Pumping Milk for My Preemie

Would you believe I had no one visit my room within the first 12 hours after birth regarding breastfeeding?  Granted I had a premature baby in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, but still. Here I was in my postpartum room with my husband Gregg resting after the first NICU visit of the morning.  In front of my bed, quietly sad … Read More

What Diapers Did You Use in the NICU?

With Becky, and remember this was 15 years ago, they handed out the diaper bags with baby formula samples, diaper samples, and wipe samples.  I gather our NICU did not have an allegiance to one brand for diapers. So one day I saw Becky wearing Pampers preemie diapers and another day she was wearing Huggies preemie diapers.     In … Read More

My Preemie Pumpkin

PreemieWorld’s Blog is back up and running full blast in honor of World Prematurity Day and World Prematurity Month.  Many things are in store for you now and ongoing.  We start off with this little gem on Deb Discenza’s look back at “Becky’s Memory Box,” a box she collected together items from her 30 weeker’s stay in the Neonatal Intensive … Read More