by Jennifer Degl | Nov 15, 2024 | Blog, NICU, Preemie, World Prematurity Day
November 17th is World Prematurity Day and the entire month of November is Prematurity Awareness Month. Preterm birth is when a baby is born too early, before 37 weeks of pregnancy have been completed. Current statistics show that 1 of every 10 infants born in the...
by Jennifer Degl | Nov 9, 2023 | Blog, NICU, NICU Parent Network, World Prematurity Day
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of attending the 2024 NICU Parent Network Leadership Summit. This summit is particularly meaningful to me, as I am a member of their Board of Directors. But honestly, the most special part about going to this summit each year is the...
by Jennifer Degl | Oct 26, 2023 | Blog, NICU, Podcast, World Prematurity Day
I was honored to be a guest on the NICU Alumni Podcast series, and it was just in time so that I could share it during Prematurity Awareness Month! NICU Alumni was founded by Andrea Hickson, the parent of two fierce NICU grads. After bringing her little ones home, she...
by Jennifer Degl | Nov 20, 2021 | Blog, Preemie, World Prematurity Day
Wednesday November 17th was World Prematurity Day, and boy did we celebrate! The New York Bridge State Authority was super supportive and agreed to light up the Mid-Hudson Bridge (in New York) purple to help us spread awareness. It was beautiful. We had a special...
by Jennifer Degl | Nov 10, 2021 | Blog, World Prematurity Day
November 17th is World Prematurity Day! Did you know that 380,000 babies are born prematurely each year? 10% of all births in the United States are preterm, costing over 26 billion dollars in health care and leaving babies and families with long lasting struggles. In...
