“…Women experiencing premature labor and birth are physically and emotionally vulnerable (Clottey & Dillard, 2013; Gibbs, Boshoff, & Stanley, 2015) and can also experience feelings of inadequacy when unable to carry the pregnancy to term (Sperlich, Seng, Li, Taylor, & Bradbury-Jones, 2017). As our data suggest, new mothers often feel as though they are on an emotional roller coaster trying to maintain family life and relationships and reintegrate into their communities (Boykova & Kenner, 2016; Delgado Galeano & Villamizar Carvajal, 2016; Provenzi & Santoro, 2015). Under the protective watch of NICU staff, women undertake the unique work of learning to care for their medically fragile infants (Trajkovski, Schmied, Vickers, & Jackson, 2016).…”