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Child Life On Call: Parents of children with an illness or medical condition share their stories with a child life specialist

Apr 9, 2018

At just 25 weeks pregnant, Courtney was diagnosed with pre-eclampsia and was hospitalized. Just 5 days later and after a terrifying emergent c-section, she would meet her daughter, McKenzie. In this episode Courtney talks about her entire experience from her own hospitalization and her daughter's 5-month stay in the...


Jul 31, 2017

Photo by Laura Morsman Photography

Karen had a typical pregnancy up until the last few scary days when she was unable to feel her daughter move. After following her mother instinct, Karen went to the hospital and quickly learned she would need an emergent c-section. As emergencies go, everything was unexpected.

In this episode, Karen walks us through...