6-year actions touching the skin-to-skin moment with a little NICU brother

A touching moment of a Mbadachusetts boy's skin-to-skin with his newborn brother becomes viral after the boys' mother shared the story behind her.

Jessica Marotta, of Melrose, said that her son Mikey had asked for a little brother since he was a toddler, and that he was looking forward to seeing his friends and clbadmates to win brothers and sisters.

Marotta, who had a miscarriage at 11 weeks in January 2017, but did not tell Mikey, 6, continued to tell her son that it would happen "when it's time", has declared the PEOPLE

"We would never want him to be overwhelmed by this sadness". Marotta said to remember the miscarriage of him. "It was something we had been trying for so long … then we had the loss, we were devastated, I was heartbroken, we felt we did not deserve that. but at the same time, it happens to so many people. "

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Sharing Their Story with Love What Matters, Marotta says that after the miscarriage they decided to tell Mikey that he could never have a little brother. A few months later, Marotta said that she knew something was wrong and decided to take a test.

"I pbaded the test and I waited in the bathroom for the result," she told Love What Matters. "My husband could hardly believe it and had me do two more tests just to be sure, we were excited but cautious, the next seven weeks were difficult, I found myself bleeding every week and every time my heart was falling, our excitement was turning into sadness.I found myself Googling [the chances] of miscarriage a week every chance I could have. "

On Halloween, the Marottas discovered that I was going to have a good time. they were waiting for a boy, and decided to let Mikey know that he would get his wish. But Marotta said that in the next few weeks, the baby started measuring late, and a series of complications made several seizures. She received ultrasounds twice a week and underwent an emergency caesarean section at 30 weeks, six days of gestation.

"Jake measured 1 pound, 12 ounces and only 12 inches long," she told Love What Matters. Mikey was able to hold his long-awaited little brother at the NICU.

"On March 17, 2018, Mikey was the first brother of the NICU from Beth Israel to Boston to skin to skin. "Said Marotta." It was incredible and moving, and I sincerely believe that it became the foundation of their fraternal bond. "

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The skin-to-skin link can help comfort babies, while improving brain development and connection.

Marotta says Jake has spent 62 days at the NICU and that the brothers have an inseparable connection.It regularly publishes photos of both on Instgram under the pseudonym @themarottabrothers.

"It's as if both were meant to be brother of the other, "she told Love What Matters." There is no doubt that Mikey was born to be Jake's big brother and Jake was born to be Mikey's little brother. always desired. "