NICU Now Episode 2: From Powerless to Empowered

01/25/17 • 28 min

In this episode:

How parents can avoid letting stress and anxiety take over and find their footing in the NICU.
Advice for empowering yourself as a parent and becoming your baby’s advocate.
How to embrace your feelings of guilt and inadequacy, for they are normal, but to let go of the expectations you one had for your pregnancy/baby.
Guilt about fears of caring for a disabled child.

This episode is sponsored by Prolacta Bioscience.

In this episode:

How parents can avoid letting stress and anxiety take over and find their footing in the NICU.
Advice for empowering yourself as a parent and becoming your baby’s advocate.
How to embrace your feelings of guilt and inadequacy, for they are normal, but to let go of the expectations you one had for your pregnancy/baby.
Guilt about fears of caring for a disabled child.

This episode is sponsored by Prolacta Bioscience.

In This Episode:

Kelli’s overwhelming emotions upon meeting her micropreemie son Jackson for the first time.
What is anticipatory grief and what does it mean for NICU parents?
What emotions can parents expect when faced with a NICU experience/meeting their baby for the first time?
The different ways in which grief and shame manifest themselves in NICU parents.
How moms and dads process guilt/grief differently.

This episode is sponsored by Prolacta Bioscience.

In this episode:

Kelli discusses the difference between bonding with a newborn just after delivery and bonding with a medically fragile infant in the NICU.
How bonding benefits both the baby and the parent.
How parents who may be suffering from PPD may find it more difficult to bond with their baby, and how parents can process their emotions so they can start the bonding process.
The benefits of parents being integrated into their baby’s care in the NICU

This episode is sponsored by Huggies.