December 2020 – preemiePRO Org

Organization: Hand to Hold Established: 2010 Outreach: Texas, USA http://handtohold.org Hand to Hold helps families before, during and after a NICU stay or in the event of infant loss. Our services are available to families with NICU babies of any gestation. It’s important for us to recognize that any length of NICU stay can have an impact on a family. … Read More

December 2020 – Preemie Pro Highlight

Vincent C. Smith, MD MPH Division Chief of Newborn Medicine at Boston Medical Center Babies are awesome! Let’s do what we can to support them! – Dr. Vincent C. Smith PREEMIEWORLD: How long have you been working in your field? DR. SMITH: 17 years PREEMIEWORLD: Why did you choose your current profession? DR. SMITH: I started working with babies when … Read More

Advocating for Nutrition in the NICU

When I was in the NICU with my 30-weeker, Becky, I struggled to advocate for myself and my daughter but it was daunting.  I assumed the team knew better what my daughter wanted.  Had I known that fortifying my breastmilk with bovine-based fortifiers would be a likely reason Becky got sepsis, a deadly infection, I would have been pushing hard … Read More