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Jennifer Reents-Dickkut, a proud mom, walked into the NICU at Saint Luke's Hospital in Kansas City more than two decades after giving birth to her preemie twin girls, Payton and Annika.—Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 22 May 2026 McKenna works in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) with preemies and other babies needing special attention, while Mary Kate works in the mother-baby unit, supporting both mothers and newborns in the critical first hours after birth.—Nancy Badertscher, AJC.com, 6 May 2026 Like many parents of preemies, we were thrust into a world of daily highs and lows.—Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026 When Kirstie Rickert’s daughter was born a preemie two years ago, diaper rashes were a major and relentless struggle.—Kate Sequeira, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for preemie