Episode 1: A Life of Purpose
In this episode:
- Kelli speaks about her own NICU experience when her son, Jackson, was born at 24 weeks.
- What is anticipatory grief and how it impacted her in the NICU.
- What is insecure infant-mother attachment?
- The importance of communication between NICU staff and NICU parents
- How the trauma of a NICU stay can cause PTSD and negative social impacts
- What are the six primary needs of the NICU parent?
- What are four supportive behaviors of NICU professionals?
- Interdisciplinary guidelines for psychosocial support services for NICU parents
Speaker: Kelli Kelley
This episode is sponsored by Huggies®.
Resources mentioned in this podcast
- Preemie by Kasey Mathews
- 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
- Insecure infant-mother attachment, as described in the Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics
- PTSD study related to NICU parents, as conducted by Richard Shaw at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital
- For the Love of Babies by Dr. Sue Hall, Master’s level Social Worker
- What Parents Can Do to Help Preemies
- National Perinatal Association
- Support 4 NICU Parents
- Journal of Perinatology
- Family Centered Care, as endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics
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