Preemie: Lessons in Love, Life, and Motherhood

A mother’s moving and honest memoir about the premature birth of her daughter—and the strength and grace that can be found in the midst of life's greatest challenges
 
In her early thirties, Kasey Mathews had it all: a loving husband, a beautiful two-year-old son, and a second baby on the way. But what seemed a perfect life was shattered when she went into labor four months early, delivering her one-pound, eleven-ounce daughter, Andie.

The first time Kasey was wheeled into the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), nothing prepared her for what she saw: a tiny, fragile baby in a tangle of tubes and wires. All at once, Kasey was confronted with a new and terrifying reality that would test the limits of love, family, and motherhood.

In this riveting, honest, and often humorous memoir, Preemie chronicles the journey of one tiny baby’s tenacious struggle to hold on to life and the mother who ultimately grew with her. From hospital waiting rooms to the offices of alternative practitioners, from ski slopes to Symphony Hall, Kasey tries to make meaning of her daughter’s birth and eventually comes to learn that gifts come in all sizes and all forms, and sometimes... right on time.

Kasey Mathews is a writer, speaker, and a book writing & transformational life coach who lives in Wilton, New Hampshire with her husband and two children. She is the author of A Mom's Guide to Creating a Magical Life: 8 Steps to Feel Happier, Inspired and More Relaxed, which won the prestigious 2018 Mom's Choice Award and Preemie: Lessons in Love, Life and Motherhood, which also won the 2018 Mom's Choice Award, as well as the New Hampshire Writer's Project Reader's Choice award. Preemie was a featured book on the Random House book site Bibliophile, and Kasey has been featured on Yahoo, NBC, NPR and numerous other radio shows and media outlets. To learn more, please visit kaseymathews.com