Tag Archives: NICU

Words of wisdom for parents: Don’t neglect each other

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Stacia M. Fleegal

New mom Stacia Fleegal struggles to balance her time with her son, her fiance and herself.

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Deadline extended: Send us your handmade valentines

Posted on February 6, 2013 by April Trotter

Snap a photo of your handmade valentine for a chance to win a $50 Heritage Hills gift card.

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Earthy and Expecting: Discharge day!

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Stacia M. Fleegal

On Jan. 23, Jax was discharged after 87 days in the York Hospital NICU.

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Earthy and Expecting: Rooming in with Jax — check

Posted on January 24, 2013 by Stacia M. Fleegal

When NICU babies are stable and nearing discharge, parents are invited to “room in” a night or two with their preemie.

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Earthy and Expecting: Moms need to wean off NICU, too

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Stacia M. Fleegal

On Monday, Jax graduated to the Continuing Care Nursery, the CCN. Staff often refer to it as the Country Club Nursery — it looks more like what you’d imagine a hospital nursery to look like. Plus, it’s quieter and has … Continue reading →

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Earthy and Expecting: Remembering to celebrate

Posted on December 27, 2012 by Stacia M. Fleegal

If you’ve been following my column (thank you!), you know that the “expecting” part of “Earthy and Expecting” is deceiving. You also know that my own pregnancy journey took a very unexpected twist on October 25, when I was hospitalized … Continue reading →

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Earthy and Expecting: Choosing “blessed”

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Stacia M. Fleegal

My favorite band of all time is Pearl Jam. A line from one of their songs is, “How I choose to feel is how I am.”    No, that’s not a yoga mantra or an accidentally profound fortune cookie. … Continue reading →

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Earthy and Expecting: Great expectations

Posted on November 22, 2012 by Stacia M. Fleegal

Can a person get used to the unexpected? Can we really expect the unexpected, as the saying goes? And what about the expectations of others? Can we affect or change those expectations? Are we in any way responsible for them?

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Earthy and Expecting: NICU wonderland, where down is up and wrong is right

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Stacia M. Fleegal

Last week, I wrote about survival mode, the auto-pilot that kicks on when life serves up trauma. Survival mode, it turns out, can be a kind of ignorant bliss. Worrying about nothing outside of the bubble of basic needs and … Continue reading →

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

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Stacia M. Fleegal

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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