NICU Now Episode 4: Finding Your Footing as Parents in the Zero Zone
In this episode
Kelli speaks with special guest Kelley Benham French, micro preemie mom and co-author Juniper: The Girl Who was Born Too Soon, about:- The emotional experiences she faced in the NICU when her daughter Juniper was born at 23 weeks, 6 days
- Her feelings of failure for delivering her daughter early and struggling with pumping
- Her difficulty identifying as Juniper’s mother, and the agony of watching her daughter fight for her life in the NICU
Resources mentioned in this podcast
- Preemie by Kasey Matthews
- Anticipatory grief, as described by Dr. Michael Hynan, NICU parent and Professor Emeritus of Clinical Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Member of the Board of Directors of the National Perinatal Association
- Kara Wahlin, licensed marriage and family therapist and owner of NICU Healing
- C. JoyBell C., author
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