Product Description
How Do I Still Be A Mom? You prepared for the expected. What about the unexpected events that lead you directly to the confines of a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit? As you begin your new role, you can feel more like a visitor than a mom as the (temporary) circumstances dictate the part you will play in your new baby's life. This book validates a mother's anguish of leaving the hospital without her baby while helping her to embrace the unique experience of parenting a preemie. Learn how to become a part of your baby's world. Find out what you can expect from him and from his new surroundings. Discover ways to be involved in his care and follow his progress. A special chapter just for dad too! Make the most of this time and remember, bonding doesn't happen all at once. Whatever you do, don't take a back seat and wait for it all to be over.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 1 review)

Excellent content for parent and caregivers alike by Kathy Velte-lee

5 Stars
May 17, 2009
We use this book in our parent library in the NICU of our hospital and like it very much.

SIMILAR PRODUCTS

	Parenting Your Premature Baby and Child: The Emotional Journey by Deborah L. Davis (Author), Mara Tesler Stein (Author) The premature birth of your baby or babies is a medical crisis. But more than that, it is a family crisis. When your baby* is born too soon, you must face not only the medical aspects of prematurity but also the many emotional aspects of parenting your premature baby. During hospitalization, after homecoming, and perhaps throughout childhood, there are three overarching, emotionally intense challenges you face: 1) Coping with feelings, which includes moving through your grief, adjusting,...
	Preemies: The Essential Guide for Parents of Premature Babies by Dana Wechsler Linden (Author), Emma Trenti Paroli (Author), Mia Wechsler Doron M.D. (Author) Preemies is the only resource of its kind -- a comprehensive "Dr. Spock"-like reference that is both reassuring and realistic, delivering up-to-the-minute information on medical care in a warm, caring, and engaging voice. Authors Dana Wechsler Linden and Emma Trenti Paroli are parents who have "been there." Together with neonatologist Mia Wechsler Doron, they answer the dozens of questions that parents will have at every stage -- from high-risk pregnancy through preemie's hospitalization,...
	A Mother's Diary: How to Survive the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit by Menetra D. Hathorn (Author) A Mother's Diary: How to Survive the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is a firsthand account of one woman's journey. It represents the struggle of thousands of women every year whose babies begin life in the N.I.C.U. Menetra Hathorn writes the entire book from her perspective - a mother's point of view. She begins by introducing you, the reader, to her world and giving some background information about how her journey began. Next, you walk with her the rest of the way - through a slow and...
	Alex: The Fathering Of A Preemie by Jeff Stimpson (Author) Nearly half a million preemies are born in the US every year. But like most people, Jeff Stimpson, the father who wrote Alex, never gave premature babies a thought beyond the cliche of medical miracles. Many of these children grow up with special needs, necessitating an increasing and ever-controversial burden on society. Medicine is creating not only a new population of individuals, but a special and growing population of parents and families. Alex was born in June of 1998. He weighed 21...
	No Bigger than My Teddy Bear by Valerie Pankow (Author) "No Bigger than My Teddy Bear" is a wonderful book that describes life in the Neonatal Intensive Care Nursery, through the eyes of a young child.