Premature infant births are on the rise in the United States. Every year an estimated 15 million babies are born prematurely. Preterm birth complications are the leading cause of death of children aged under 5 years. Many of these lives are saved with technical interventions ("Preterm birth," 2015). In realizing the integration of technology and human emotion, the experiences of 9 fathers of premature infants were examined with the use of interpretive phenomenology. This study was completed to determine the meaning and influence that this situation has on male fathers. Participants were acquired from 3 Midwestern hospitals over a 7-month timeframe. The participants consisted of English speaking participants, of singleton infants born at less
