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Things Did Not Go As Planned: Coping with Birth Trauma
Things did not go as planned. My experience with childbirth did not meet my expectations. I didn’t get the experience of packing a “go...
Ryan Belcher
Apr 11, 20243 min read
NICU Survival Guide
When my wife was admitted to the hospital at just over 32 weeks gestational and told that we would not be leaving the hospital without a...
Ryan Belcher
Jan 22, 20248 min read
How I Became Your Father, Part 5
Sleeping in a hospital is darn near impossible, although going without sleep for around 36 hours does make it a bit easier. Fortunately...
Ryan Belcher
Jan 9, 20245 min read
How I Became Your Father Pt. 4
It was every bit of 3 am when we embarked on that journey to WVU Children’s Hospital. The drive from Beckley to Morgantown is very much...
Ryan Belcher
Dec 15, 20235 min read
How I Became Your Father, Pt. 3: From Beckley to Morgantown
Milan Puskar Stadium at West Virginia University Never in a million years did it enter my mind that we would be spending four weeks of...
Ryan Belcher
Dec 8, 20237 min read
How I Became Your Father Pt. 2: The Birth Story Journey Continues
Photo of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor by Brendan Beale on Unsplash It is time for the next installment of your birth story, Hosea. We go from...
Ryan Belcher
Nov 28, 20233 min read
How I Became Your Father Pt. 1
Photo by Rocky Friz on Unsplash This is the story of my son’s birth. It is a long story so I will write it in multiple parts. This...
Ryan Belcher
Nov 21, 20232 min read
From Incubators to Inspiration: What the NICU Taught Me
Just a few hours into life Never did I think that I would be a NICU dad. Perhaps it was arrogance or perhaps it was naïveté, but I never...
Ryan Belcher
Nov 20, 20237 min read
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