On many preemie boards that I frequent, inevitably a thread appears that somehow turns into a nasty debate on who had the worse experience as a preemie, or a premature babies mother.
Inevitably, it's between a mother of a child who was born in the high 30's and was in the NICU for x days (not months) and a child who was a micro preemie with countless surgeries. it's always turns ugly, and the micro preemie mom says that the other one has no idea etc etc.
Can we all agree NOT TO LET THIS HAPPEN HERE?
we are a sisterhood sharing the same path - and I firmly believe that any mother who fears for her child's life is walking the same path, regardless of how critical.
Can we can agree that there are degrees of illness, and have compassion for one another? and, not get into the whose pain is worse game??
I only post this ahead of time, because these other threads I talk about end up here, and I thought I would only save us all the pain and trouble of starting HERE, first.
what do think?
Stella
Inevitably, it's between a mother of a child who was born in the high 30's and was in the NICU for x days (not months) and a child who was a micro preemie with countless surgeries. it's always turns ugly, and the micro preemie mom says that the other one has no idea etc etc.
Can we all agree NOT TO LET THIS HAPPEN HERE?
we are a sisterhood sharing the same path - and I firmly believe that any mother who fears for her child's life is walking the same path, regardless of how critical.
Can we can agree that there are degrees of illness, and have compassion for one another? and, not get into the whose pain is worse game??
I only post this ahead of time, because these other threads I talk about end up here, and I thought I would only save us all the pain and trouble of starting HERE, first.
what do think?
Stella