Preemie | Making It Work

He Was Early, So He’s Late (Prematurity And Milestones)

October 5, 2011

As I’ve mentioned before, Nathan was born 3.5 weeks early, which made him a “late-term preemie” (ah, if only he’d managed to stay in the womb for another few days! Such a lot of issues he might have avoided!) Since he was just a few days short of the magical 37 weeks, I tend to [...]

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A Small Confession

August 26, 2011

I’m always baffled by people who are ashamed or defeated by aspects of their birthing experience. You do the best with what you’ve got. Did I WANT to have a C-section with Nathan? Of course not! (That’s MAJOR surgery, people! My sister got to observe some C-sections during her labor and delivery rotation for nursing [...]

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Bottlefed, Breastfed, And Now, A THIRD Option! Bottled Breasts!

June 28, 2011

There are a lot of things I found odd or interesting about pregnancy, but one of the biggest surprises to me was that at some point during my childhood, the gestation of a baby changed from 9 months to 40 weeks. (It’s probably just semantics and based on when you start counting the weeks, but [...]