T07:54:00.000-08:002011-01-15T11:26:39.742-08:00The Development of The Preemie Baby Book<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I began all of my research about prematurity the evening of my son's birth. I can't say that I was avoiding doing my research prior to the birth of my son, only holding out for the chance of making it to 36 weeks gestation. I complicated my pregnancy by constantly researching my high-risk condition. Looking back, I definitely should have taken the experiences of being pregnant with more elation and less stress. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Overall, I feel that the time spent in the NICU was only about us having a set-back or a milestone, did I then understand that this a reality to all preemies? You do not know what you don't know...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Going through the feeding processes, I did not know that a baby must develop the suck, swallow, breathe abilities. Although, we were guided to attempt to breast feed at some point, we were never told that in most preemies that oral motor skill is gained as they develop.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I guess, I just wanted that outline. This is the path to how you get home. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">First, they must sleep. We (the NICU) will feed them, make heat for them, and care for them.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">In (blank number of days) you will be able to kiss them.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Everyday, I received a phone call from the Neonatologist who had reports of how many bradycardia or apnea episodes my preemie had experienced throughout the night. They would discuss treatments as well as dismissal of treatments. For me, I did not have a useful way to compile the information, so that I was able to view a previous report to see if we were really making great progress, or was there a need for concern. Who knew?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I was uneducated. I will say that yes... we made it through. Did I do it the best way possible? No. I needed more under my belt in order to really, really understand, heal, and to celebrate in the processes.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The development of the premature baby book was really out of healing myself. I still carry discontent in the medical and social societies that surround prematurity. It is not only a cause but a reality. I could go on for days about my issues with the system, but overall, please know that it is a passion of mine to be an advocate for all babies born to soon, for the parents who experience emotional and financial hardship, and for the overall sensitivity in the care of these families through education and activities in the NICU.</span><br />
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HOW TO FIND US ONLINE…<br />
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http://thepreemie.wordpress.comThe Preemiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09317050268751901834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7635015096563537810.post-6519123230353255622010-11-07T05:41:00.001-08:002011-01-15T11:26:59.681-08:00A Published Journal That Celebrates The Premature Infant<a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/11/07/916.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/11/07/s_916.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' align='left' style='margin:5px'></a><br />
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'A Journey to Home' A Preemie Baby Book and NICU Companion Journal is available today! As exciting as that is, I am even more excited that the publisher also offers wholesale pricing. My ultimate goal is to have this book given to every Mother being wheel-chaired into the NICU for the first time. My goal is that every woman on bed rest receive a copy.<br />
I truthfully tell you that the night I saw my son for the first time, I was given a half sheet of blue card stock with his name on it, a room number and a phone number. I wheeled back up to the ninth floor where I sat in my bed and literally broke down, having nothing but that blue piece of paper.<br />
I could not meet my goal quick enough, but with your help, maybe. If you are in the NICU now, or are a parent of a NICU graduate, or maybe you are a NICU nurse, we all have the capacity to change things. I hope that I share this common goal with you too.<br />
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HOW TO FIND US ONLINE…<br />
Visit Our WebSites :.<br />
http://www.thepreemie.comhttp://www.miraclebebe.com<br />
YouTube Channel :.theeverydaypreemie<br />
Facebook Pages :.<br />
http://www.facebook.com/thepreemie<br />
Follow us on Twitter :.@thepreemie<br />
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http://thepreemie.wordpress.comThe Preemiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09317050268751901834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7635015096563537810.post-86007271117038302572010-11-07T05:13:00.001-08:002011-01-15T11:27:15.607-08:00From Small Beginings Come Great Things<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">As my son grew, so did the constant push for a bigger better journal, one with less expense and that could arrive quicker. I started doing my reach and came up with a publisher who could provide all of that.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">My revision was to still include the fabulous graphics and illustrations by Lara Payton. The elegance of her artwork lent something so unique to this journal. Every page is personal, as is the NICU experience. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I worked as diligently as I could having a three year old and trying to balance. It literally took months for the redesign, when I was hoping for a week of hard work...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Two proofs later, I was finally ready to publish. The Preemie Baby Book and NICU Companion Journal is officially available on LuLu.com. I am very excited to say that within the next 4 weeks, with all fingers crossed... It will be available at Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, as well as other brick an mortar stores.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">For more information, please visit http://www.thepreemie.com</span><br />
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http://thepreemie.wordpress.comThe Preemiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09317050268751901834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7635015096563537810.post-92066479304231290242010-11-07T04:53:00.001-08:002011-01-15T11:27:22.819-08:00The Premature Baby Scrapbook and NICU Companion Journal<a href="http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/11/07/837.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img align="right" border="0" height="200" src="http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/11/07/s_837.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; margin-top: 5px;" width="200" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Since the birth of my son at 30 weeks gestation, I had been longing for some type of method to record his journey through the NICU. In the three years that followed his birth, I have compiled closed to seven versions of a NICU Journal that is the Preemie Baby Book since his coming home.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">In early 2010, I began selling a small journal that was close to 35 pages. This journal was well received although, it just wasn't the book that I wanted for mothers. Believe me... It was a beautiful start. </span><br />
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