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carleyguill's review against another edition
5.0
This book matters. Perhaps more than any other book that I’ve read. As a nurse and sister to a NICU survivor I’ve heard shouting from both sides - any life is a good life, no life is good if it’s like this. Often, these aren’t opinions grounded in science, how could they be? Neonatology is so raw, so vague. A world of subjectivity that no other sect of medicine exists within. For DiGregorio to have written a book encompassing every possible opinion and still root it in research, personal testimony from survivors and providers, and still have made it rich with optimism? Astounding. Perspective is a gift. This book offers it so freely to readers that it feels almost stolen.
Public health, bioethics, familial instinct, medical history, all compounded into one overarching narrative. Medicine can do nothing for premature birth without love. Thank you Sarah DiGregorio. I’ll treasure this forever.
Public health, bioethics, familial instinct, medical history, all compounded into one overarching narrative. Medicine can do nothing for premature birth without love. Thank you Sarah DiGregorio. I’ll treasure this forever.
richardiporter's review against another edition
3.0
Worth reading/listening to by parents of preemies as long as it’s been enough time since your baby’s birth.
Not before. Good to hear the history and all the efforts of people who have worked to make preemies viable and survivable in the modern era.
3 Star reviews mean this was a solid book. I probably won’t read it again but I could. I may recommend it to people interested in this sort of topic. No argument from me if you love this book.
Not before. Good to hear the history and all the efforts of people who have worked to make preemies viable and survivable in the modern era.
3 Star reviews mean this was a solid book. I probably won’t read it again but I could. I may recommend it to people interested in this sort of topic. No argument from me if you love this book.
vanessasafie's review against another edition
4.0
My only critiques are that I wish there was more than one book like this and I also wish we talked more about racial disparity and how to battle it.
vmjanek's review
emotional
hopeful
informative
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Medical trauma and Child death
Minor: Infertility
emijoanmcn's review against another edition
5.0
As a NICU nurse, I started reading this book cautiously, prepared to critique and criticize anything that might be misrepresented. But I was so pleased to discover that it surpassed my expectations by a long-shot. The author is an incredibly eloquent writer who is thorough and well-researched. She tackles every facet of preterm birth from the history (and potential future) of neonatology, to the role of racism in maternal healthcare and early deliveries, to the delicate and heart-breaking matter of end-of-life and infant hospice, and much more. I was very impressed and would recommend this book to anyone who likes good writing based on solid research, and/or who has any interest in or connection to the mysterious world of the NICU.
colbygirl13reads's review against another edition
emotional
informative
medium-paced
4.0
Very informative regarding the life and death of preemies