preemie Archives - Mama.Papa.Bubba. https://mamapapabubba.com/category/preemie/ Fri, 09 Mar 2018 04:38:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.7 56460141 Confessions of a NICU Mom https://mamapapabubba.com/2018/03/08/confessions-of-a-nicu-mom/ https://mamapapabubba.com/2018/03/08/confessions-of-a-nicu-mom/#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2018 04:27:28 +0000 https://mamapapabubba.com/?p=73254 This post is sponsored by London Drugs.  With every Huggies Diaper purchase made by an LDExtras member between now and April 30th, 2018, a $2 donation will be made to the Huggies No Baby Unhugged program at Victoria General Hospital here in BC.  As always, my stories are my own and I truly do believe that the Huggies… Read More

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]]> https://mamapapabubba.com/2018/03/08/confessions-of-a-nicu-mom/feed/ 5 73254 10 Things to Gift a NICU Parent {& a giveaway} https://mamapapabubba.com/2017/09/11/10-things-gift-nicu-parent-giveaway/ https://mamapapabubba.com/2017/09/11/10-things-gift-nicu-parent-giveaway/#comments Mon, 11 Sep 2017 21:00:00 +0000 https://mamapapabubba.com/?p=72555 One of the things I get asked about a lot is what to gift parents with littles in the NICU.  I absolutely love being asked and I always hope my answers are helpful, but it’s important to keep in mind is that every baby’s {and therefore parents’} NICU journey is different and I can really… Read More

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]]> https://mamapapabubba.com/2017/09/11/10-things-gift-nicu-parent-giveaway/feed/ 27 72555 5 Things NICU Parents Want You to Know https://mamapapabubba.com/2017/04/22/5-things-nicu-parents-want-you-to-know/ https://mamapapabubba.com/2017/04/22/5-things-nicu-parents-want-you-to-know/#comments Sat, 22 Apr 2017 21:13:41 +0000 https://mamapapabubba.com/?p=72049 Since having Sam at 27 weeks gestation, I’ve had all kinds of people reach out and ask how they can support their friends and family members with a fresh preemie just starting their NICU journey.   Sam shortly after he was born.  I wasn’t prepared for the neonatal intensive care team to literally catch him… Read More

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]]> https://mamapapabubba.com/2017/04/22/5-things-nicu-parents-want-you-to-know/feed/ 1 72049 Bringing Our Preemie Home From the NICU https://mamapapabubba.com/2017/01/14/bringing-our-preemie-home/ https://mamapapabubba.com/2017/01/14/bringing-our-preemie-home/#comments Sat, 14 Jan 2017 08:00:58 +0000 https://mamapapabubba.com/?p=71581 Exactly one year ago today, we brought our sweet preemie babe home from the NICU.  We had made it. An unexpected and traumatic birth, a 10 day hospital stay {plus an eventual ruptured appendix / giant cyst diagnosis} for me, countless heel pokes and tests for our sweet baby, and months of shuttling back and… Read More

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]]> https://mamapapabubba.com/2017/01/14/bringing-our-preemie-home/feed/ 7 71581 10 Ways to Support Preemie Parents While Their Baby is in the NICU https://mamapapabubba.com/2016/11/16/10-ways-to-support-preemie-parents-while-their-baby-is-in-the-nicu/ https://mamapapabubba.com/2016/11/16/10-ways-to-support-preemie-parents-while-their-baby-is-in-the-nicu/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2016 06:08:55 +0000 https://mamapapabubba.com/?p=71323 If you’ve been around for any amount of time, you probably know that our sweet Sam was born last November when I was just 27 weeks pregnant.  After a textbook pregnancy with Miss G and an uneventful first two trimesters with Sam, it was a shock to say the very least.  Never in a million… Read More

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