NICU Babies Parent Support
126 episodes - English - Latest episode: 13 days ago - ★★★★ - 22 ratingsThe NICU is hard. We’re here to help. Hand to Hold® is a national nonprofit dedicated to providing neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) parents with personalized emotional support, educational resources and community before, during and after their baby’s NICU stay. NICU support is available at no cost to NICU parents in English & Spanish.
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Episodes
NICU Now Episode 18: Bed Rest with a High-Risk Pregnancy
September 04, 2018 05:44 - 1 hour - 101 MBKelli and Jennifer discuss Jennifer’s high-risk fourth pregnancy with her daughter, Joy. Jennifer speaks about her experience on bed rest at home and at the hospital and how that led her to writing both of her books. She talks about the depression that can accompany bed rest and the challenges that arise when on bed rest with other kids at home.
NICU Now Episode 17: Bed Rest with a Multiples Pregnancy
September 04, 2018 05:37 - 37 minutes - 51.6 MBKelli and Crystal discuss Crystal’s experience of giving birth to twins after being on bed rest. Crystal talks about how journaling and working with a musical therapist was helpful during her bed rest journey.
NICU Now Episode 16: Bed Rest, The Basics
September 04, 2018 05:32 - 38 minutes - 30.5 MB VideoKelli and Darline discuss Darline’s experience with bedrest during her first pregnancy and how that led her to founding Mamas on Bedrest & Beyond. Darline talks about common challenges women face on bed rest, helpful nutritional tips, and how doctors and nurses can better support women on bed rest.
NICU Now Episode 15: Life Transformations after the NICU: Part II
January 30, 2017 21:12 - 23 minutes - 43 MBWhile on strict bedrest in 2010, Melissa Hinnant needed something to do to keep her mind and her hands occupied. She decided to crochet her daughter a blanket. Tragically Melissa lost the baby, but she continued to crochet. More than six years later, Melissa is now the mother of three children and is the founder of the multimillion-dollar women’s apparel company, Grace and Lace.
NICU Now Episode 14: Life Transformations after the NICU: Part I
January 25, 2017 22:15 - 23 minutes - 43.3 MBJoining us is licensed family therapist Kara Whalin. Kara is uniquely qualified to address this issue because she knows the sorrow of the loss of a baby, the toll of a lengthy NICU stay and the joy of helping others who now walk in her shoes.
NICU Now Episode 14: Life Transformations after the NICU: Part I
January 25, 2017 22:15 - 23 minutes - 43.3 MBJoining us is licensed family therapist Kara Whalin. Kara is uniquely qualified to address this issue because she knows the sorrow of the loss of a baby, the toll of a lengthy NICU stay and the joy of helping others who now walk in her shoes.
NICU Now Episode 13: Love and Loss in the NICU
January 25, 2017 22:05 - 25 minutes - 46.8 MBIn this episode, licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Kara Wahlin, mother of twin boys born at 26 weeks gestation, joins Hand to Hold for an intimate discussion about our worst fears, the loss of a child and how we find a way to cope and eventually heal.
NICU Now Episode 13: Love and Loss in the NICU
January 25, 2017 22:05 - 25 minutes - 46.8 MBIn this episode, licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Kara Wahlin, mother of twin boys born at 26 weeks gestation, joins Hand to Hold for an intimate discussion about our worst fears, the loss of a child and how we find a way to cope and eventually heal.
NICU Now Episode 12: Home Sweet Home
January 25, 2017 22:00 - 35 minutes - 64.5 MBLeaving the hospital after a NICU stay can feel like jumping off a cliff without a parachute. Parents no longer have the stability of doctors and nurses to rely on to meet our baby’s medical needs and answer questions about developmental milestones. Joining us for a honest discussion about the emotional and physical challenges of caring for a medically fragile child at home is Kara Whalin. As a licensed therapist, as well as a parent who has experienced preterm birth and loss, Kara unders...
NICU Now Episode 12: Home Sweet Home
January 25, 2017 22:00 - 35 minutes - 64.5 MBLeaving the hospital after a NICU stay can feel like jumping off a cliff without a parachute. Parents no longer have the stability of doctors and nurses to rely on to meet our baby’s medical needs and answer questions about developmental milestones. Joining us for a honest discussion about the emotional and physical challenges of caring for a medically fragile child at home is Kara Whalin. As a licensed therapist, as well as a parent who has experienced preterm birth and loss, Kara unders...
NICU Now Episode 11: The Healing Power of Music in the NICU
January 25, 2017 21:58 - 26 minutes - 48.6 MBJJ Heller is a singer/songwriter from Nashville, TN. She writes songs for just about every season of life. Over the course of her nearly 14-year career, she has had two songs chart at number 13 on the billboard charts, Your Hands from her 2008 album Painted Red and What Love Really Means from her album When I'm with You. Her husband Dave co-writes, plays guitar, shoots and edits her videos, and manages her career. Together they are raising two beautiful little girls who often appear on her I...
NICU Now Episode 10: Understanding Developmental Care in the NICU
January 25, 2017 21:55 - 33 minutes - 61.8 MBParenting in the NICU can be quite overwhelming. One of the first tasks parents face is to understand the role of the many different medical professionals treating our baby. To help us better understand the role of neonatal therapists in the NICU is Sue Ludwig. Sue is a licensed occupational therapist who has been practicing in the NICU at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center for over 20 years. She is passionate about improving quality of life for NICU babies.
NICU Now Episode 10: Understanding Developmental Care in the NICU
January 25, 2017 21:55 - 33 minutes - 61.8 MBParenting in the NICU can be quite overwhelming. One of the first tasks parents face is to understand the role of the many different medical professionals treating our baby. To help us better understand the role of neonatal therapists in the NICU is Sue Ludwig. Sue is a licensed occupational therapist who has been practicing in the NICU at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center for over 20 years. She is passionate about improving quality of life for NICU babies.
NICU Now Episode 9:The Father's Perspective
January 25, 2017 21:40 - 1 hour - 116 MBDuring pregnancy, mothers have intimate, physical bonds with their baby. They are typically a little more excited about the purchase of maternity clothes, finding the softest baby blankets, and picking the best diaper bag. And they usually have sharper images and stronger expectations of the dream of a perfect birth. But fathers have dreams too, and their shattered expectations and inability to keep their wife and child safe during a traumatic birth may be very overwhelming. They may witne...
NICU Now Episode 8: The Girl Who Lived
January 25, 2017 21:35 - 41 minutes - 76.3 MBIn this episode, host Kelli Kelley discusses the benefits and experience of reading to your baby in the NICU with Tom French, NICU dad and c-author of Juniper, The Girl Who Was Born Too Soon.
NICU Now Episode 7: Reading to Your Baby in the NICU
January 25, 2017 21:24 - 19 minutes - 35.1 MBAcross the country, NICUs are now encouraging parents to read to their babies as it serves as an important first step in bonding -- especially when parents are unable to hold their baby in the first days and weeks of life. In this episode, we discuss the research behind reading to our medically fragile children and its tremendous benefits not only for the baby, but the parent.
NICU Now Episode 6: Practicing Self Care in the NICU
January 25, 2017 21:20 - 29 minutes - 54.4 MBWhile it is easy to focus all of our attention on our fragile baby, we will be unable to care for them if we do not first take care of ourselves. Guests include Renee Trudeau, author of The Mother’s Guide to Self-Renewal and Kelli Foulkrod, psychotherapist and yoga teacher in Austin, TX, specializing in pregnancy and postpartum mood disorders.
NICU Now Episode 5: Understanding Your Emotions in the NICU
January 25, 2017 21:10 - 31 minutes - 57.4 MBIn 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.
NICU Now Episode 4: Finding Your Footing as Parents in the Zero Zone
January 25, 2017 21:06 - 41 minutes - 76.1 MBJoining 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 challenge...
NICU Now Episode 3: The Importance of Bonding with Your Medically Fragile Child
January 25, 2017 21:00 - 21 minutes - 39.7 MBIn 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 ...
NICU Now Episode 3: The Importance of Bonding with Your Medically Fragile Child
January 25, 2017 21:00 - 21 minutes - 39.7 MBIn 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 ...
NICU Now Episode 2: From Powerless to Empowered
January 25, 2017 20:55 - 28 minutes - 52.9 MBIn 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.
NICU Now Episode 2: From Powerless to Empowered
January 25, 2017 20:55 - 28 minutes - 52.9 MBIn 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.
NICU Now Episode 1: You Are Not Alone
January 25, 2017 20:50 - 22 minutes - 42.4 MBIn 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.
NICU Now: Prologue
January 25, 2017 20:45 - 6 minutes - 11.6 MBThe NICU Now Audio Support Series is Hand to Hold's podcast for parents who are currently in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The Prologue introduces listeners to what they can expect with the series.
NICU Now: Prologue
January 25, 2017 20:45 - 6 minutes - 11.6 MBThe NICU Now Audio Support Series is Hand to Hold's podcast for parents who are currently in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The Prologue introduces listeners to what they can expect with the series.