by Leigh Ann Torres | Apr 16, 2025 | NICU Babies Parent Support Podcast
Guest: Shannon Donnelly When parents get the call about a baby ready for adoption, they don’t often expect it to be accompanied with a NICU stay. Adoptive mom, Shannon Donnelly, shares how life changed for her and her husband, how they navigated an out-of-state...
by Leigh Ann Torres | Apr 2, 2025 | NICU Babies Parent Support Podcast
Guest: Dr. Meghan Martin, aka drbeachgem10 “Is this normal?” is something almost every NICU parent asks about their baby at some point. In this episode, popular social media ER doctor, Dr. Meghan Martin aka drbeachgem.10, shares her own NICU story, how to be a good...
by Leigh Ann Torres | Mar 19, 2025 | NICU Babies Parent Support Podcast
Guest: Dr. Rupa Wong, Pediatric Opthalmologist NICU parents worry about a lot, but we know that education is power. If your child is at risk for eye abnormalities like retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), or has been diagnosed, pediatric ophthalmologist and popular...
by Leigh Ann Torres | Mar 5, 2025 | NICU Babies Parent Support Podcast
Guest: Valerie Rodriguez, Special Needs Mom Valerie Rodriguez wasn’t planning on a lot of things: another pregnancy, multiples, a NICU stay or even having to say goodbye to one of her boys. In this episode she shares how she found her new normal, navigating grief,...
by Leigh Ann Torres | Feb 19, 2025 | NICU Babies Parent Support Podcast
Guest: Britt Fisk, Special Needs Mom & Cancer Survivor Her daughter was diagnosed with spina bifida during a tenuous spinal surgery, and then she was diagnosed with breast cancer. As the mom of eight, Britt Fisk knows a thing or two about surrendering control. Her...
by Leigh Ann Torres | Feb 5, 2025 | NICU Babies Parent Support Podcast
Guests: Kelli Kelley, founder and CEO, and Katrina Moline, Executive Director of Hand to Hold Everyday, 3,000 parents find out their child may have a NICU stay. They may start by logging on to the Hand to Hold website, but Founder and CEO of Hand to Hold, Kelli...
