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Pregnancy after NICU
Deciding to have another baby often isn’t a simple task. Having another baby after NICU when your first (or previous) was sick or premature is a whole different – incredibly complex – ballgame, with no rule book.
Navigating NICU and Beyond: Insights from Lottie of Leo's Neonatal
Having a full term NICU baby: It is more common than you think
Do you know that 60% of NICU admissions are with babies who are born at full term (37 weeks+)?
I didn’t.
And most people don’t.
Preterm Premature Rupture of the Membranes (PPROM)
Enhancing NICU Care: Insights from Neonatal Occupational Therapist, Katie Ross
Amanda Griffith Atkins' journey through parenthood offers a poignant look into the world of raising a child with disability. Her honesty, compassion, and commitment to advocacy shine through, providing a source of community for parents facing similar challenges.
Navigating Medical Parenthood: A conversation with Amanda Griffith Atkins on Parenting a Child with a disability
Amanda Griffith Atkins' journey through parenthood offers a poignant look into the world of raising a child with disability. Her honesty, compassion, and commitment to advocacy shine through, providing a source of community for parents facing similar challenges.
Mental Health & Emotional Support available for Parents after NICU in the UK
Services available to support parents who have been through NICU both nationally and regionally
How to prepare for NICU
It can be an overwhelming experience and having some solid information about what NICU can be like and how to prepare may help with some of that feeling of overwhelm and with normalising thoughts and feelings.
Advice from a Paediatric Nurse turned NICU Mum
As a paediatric nurse my daily routine starts by walking onto a ward of poorly babies and children, with a smile on my face ready to start work. Never did I imagine I would be the one walking onto a ward crying for my poorly baby.
5 things I wish I had known before giving birth from someone who “failed” completely.
I had a very specific plan for my pregnancy and especially for my birth. These are a few things I wish I could go back and tell myself.
Intrusive thoughts when you have had a baby
Intrusive thoughts don’t just occur when you have had a baby, they can occur at any given time, with any person. However, for today, I am going to focus on when you have had a baby and the impact that intrusive thoughts can have on you.
Mindfulness Myths
Mindfulness expert, Nicole debunks the biggest mindfulness myths
Flight, Fight or Freeze?
When you experience intense distress, trauma, your reaction is going to be one of fight, flight or freeze.
Georgina: OCD & NICU
Imagine feeling as if your thoughts or actions have the power to kill the people you love the most, and living with the very real (in your own mind) responsibility that you are "keeping them alive" by doing these things.
An open letter to other medical professionals from a doctor NICU Mum
My name is Eilidh and I'm a first time mum to Ruairidh, who is now 17 months old. I am a doctor who is currently on medical leave for PTSD related to my son's birth.
What is it like… to have a premature baby?
I remember sitting in the hospital and being told that my baby needed to come, my first reaction was not one of excitement about the idea of meeting the baby that I had been growing in my tummy for the last few months, but one of fear that he wouldn't survive.
It’s okay to grieve…
We live through and experience a lot of loss when we are parents of a baby who has spent time in NICU.Life is not how you imagined it to be and it can feel like those firsts, those things that you wanted for you and your baby can be taken away from you. Those feelings are hard to cope with and at times we can feel guilty for feeling them.
Frankie’s Breastfeeding Story - Breastfeeding Awareness Week
“My breastfeeding story felt like a full on novel, it took me 3 and a half months before I was able to solely breastfeed and it felt like it took all of me to commit to it. I feel lucky I have been able to continue.”
Georgina’s Breastfeeding Story - Breastfeeding Awareness Week
Georgina shares her NICU breastfeeding story for Breastfeeding Awareness Week - “Looking back now, I can see I did my absolute best.”