by Leigh Ann Torres | May 20, 2019 | Emotional Health
Oftentimes the emotional impact of a NICU stay can surface weeks, months or even years later after your baby is discharged. Emotions can quickly turn from joy and gratitude to anger and resentment and back again. It’s important for parents and caregivers of...
by Lindsay Rosenfeld | May 6, 2019 | Emotional Health, Life after the NICU
I felt like this recent Hand to Hold article about mental health and the effect of the NICU on the family was speaking directly to me. Only now am I beginning to realize the emotional support I craved and needed during my initial days, and in the years after, as a mom...
by Kelli Kelley | Apr 29, 2019 | Emotional Health
As I rapidly approach my 50s, I find I don’t care quite as much as I once did about what other people think of me. It is one of the few things about getting older that I appreciate. It is a refreshing change to be comfortable in my own skin. Once I would have been...
by Guest Blogger | Apr 22, 2019 | Emotional Health
By Nandini Narayanan, LCSW, C-IAYT, 500RYT, Reiki, NICU Parent True compassion always includes ourselves. –Jack Kornfield Since the birth of our micro preemie twelve years ago at 25 weeks, 3 days, weighing 1 pound, 10 ounces, mindfulness and self-compassion are vital...
by Danielle Dreger | Apr 15, 2019 | Emotional Health, Life after the NICU, NICU Life
When my son, Theo, was born at 27 weeks in 2014, I went from blissfully pregnant to survival mode in a matter of hours. For six-and-a-half months I sat by Theo’s incubator, and later crib, bonding with him as best I could while he was hooked up to monitors,...
by Leigh Ann Torres | Apr 8, 2019 | Emotional Health
Any NICU parent will tell you that having a baby in the NICU is a stressful situation. And the research is behind us on that claim. Research has shown that NICU parents experience higher levels of stress than typical parents of healthy, term babies. When it comes to...
