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Earthy and Expecting: Art of medicine, science of feeling

I’ve previously characterized the NICU as a veritable wonderland, where down is up and wrong is right. Apropos of that, after recapping Baby Jax’s progress over the last few weeks and outlining a couple procedures for the next few, one … Continue reading

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Earthy and Expecting: Micro-preemie survival mode, a list of dos and don’ts

On October 29, I gave birth to my son nearly three months early. That day, I learned a little something about survival mode. Survival mode is the phase of existence you enter when something so traumatic happens that your body … Continue reading

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