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Preemie Skin in the NICU
Our skin has many important functions. It plays an important role in sensation and tactile feeling (touch is the first sense to develop). It serves as a barrier to water loss in the body. Our skin also prevents irritants and toxins from entering the body and helps...
Know Someone in the NICU? 10 Things You Can Do to Help
This post was originally published in 2013 and has been updated to ensure the content is current and relevant for NICU families. One of your friends just landed themselves in the NICU. Let me guess. You want to help, but you have no idea what to say or what...
5 Self-Care Tips for NICU Parents
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From One NICU Dad To Another: You’re Going To Do Great!
This post was originally published in 2013 and has been updated to ensure the content is current and relevant for NICU families. If you're a new NICU dad, I have good news: you're going to do great. I have never met anyone who, while in the process of trying to...
Book Review: 52 Self-Care Tips for NICU Moms
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How to Support Your Partner During a NICU Stay
A traumatic birth and a NICU stay both place added pressure on relationships. Both partners may react to stress and grief very differently. Tending to and nourishing your relationship with your partner now will provide for a stronger foundation for your family as...
How to Help a NICU Family
Your friend or family member has a baby in the NICU. How can you help them? What can you say to them? Here are some ideas from fellow NICU parents that will help your friend or family member in the NICU feel loved and supported. Gifts We're not talking about gifts...
NICU Parent Perspective: I Didn’t Always Show Up for My Mental Health
May is Mental Health Awareness Month and as we all are faced with unprecedented times, it is the perfect time to check in with ourselves. Like really check in and truly answer the question, “How am I doing?” For me, most days are a range of emotions: fear,...
NICU Parent Perspective: When Depression Rears Its Ugly Head
Photo credit: Jodiellen Photography My appointment reminder goes off and I silence it with a glance. Fifteen minutes until therapy. I swallow the “ugh” ready to come out of my mouth, thinking, “Therapy? No time for that!” This is the inner dialogue every week. Then...
Professional Insight: Instant Tools to Help You De-Stress During Your NICU Stay
If your baby is in the NICU, you probably feel stressed, overwhelmed and worried about your baby’s health - among many other issues. Most parents are so focused on their babies—understandably so—they forget about themselves and their own emotional well-being. I’m...
Postpartum Mood and Anxiety Disorders: What They Are and How You Can Get Help
In the days and months after having a baby, our hormones and emotions are still fluctuating. Sometimes these feelings are mild and only last a few days. But sometimes they can be more intense, involve intrusive thoughts, and you may not see a light at the end of...
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