NICU Now Episode 4: Finding Your Footing as Parents in the Zero Zone

01/25/17 • 41 min

Joining us to talk about finding your footing as parents in the Zero Zone is Kelley Benham French. Kelley is a professor of practice in journalism at Indiana University. A former reporter and editor for the Tampa Bay Times, she was a finalist for the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for “Never Let Go,” a series about her Daughter Juniper’s early birth at 23 weeks and six days. She is the co-author along with her husband of the book, Juniper, The Girl Who Was Born Too Soon, that chronicles their challenges with infertility, and the fear, sadness, exhaustion and joy of their daughter’s 196 day NICU journey.

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NICU Now Episode 3: The Importance of Bonding with Your Medically Fragile Child

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.

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NICU Now Episode 5: Understanding Your Emotions in the NICU

In this episode, we talk with licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and NICU parent, Kara Whalin, about risk factors and warning signs of postpartum depression, anxiety and PTSD during and after a NICU stay.