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Fourth-Trimester Series: The NICU Experience (Question 5)
September is NICU Awareness Month. This month was designed to honor the families experiencing a stay in the neonatal intensive care unit and the doctors, nurses, and medical professionals who care for them. We reached out to a couple of brave Max + Moose mamas and asked them five questions about their experience in the NICU. For the next five days, we will be sharing what they had to say. What was your favorite part about the NICU? The nurses, respiratory therapists and doctors that became family. The NICU was truly our home for 194 days. In addition, when I...
Fourth-Trimester Series: The NICU Experience (Question 4)
September is NICU Awareness Month. This month was designed to honor the families experiencing a stay in the neonatal intensive care unit and the doctors, nurses, and medical professionals who care for them. We reached out to a couple of brave Max + Moose mamas and asked them five questions about their experience in the NICU. For the next five days, we will be sharing what they had to say. What advice do you have for present + future NICU mamas about to experience? The NICU will change you and that is okay. It will show you what is...
Fourth-Trimester Series: The NICU Experience (Question 3)
September is NICU Awareness Month. This month was designed to honor the families experiencing a stay in the neonatal intensive care unit and the doctors, nurses, and medical professionals who care for them. We reached out to a couple of brave Max + Moose mamas and asked them five questions about their experience in the NICU. For the next five days, we will be sharing what they had to say. (Image: Casey Yost) What helped you get through those tough days? Talking to the nurses. I spent around 14 hours a day in the NICU and having normal conversations with...
Fourth-Trimester Series: The NICU Experience (Question 2)
September is NICU Awareness Month. This month was designed to honor the families experiencing a stay in the neonatal intensive care unit and the doctors, nurses, and medical professionals who care for them. We reached out to a couple of brave Max + Moose mamas and asked them five questions about their experience in the NICU. For the next five days, we will be sharing what they had to say. (Image: Jenny Saunders) What is something you wish you knew about the NICU going into it? There’s no norm for parents in the NICU. You can be told that the...