Anastasia Elise
Miracle Baby,
25 week preemie
Tips for Buying & Making Preemie Clothes
Tips on Preemie Development (including links to great toys)
How to Help Parents of Preemies
Recommended Books About Preemies
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Resources for Parents of Preemies
Poor Prenatal Diagnosis:
Meet other parents going through a similar situation; also resources: http://www.benotafraid.net
Elizabeth Ministry International Support: http://www.elizabethministry.com/
Miracle Angels (online support group): http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/MiracleAngels/
Prenatal Partners for Life (support): http://www.prenatalpartnersforlife.org/
Child of Promise (support): http://www.achildofpromise.org/
Perinatal hospices: http://www.perinatalhospice.org/Perinatal_hospices.html
Bed Rest:
eBook on bed rest: http://www.kristinaseleshanko.com/SurvivngPregnancyBedRest.htm
Pregnancy Bed Rest: http://fpb.cwru.edu/Bedrest/Families/families.shtm
High Risk Pregnancy Support Group: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/highriskpregnancysupport
PROM:
PROM (Premature Rupture of Membranes, or early "waters" breaking): http://www.kanalen.org/prom
General Preemie Info:
Preemie Magazine: http://www.preemiemagazine.com
The Mayo Clinic on Preemies: http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?objectid=DB81ABF4-378D-453B-AFD7BF32AD6F01E7&dsection=6
Extreme Preemies: http://members.aol.com/DDerleth/extreme.html
Kangaroo Care: http://www.prematurity.org/baby/kangaroo.html
Preemie Blog Moms: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PreemieBlogMoms/?yguid=7014584
Preemie L Discussion Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/preemie-list
Feeding:
Breast Feeding: http://www.breast-feeding-information.com/feeling-guitly-about-breastfeeding.php
Breast Feeding Preemies: http://www.chsd.org/1291.cfm
Feeding Tips for Preemies: http://members.aol.com/lmwill262/page4/index.htm
Parent-2-Parent Feeding Issues Forum: http://www.parent-2-parent.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=91&order=desc
Feeding Problems Forum: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/feeding/
Sensory Issues: http://www.comeunity.com/premature/child/growth/feeding-hints.html
G-Tube & Eating Resources: http://www.bayarearealestatesales.com/gtube.resourcepage.htm
Blog post about alternative feeding techniques: http://lizmccarthy.blogspot.com/search?q=Dr.+Meeta+Patel+Slim+Jim
Breast Pumps for low income families: http://zacharywilliamsonmemorialfoundation.org/newsPress.html
Help for tube fed children: http://www.oley.org/index.html
Misc. Medical Issues:
Chronic Lung Disease (or BPD): http://ezinearticles.com/?Bronchopulmonary-Dysplasia-(BPD)-or-Chronic-Lung-Disease-in-Your-Premature-Baby&id=209828
PDA (heart murmur): http://www.pedisurg.com/PtEduc/PDA.htm
Apnea of Prematurity: http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/medical/lungs/aop.html
ROP: http://www.preemieparents.com/articles/prerop.htm
RSV: http://www.preemiecare.org/rsvfaq.htm
Reflux: http://www.infantreflux.org/Select_Treatments.htm and http://www.reflux.org/
Torticollis: http://www.torticolliskids.org
Ataxia: http://www.mdvu.org/library/pediatric/ataxia/ and http://endoflifecare.tripod.com/juvenilehuntingtonsdisease/id57.html
Terminating troubled pregnancies (an RN describes the process): http://www.godandscience.org/doctrine/stanek.html
Charities for Preemies:
March of Dimes: http://www.marchofdimes.com/
Makayla's Haven Foundation (help with family and funeral expenses): http://makaylas-haven.com/aboutus.html
Tips on buying appropriate clothes for preemies of all sizes: http://www.kristinaseleshanko.com/PreemieClothes.htm
Online sources for preemie clothes:
The
Preemie Store
Preemies R Us
Itty Bitty Bundles
Nurture Place
Babyling
My Miracle Baby
Toy and Kid Item Recalls:
U.S Product Consumer Product Safety Commission
Other Blogs about Real Life Preemies:
Adventures in Preemie-Sitting (24 week preemie): http://ebbygator.blogspot.com
Alexander Daniel (24 week preemie): http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/a/alexdaniel
Alicia Blog (24 week preemie): http://callmealicia.blogspot.com
Bits and Pieces of Me (24 week preemie): http://www.bitsandpiecesofme.typepad.com
Blogging Hallie (23 week preemie): http://blogginghallie.blogspot.com
The Bolton Quintuplets: http://boltonquints.blogspot.com
Buying Mockingbirds: http://buyingmockingbirds.blogspot.com
Chasing Babies: http://www.chasingbabies.com
Cerebral Palsy Baby (28 week preemie): http://cerebralpalsybaby.blogspot.com
The Continuing Adventures of a Super Preemie (25 week preemie): http://snowplow.org/sarah/pers/Shoshanna
Day by Day (26 week preemie): http://www.kellarreid.com
Elizabeth Ann : http://busy-lizzy.blogspot.com
Eleanore and Adam (24 week preemies): http://www.ashtonjeffreykaden.blogspot.com
The Emma Report: http://www.emmareport.com
Furlough Family: http://www.furloughfamily.com
Impressions of a Preemie Mom (28 week preemie): http://www.impressionsbyleanne.blogspot.com
Isaac Samuel and Rachel Grace (23 week preemie): http://soniaandjong.blogspot.com
Kathyrn Elizabeth (25 week preemie): http://aliciam-kathrynelizabeth.blogspot.com
Life as a Preemie: http://dakota-rose.livejournal.com
Life in the NICU (23 week preemie): http://beaujacob.blogspot.com
Life is a Journey: http://justkima.blogspot.com
Lovvern Twins (25 week preemies): http://lovvorntwins.blogspot.com
Lucas Jeffrey Allen and Austin Lawrence Allen, born at 25 weeks: http://www.jeffandbeth.ca
Madd Babies: http://maddbabies.blogspot.com
A Mother's Journal (child born 12 weeks early): http://a-mothers-journal.blogspot.com
McCarthy Micro Preemie Blog: http://lizmccarthy.blogspot.com
Mirco Preemie Twins: http://www.micropreemietwins.blogspot.com
My Micro Preemie (26 week preemie): http://www.mymicropreemie.com
Miracles (Because They Do Happen) (24 week preemie): http://www.ashtonjeffreykaden.blogspot.com
Mono-Mono Preemie Twins (27 week preemies): http://momotwins-katy-mady.blogspot.com
Our Journey...Miracles Happen: http://nancybrown.wordpress.com
Our Miracle Boy (24 week preemie): http://www.birtchbaby.blogspot.com
Our Micro Preemie (25 week preemie): http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/e/elilittlebit
Preemie Beth (26 week preemie): http://preemiebeth.blogspot.com
The Preemie Experiment: http://www.thepreemieexperiment.blogspot.com
Quilao Triplets (25 week preemies): http://www.quilaotriplets.blogspot.com
Sydney Lou Who (24 week preemie): http://sydney-lou-who.livejournal.com
Tadlock Twins: http://tadlocktwins.livejournal.com
Tales of the Two Utes: http://tazmoz.blogspot.com
Tiny Baby: http://tinybaby.typepad.com
Tiny Blessings: http://tinyblessings.blogspot.com
Tyler Kenneth Brown (25 week preemie): http://kdbdallas.com/tyler
Twin Kemmets: http://twinkemmets.blogspot.com
Homeschooling
:Summary of Why Preschool is Bad for Children
Preschool Express (art and activities)
ABC Preschool (free curriculum)
First-School (one of our favorite sites for preschool worksheets, art, and activities)
Kid Zone (preschool ABCs and 123s, including printing practice printables)
DLTK's (alphabet and other preschool activities)
Skill Builders (scissors skills)
EdHelper (Misc. preschool skill activities)
tlsb Books (another of our favorite preschool sites)
"Miracles are a retelling in small letters
of the very same story
which is written across the whole world in letters
too large for some of us to see."
C. S. Lewis
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