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NICU Dad Discussions Part IV: Grief and Celebration with Erik Velez
"Be there in the present as much as possible, no matter the circumstances." This is part four of our four-part series created especially for NICU dads, by NICU dads. Read part one: 10 Things New NICU Dads Need to Know, part two: Rad White and the NICU Beard...
NICU Dad Discussions Part III: Micro Preemie Dad Jonathan Hayhurst
NICU Dad Discussions Part II: Rad White & The NICU Beard Club
NICU Dad Discussions Part I: 10 Things NICU Dads Need to Know
This is part one of a four-part series created especially for NICU dads, by NICU dads. Read part two: Rad White and the NICU Beard Club and part three: Micro Preemie Dad Jonathan Hayhurst. Stay tuned for more great stories from NICU dads leading up to Father's Day!...
The Day We Truly Graduated from the NICU
Micro Preemies Give Back to the NICU Where Life Started as They Approach Graduation Weekend
Why I Started Therapy: Real Stories from Real NICU and Bereaved Parents
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...
When Support Is All Around, Yet No Where to Be Found
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...
Why I’m Open About My Mental Health Challenges After the NICU
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...
Mindfulness & Self-Compassion for NICU Parents
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...
PTSD and NICU Parents
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,...