by Leigh Ann Torres | Aug 19, 2024 | NICU Heroes Podcast
Guest: Anna Swisher, IBCLC, Board-Certified Lactaction Consultant In this episode: Explain how skin-to-skin play can help establish breastfeeding in the NICU List three tools or products that may help a NICU baby breastfeed, or to increase a lactating parent’s milk...
by Leigh Ann Torres | Aug 7, 2024 | NICU Babies Parent Support Podcast
Guest: Dr. Jess Daigle, Physician & Postpartum Expert The NICU rollercoaster of emotions is real. NICU mom, pediatrician, hospitalist and postpartum expert Dr. Jess Daigle speaks from experience when she shares how to put in better boundaries, understand your baby...
by Leigh Ann Torres | Aug 2, 2024 | NICU Life, Nutrition
Breastfeeding can be challenging under the best of circumstances, but when your baby is in the NICU, a whole new set of challenges presents itself. Every family’s feeding journey looks different. Feeding your baby may not look the way you imagined it, but feeding...
by Leigh Ann Torres | Jul 31, 2024 | NICU Babies Parent Support Podcast
Guest: Laura Kelly Fanucci, Author & Bereaved NICU Mom. Mom and author Laura Kelly Fanucci shares how her twin pregnancy was a surprise, as was their diagnosis of twin-to-twin transfusion. She shares how surgery was initially thought to aid in their development,...
by Leigh Ann Torres | Jul 17, 2024 | NICU Babies Parent Support Podcast
Guest: Dr. Korie Leigh, Child Life Specialist & Thanatologist Kids grieve a loss, too. In this conversation, child life specialist and thanatologist Dr. Korie Leigh discusses strategies for helping kids understand, process and move through grief. In this episode,...