If you are a “regular” blogreader of mine, you might notice a new tab on the top of the page. It is Resources from “Preemieville”. This is something I have been meaning to work on for a long time. I finally started today. I only have 2 pages up, but it’s a start and I will continue to add as I find the time.
When moms or dads of new preemies find Aidan’s page, one of the things that happens most often is that I get questions from them about resources or what we have personally been through. I LOVE talking to other parents of preemies, so please don’t stop sending emails. But I realized it might be helpful to the shy passerby to really document the things I found helpful and what I have learned along the way.
Not all of the information I put up on the Resources page will apply to or help every parent of a preemie, but I’m hoping it might help some.
Let me know if you have any suggestions of other things I could put up. I am planning at least the following: Our experience with oral aversion and feeding therapy, resources on birth trauma and PTSD, information on HELLP and pre-e, information about RSV, and some others I am spacing at the moment.
And since I am completely incapable of posting without a cute picture. Here they are. One of Aidan in his new winter coat (he looks SO darn old sometimes), one of him figuring out how to take the bottom plug out of his piggy bank, an interesting angle from above when he was outside with Brandon over the weekend, and some of us at the pumpkin patch yesterday.
That is a great idea. And I love the cute boy pictures.
I love those photos. He is going to break some hearts someday.
Hugs,
Lisa
Great idea! One of the things I’ve noticed is that a lot of our kiddos have kidney problems but I’m having trouble finding any research on it. Wondering if it’s a new phenomenon?
Beautiful pictures. And you claim there is no sun in the northeast
I just finished reading your pregnancy post. I have never read it from start to finish. Lori I have never, never seen the out line of a liver!!! Those doppler flow studies were scary. So was the clot in the placenta. You had a wicked scary pregnancy. But I am sure you already know that.
I read the whole story because I just spent 1 night in the hospital and thought it sucked. Which made me think of many of the women who have to be on bed rest and a monitor for weeks at a time. It is cruel and unusual punishment. I also think the beds are cruel and unusual punishment too. I think I will talk to my Nurse Manager about buying some of those egg crate bed toppers. I wonder if that would make the bed more comfortable?
I think it is a great idea you are listing references for other parents who are going through this night mare. AND with IVF, more folks are going through this than ever before. Keep up the good work!!!
Thanks Chris. It was a bad night and one of the most rapid cases of HELLP my peri says he has ever seen.
You are right about the beds. OY! They were horrible. I think maybe Tempurpedic mattresses for antepartum women are the way to go!
I hope you are recovering well!