Parenting Your Premature Baby and Child

The premature birth of a baby is a medical crisis. But more than that, it is a family crisis. The many immediate and future medical and developmental challenges that a preemie faces can overwhelm parents. Both mother and father experience feelings of grief, loss, bewilderment, fear, guilt, and more. Within the pages of this comprehensive guide, parents will find compassionate support, practical suggestions for coping and adjusting, encouragement, and information and advice that empowers them to express and cope with an array of opposing emotions-joy and sorrow, love and detachment, pride and guilt, gratitude and anger, confidence and helplessness.