Meeting your baby for the first time in the NICU can be jarring. But as a parent, you are a vital part of your preemie’s care and can get involved right away.

One in eight babies are born prematurely in the United States -- that's before 37 weeks. November is dedicated to raising awareness to the premies who arrive early. For parents, it can be ...

For the preemies and their families who are spending the holidays in the NICU, staff of the HCA Healthcare’s Summerville Medical Center in South Carolina, are going above and beyond to make this ...

Preemie babies find comfort in arms of NICU volunteer. Kelly Wilkinson. ... But to help in NICU, volunteers have helped out for at least a year elsewhere in the hospital.

There's a saying in the NICU: 'Never trust a preemie' December 15, 2009. By John Kelly. Tara Taylor's colleagues know that when they arrive for a meeting she will already be there.

“Sitting in the rocker in the NICU rocking this tiny preemie we’re fostering and praying.” Paine, who said she is 34 weeks pregnant with her fourth child, ...

Hospitals are enlisting moms and dads to work full-time in the NICU caring for their premature babies, an approach that early research found helps the infants to thrive.

Having his baby in the NICU prompted Freydin's fiancé, David Caldwell, 33, to dig out his own baby book. Caldwell was a preemie himself; he was born six weeks early at the same hospital.

Tammy Lewis of Belton, Texas, is a NICU respiratory therapist at Baylor Scott & White Health where she was treated as a micro preemie. Lewis was once considered the tiniest baby in Texas.

A closer look at three common NICU challenges, and how they're being faced.

Halloween is the time for kids of all ages to dress up in fun costumes. One hospital in Florida doesn’t want their littlest patients to miss out on the Halloween hoopla, so staff members engage ...

Micro-Preemie Goes Home After 100-Plus Days in NICU: 'Everything We Hoped and Prayed For' Finn James Hill is now 4 months old and weighs 5 lbs., 5 oz. By. Rachel DeSantis. Rachel DeSantis.