Jazmyne
Jazmyne, mother of Crimson. Crimson was diagnosed prenatally with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH) and lived her 5 months, deeply cherished, in the NICU.
![Finding my voice as my daughter’s mother. “Yes, I’m angry, and it just happens I’m black, and a woman. Here I am.”](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pJvtN7XNJwk/sddefault.jpg)
Finding my voice as my daughter’s mother. “Yes, I’m angry, and it just happens I’m black, and a woman. Here I am.”
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Finding my voice as my daughter’s mother. “Yes, I’m angry, and it just happens I’m black, and a woman. Here I am.”
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A prenatal diagnosis of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia and living into an uncertain prognosis
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Microaggressions: “We need more [BIPOC] representation in the NICU.”
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A mother on learning she needed to take care of herself while her baby was in the NICU.
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There was never a thought in my mind that she would die from this. I called her the Comeback Queen. . . . Then I had to get ready for that day.”
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Moving beyond the anger after the death: “At diagnosis and birth, hope and faith took over. I didn’t realize how sick she was.”
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A bereaved mom: “I battled with guilt for a long time. Did we do her a disservice by keeping her on this earth for 5 months? I am learning to relinquish that because we had no clue.”
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A NICU mom on learning to recognize that the experience was traumatic and that she has PTSD.
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“When we’re in the hospital, don’t ask me how I’m feeling. I’m in survival mode.”
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Advice to the mom that I was with my baby in the NICU: “I would say to give myself more grace.”
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