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Summary: A NICU nurses's opinion...
Review: I'm am blessed to be Aidan's Mother. One of the older preemies in the book. In fact this is one fo the things best about this book. It counts the feelings and fears of older preemie parents as valid too. From mirco preemie to just about term, the book offers the reader valuable insights into the road preemie new parents take. I have not read a better book on preemies. Since it is written in the parents voice, it is very comforting to read that others had the same emotions and fears as you did. The before and after pictures also give hope! This book is wonderful and I say that not as one of the contibutors but as a Mother of a preemie and a second low birth weight baby.
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Summary: Touching, heartfelt, encouraging.....
Review: I'm am blessed to be Aidan's Mother. One of the older preemies in the book. In fact this is one fo the things best about this book. It counts the feelings and fears of older preemie parents as valid too. From mirco preemie to just about term, the book offers the reader valuable insights into the road preemie new parents take. I have not read a better book on preemies. Since it is written in the parents voice, it is very comforting to read that others had the same emotions and fears as you did. The before and after pictures also give hope! This book is wonderful and I say that not as one of the contibutors but as a Mother of a preemie and a second low birth weight baby.
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Summary: Believing in Miracles...
Review: If someone doesn't believe in miracles, after reading this book they will.The stories in this book will touch your heart. I wish there had been a book like this 4 years ago after the birth of my son. This book is a must for anyone that has a premature infant.
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Summary: A gift of hope and information for preemie families
Review: Realistic, informative, inspirational stories of premature babies are what I needed to read when my daughter was born 12 weeks early. Not knowing any preemie parents or ever having seen a premature baby, I first needed information. Later I needed to know I wasn't alone and that others had been on a similar emotional journey that ended with a living and thriving child. While a few medical books provided factual information, what I really needed was to hear from parents of preemies--how they coped emotionally, the hurdles their preemies faced, advice on the NICU environment, and how their child developed. "Living Miracles: Stories of Hope from Parents of Premature Babies" is the book I needed during the seven weeks my daughter was in the NICU and in the early years of her life. In "Living Miracles" parents of preemies from 23 to 36 weeks' gestation share their experiences, feelings and their child's journey in utero, through birth, the NICU and after. Stories range from first births, to infertility battles, parents with multiple preemies, and even a 69-year-old preemie kept alive at birth by the heat of a wood burning stove. Each story includes inspirational "then and now" photos. Some preemies continue to face challenges such as developmental delays, food aversions, and cerebral palsy, while others have no lasting effects of prematurity. Regardless of the health of the child, the beauty of these stories is that each parent reveals their child as their greatest gift. "Living Miracles: Stories of Hope from Parents of Premature Babies" is a gift of information and hope to parents and families of premature babies. The desire is to help those affected by prematurity, thus all the proceeds I receive from this book will be donated to preemie charities and will be used to donate copies of the book to NICU libraries around the country. Compiling these stories of living miracles was invaluable in providing information and helping me heal. I sincerely hope "Living Miracles" will as meaningfully effect you.
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Summary: Have a box of tissues handy...
Review: This book brought tears of joy with every story. It's hard to believe what some of these couples and babies have survived -- they really are living miracles. The honest, detailed descriptions of the often difficult pregnancies, the deliveries, the time spent in the NICU and finally the trip home provide a clear, realistic picture into the roller coaster ride of having a preemie. This book would certainly provide encouragement to families in this situation, and for those who've never been through it, you'll be better able to understand some of the feelings the parents experience as well as some of the medical terminology common to preemies. God bless the parents who were willing to share their stories, their pain, their joy. God bless these miracle children!
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Summary: I loved this book!
Review: This book helps readers understand the preemie birth experience. It has perspectives from different families, and how they dealt with the time spent in NICU and afterwards. It is definitely a hopeful book for parents who need support, and it is also realistic about what these preemies go through. This is a great gift for the library of the preemie parent or others who want to know what it is really like to parent these babies.
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Summary: Finally!
Review: This book is excellent! A source of inspiration and hope, as well as an education to those who have never personally experienced the trauma a premature child faces, and the heartache of the childs parents. I only wish I had this 4 years ago when my daughter was born 12 weeks too soon.
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Summary: Living Miracles: Stories of Hope from Parents of Premature B
Review: This is a much needed book for parents just entering the world of prematurity. The families in this book do a wonderful job of allowing the reader to relate. Although there are many books on prematurity, none approach the subject quite in this light. Reading the stories in the parents own words is refreshing and eye opening. The pictures at birth and later provide a lot of hope for those still tiny infants. I highly recommend this book to all parents of premature babies, and their families. This book would be particularly helpful to family members that do not understand the world of prematurity.
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Summary: If you have a preemie, you must get this book!
Review: This is the best book to offer hope to the parents of premature infants. My son was born at 32 weeks and I was worried about everything. After reading this book I realized that we were going to be just fine. It made me realize that we were not alone and that we were very lucky. There are so many other preemies who have so many more problems than ours did and they did just fine. This book was the most positive and uplifting thing I found. I think the hospital should hand it out to preemie parents to help them along during one of the most terrible yet exciting times of there lives. Only parents of preemies can understand all the feelings and struggles we go through. This book is excellent!
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Summary: The First of its Kind
Review: Three years ago, I took a trip to my local book store in search of books about preemies. The selection I found was limited at best. I spent hours searching for a book with real stories about babies born prematurely-I found not one. I found some good informative books, which were also important, but none that gave me the kind of hope and inspiration I so desperately needed those weeks and months after my daughter was born at 25 weeks gestation. When I heard about this book, Living Miracles, Stories of Hope from Parents of Premature Babies, edited by Kimberly A. Powell & Kim Wilson, I thought to myself, "Well, it's about time there came about a book like this!" I was very excited about the book as I sat down to read it, but nothing could have prepared me for how wonderful the book turned out to be!The book is laid out by gestation from 23 weeks to 36 weeks, with 22 stories in all. They have various outcomes, just as in real life. Each story is written from the parent's point of view, which makes it that much more gripping. There are stories where the children come out virtually unscathed from their experience with prematurity, and also stories where children have severe complications due to their prematurity. There are also stories about children who have problems completely unrelated to their prematurity. However the stories end up, they are all very touching and inspiring. This is a book not only for parents of premature babies, but for everyone. You can't help but feel inspired after reading the stories of these heroic children born with the deck stacked against them. It is good for new parents of premature babies to give them hope for the future and make them realize they are not alone in what they are feeling the hours, weeks and months after their babies are born; For families of people with babies born premature to help them understand some of what the new parents are going through and feeling; For the average person who doesn't even know that there are over 400,000 babies born prematurely every year. It is important for people to be more aware of the many babies who are born early, and also that there are a number of reasons babies are born premature. Hopefully this book will find it's way to those people who don't have a clue that the preemie world even exists-just as I didn't just a short 3 years and some change ago! But most importantly, it is a great book for new parents of preemie babies because there is so much uncertainty after their birth.
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