NICU Babies Parent Support Podcast
NICU Babies Parent Support Podcast
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A podcast for all NICU parents
Listen while on bedrest, in the NICU, commuting to and from the hospital for visits with your baby, and in your post-NICU life, when many still need support.
Podcast episodes cover topics including:
- Mental health and counseling
- Self-care and asking for help
- Perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs)
- Grief, loss and palliative care
- Helpful resources (medical equipment, medical journaling)
- Parenting multiples
- Advocating for your baby
- Medical billing and insurance
- NICU parent stories (moms and dads)
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Episode 157: Grieving Apart
In honor of National Bereaved Parents Awareness Month this July, we are revisiting eight special episodes on grief and loss, hosted by our original founder, Kelli Kelley, and bereaved parent, Keira Sorrells. We hope these stories make you feel seen. A reminder that...
Episode 156: No Matter How Brief
In honor of National Bereaved Parents Awareness Month this July, we are revisiting eight special episodes on grief and loss, hosted by our original founder, Kelli Kelley, and bereaved parent, Keira Sorrells. We hope these stories make you feel seen. A reminder that...
Episode 155: The Beginning of Grief
In honor of National Bereaved Parents Awareness Month this July, we are revisiting eight special episodes on grief and loss, hosted by our original founder, Kelli Kelley, and bereaved parent, Keira Sorrells. We hope these stories make you feel seen. A reminder that...
Episode 154: Stitched with Your Color
In honor of National Bereaved Parents Awareness Month this July, we are revisiting eight special episodes on grief and loss, hosted by our original founder, Kelli Kelley, and bereaved parent, Keira Sorrells. We hope these stories make you feel seen. A reminder that...
Episode 153: Adding Life: Palliative Care in the NICU
In honor of National Bereaved Parents Awareness Month this July, we are revisiting eight special episodes on grief and loss, hosted by our original founder, Kelli Kelley, and bereaved parent, Keira Sorrells. We hope these stories make you feel seen. A reminder that...
Episode 152: Channeling Grief into Good
In honor of National Bereaved Parents Awareness Month this July, we are revisiting eight special episodes on grief and loss, hosted by our original founder, Kelli Kelley, and bereaved parent, Keira Sorrells. We hope these stories make you feel seen. A reminder that...
Episode 151: Immeasurable Love: Loss in the NICU
In honor of National Bereaved Parents Awareness Month this July, we are revisiting eight special episodes on grief and loss, hosted by our original founder, Kelli Kelley, and bereaved parent, Keira Sorrells. We hope these stories make you feel seen. A reminder that...
Episode 150: Grief’s Tasks
In honor of National Bereaved Parents Awareness Month this July, we are revisiting eight special episodes on grief and loss, hosted by our original founder, Kelli Kelley, and bereaved parent, Keira Sorrells. We hope these stories make you feel seen. A reminder that...
Episode 149: Calling All NICU Baby Cuddlers
Guest: Dr. Mona Amin (PedsDocTalk), Pediatrician Guest: Lynn Harris NICU Baby Cuddler, Vietnam Veteran Lynn Harris is a retired U.S. Army veteran and longtime volunteer at St. David’s Medical Center in Austin, TX. For more than a decade, he has served in the...
Episode 148: Calling All NICU Grandfathers
Guest: Dr. Mona Amin (PedsDocTalk), Pediatrician Guest: Avid Noble NICU Grandfather & Restaurant Owner Avid Noble’s introduction to Hand to Hold came first as a third-party vendor, helping a friend of a friend. A few years later, it was Avid reaching out to Hand...
Episode 147: Calling All Micro Preemie NICU Dads
Guest: Dr. Mona Amin (PedsDocTalk), Pediatrician Guest: Lucas Manring NICU Dad, Finance & Operations Executive Everything was normal, until it wasn’t. Lucas Manring’s first baby was born via emergency c-section at 25 weeks and he found himself plunged into fatherhood...
Episode 146: Calling All Bereaved & Veteran NICU Dads
Guest: Dr. Mona Amin (PedsDocTalk), Pediatrician Guest: Matt Bialkowski Dads of the NICU Podcast Matt Bialkowski, a two-time NICU dad from Australia and host of the Dads of the NICU podcast, shares an honest look at what it’s like to navigate the NICU as a father....
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