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A parents’s guide to supports and services for children with CP living in British Columbia.

Congratulations to the 2020 Janna Epp Bursary recipient. https://www.pacificmedicallaw.ca/jannaeppbursary/

Sailing to New Heights https://www.pacificmedicallaw.ca/bl/sailing-to-new-heights/

No place like home? Thinking twice about midwife-assisted planned home births https://www.pacificmedicallaw.ca//no-place-like-home-thin/

A new study finds hope in a blood test helping babies born with brain injuries https://www.pacificmedicallaw.ca//a-new-study-finds-hope-/

A new study finds hope in a blood test helping babies born with brain injuries https://www.pacificmedicallaw.ca//a-new-study-finds-hope-/

Racism, Maternal Deaths and Healthcare Inequality https://www.pacificmedicallaw.ca//racism-maternal-deaths-/

Dear NICU Parent, I see you. I see you coming in for the day with a smile on your face but so many emotions in your heart. You settle in on your assigned plast...ic covered recliner, watching others care for your tiny baby you worked so hard to grow. I see you armed with a bag of distractions, but you rarely pull out the book or magazine because it’s hard to escape the ever-present soundtrack of beeping machines; each one reminding you of how far from normal your life has become. I see you carefully wash your hands before you lean over that tiny plastic crib to touch your baby’s facehoping you’ll get to wrap her whole body in your arms soon. I see you coming in with a special heirloom dress and milestone blocks commemorating her first month of life. This moment isn’t at all how you envisioned, but you are determined to embrace it anyway. I see you leave your chair every three hours to pump milk from your body, milk you are wondering when your baby will actually be able to drink. I see you throughout the day looking weary, but also soaking in every moment your baby is awake. I see you leaving for the eveningfeeling torn between two places, caring for this new life and the lives inside your home. I see how this experience is changing you. You know more medical terms than you ever cared to know, you know more fear than you’ve ever experienced, but this place is also refining you. I see how you long for your life to begin outside the hospital, but how you are noticing things you may have never noticed before. You see not only your baby but your neighbor’s. You see the baby with the private suite, the suite no parent wants because it means their baby is in dire need. Your trouble is real, but so are the troubles of the others around you. I see you with your eyes wide open. You are becoming more empathetic, stronger, and are learning how to embrace the moments with more vigor. Most of all NICU Parent, I see a fierceness about you. That baby of yours’ is fiercely fighting. You are fiercely fighting for him. And the love that was already in your heart, is fiercely growing here. Dear NICU Parent, I see you. Love, A NICU Mom x2 Join Jillian Benfield for more writings. September is NICU Awareness Month. #NICU #NICUAwarenessMonth #NICUAwareness Get my free ebook of spiritual comforts- https://view.flodesk.com/pages/5df181b3154bd20026a1aeaa

This is an excellent article about Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE), a brain injury which babies can suffer around the time of birth if they do not get enough oxygen, which can occur for a variety of reasons including placental abruption, uterine rupture, stress during labour due to, for example, too many contractions, pre-eclampsia, infection etc...

Susanne Raab again recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada for 2021 https://www.pacificmedicallaw.ca//susanne-raab-again-reco/

Paul McGivern receives double recognition from Best Lawyers in Canada for 2021 https://www.pacificmedicallaw.ca//paul-mcgivern-receives-/

A good reminder of the importance of recognizing the less visible disabilities. Thank you LetsCureCP

Helping hands: how medical treatment and care is improving the long-term health of premature babies https://www.pacificmedicallaw.ca//helping-hands-how-medic/

Thank you Jillian for your honesty and wisdom!

Maysoon Zayid doesn’t believe in can’t https://www.pacificmedicallaw.ca//maysoon-zayid-doesnt-be/

It is such a privilege to continue to honour Janna Epp’s memory and help children with #cerebralpalsy with this bursary. Heartfelt thanks to Jennifer Epp Littlejtoys for her continued support .