That NICU Mum

Welcome to That NICU Mum, a podcast sharing stories of New Zealand parents who have had a baby in a neonatal unit across the country. Today we speak with Pia and her journey through NICU after her daughter was born unexpectedly at 34+6. She shares with us how she found the unit, and then how she found her second birth, a term birth, and the experience with not having the support that NICU gives yo...

Welcome to That NICU Mum, a podcast sharing stories of New Zealand parents who have had a baby in a neonatal unit across the country. This episode is sponsored by The Thrifting Den, your one stop thrift and consignment shop. Shop premium pre loved pieces now at www.thethriftingden.com Today we speak with Reia, mum to Oscar and Olive who were both born at 38 weeks but also both needed the NICU for...

Welcome to That NICU Mum, a podcast sharing stories of New Zealand parents who have had a baby in a neonatal unit across the country. This episode is proudly sponsored by The Thrifting Den, your one stop thrift and consignment shop. Shop premium pre-loved pieces at non premium prices now at www.thethriftingden.com This episode we speak with Maddy, whos son Jasper was born just before 34 weeks afte...

Welcome to That NICU Mum, a podcast sharing New Zealand neonatal stories. This episode is proudly sponsored by The Thrifting Den, your one stop thrift and consignment shop. Purchase premium pre loved pieces at non premium prices at www.thethriftingden.com Today we speak with Gemma, mum to Wyatt. Gemma was herself a premmie and her son Wyatt was born at 33 weeks - and Gemma is still not totally sur...

Welcome to That NICU Mum, a podcast sharing the stories of New Zealand parents who have had a baby in a neonatal unit across the country. This episode is sponsored by The Thrifting Den, your one stop thrift and consignment shop. Shop pre loved, branded pieces now at www.thethriftingden.com Trigger warning - This episode discusses infant loss. Today we speak with Jaime, mum to Arthur and Jethro and...

Welcome to That NICU Mum, a podcast where we share stories of New Zealand parents who have had a baby in a neonatal unit across the country. This episode is proudly sponsored by The Thrifting Den, your one stop thrift and consignment shop! Find them at www.thethriftingden.com Today we speak with Kate Hicks, founder and creator of My Birth Story and Birth Trauma Aotearoa. Kate started BTA after her...

Welcome to That NICU Mum, a podcast sharing stories from New Zealand parents who have been in a neonatal unit across the country. Trigger warning - today's episode talks about infant loss. Please protect your heart! Today we chat with Rylee, a young mum who had twin girls born at 33 weeks. Unfortunately, her twin B, Hazel, was born with a brain injury and heartbreakingly passed away at just four d...

Welcome to That NICU Mum, a podcast sharing stories of New Zealand parents who have had a baby in a neonatal unit across the country. Today we speak with Sarah, who you may know on instagram as @fourtheloveofboys_. Mum of four boys (obviously!) including twins, Sarah shares with us the differences in her three pregnancies, the scary birth she had with the twins, Freddie and Charlie, and their NICU...

Welcome to That NICU Mum, a podcast where we share the stories of New Zealand parents who have had a baby in a neonatal unit across the country. This episode we speak with Leeah, who's first born was born at term but was diagnosed at birth with a super super rare swallowing condition after a pretty rough birth. Leeah tells us about how he was diagnosed, what they went through and what he is still...

Welcome to That NICU Mum, a podcast sharing the stories of New Zealand parents who have had a baby in a neonatal unit across the country. Today's episode (the first for 2024!) is with Sophie, who's son Freddie was born at 32 weeks after a partial placental abruption at 27 weeks saw her having to stay in hospital until his birth. She talks about his calm birth, their straightforward NICU journey an...

Welcome to That NICU Mum, a podcast where we share the stories of New Zealand parents who have had a baby in a neonatal unit across the country. Happy New Year! Today we talk to Leonie, who's baby Quinn was born at 34 weeks after Leonie spent 5 weeks in hospital with pre-eclampsia. She talks about the difficulty being in hospital and missing out on your pregnancy and everything exciting that comes...

Welcome to That NICU Mum, a podcast sharing the stories of New Zealand parents who have had a baby in a neonatal unit across the country. Today we speak with Keegan, who's twin girls were born at 29+1 after an easy and simple pregnancy before she went into labour. They had a pretty straightforward stay and made it home at 37 weeks which is amazing! Keegan is lovely and she's doing so well as a sin...

Welcome to That NICU Mum, a podcast where we share the stories of New Zealand parents who have had a baby in a neonatal unit across the country. Today we speak with Sam, mum to Navy, Easton and Bodhi. Navy was born at term but was discovered within the hour after birth that she had a congenital pulmonary airway malformation - basically her right lung had not formed properly. Navy was life flighted...

Welcome to That NICU Mum, a podcast where we share stories of New Zealand parents who have had a baby in a neonatal unit across the country. As we are in the holiday season, we have dropped down to one episode a week - Saturdays. We will pick back up to two episodes from February 2024! Today we speak with Shannon, who's son Grayson was born at 33 weeks due to what they call a silent placental abru...

Welcome to That NICU Mum, a podcast where we share the stories of New Zealand parents who have had a baby in a neonatal unit across the country. Today we speak with Caroline, whos boy Tyler was born at 23+6 after discovering at her anatomy scan that she was 3cm dialated. Caroline speaks of the scary conversations she had not thinking that her baby was going to survive, her resounding need to know...

Welcome to That NICU Mum, a podcast where we share the stories of New Zealand families who have had a baby in a neonatal unit across the country. This episode we are chatting with Emma, who was incredibly sick when she was pregnant with her third baby resulting her being born at 25 weeks and 2 days. Emma talks about how she struggled having her older kids at home, finding a routine and a rhythm wh...

Welcome to That NICU Mum, a podcast sharing the stories of New Zealand parents who have had a baby in a neonatal unit across the country. Welcome to our THIRTEITH episode! Today we speak to Erin, super mum of three. Her eldest boys Blake and Lachlan were born at term after straightforward pregnancies, but her daughter, Paige, arrived at just 23+4 weeks after a few hospital admissions to bleeding a...

Welcome to That NICU Mum, a podcast where we share the stories of parents who have had a baby in a neonatal unit across the country. Today we are talking to Albertine, who's second daughter Amelia was born overdue and was LGA coming in at nearly 5.5kg! She had some breathing issues at birth and needed her sugars monitored which meant a short stay in NICU but was a rough road for Albertine who had...

Welcome to That NICU Mum, a podcast where we share the stories of New Zealand parents who have had a baby in a neonatal unit across the country. Today we speak with Sinead, who is mum to Atticus and Alfie. Atti was born at 32 weeks spontaneously, and Alfie at term so she's been on both sides of it! She talks to us about her labour with Atti which left her feeling a bit powerless, their NICU journe...

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Welcome to That NICU Mum, a podcast where we share the stories of New Zealand parents who have had a baby in a neonatal unit across the country. Today we speak to Tayla, who's second baby Maeve was born at full term after some minor growth issues toward the end of her pregnancy and had a few issues after birth with her breathing and jaundice. Tayla talks us through her experience with a full term...

Welcome to That NICU Mum, a podcast where we share the stories of New Zealand parents who have had a baby in a neonatal unit across the country. In this episode we speak to Nikita, who's first babe Hugo was born spontaneously at 25 weeks at a tiny 700 grams. We talk through their NICU stay, how she made it through those times mentally and physically, and how Hugo is now as an 8 year old; plus we t...

Welcome to That NICU Mum, a podcast where we share stories of New Zealand parents who have had a baby in a neonatal unit across the country. Today we are talking with Vicky, whos first baby Jack was born at term via c section after he did a big movement and turned transverse. With her second, Hugo, she noticed some reduced movements and headed to hospital to get checked where they decided to deliv...

Welcome to That NICU Mum, a podcast where we share stories of New Zealand parents who have had a baby in a neonatal unit across the country. Today we are speaking with Sophie, whos son Freddie spent 10 days in NICU after a straightforward pregnancy and birth because he was having breathing issues at birth and was later diagnosed with pneumonia. Sophie talks us through Freddie being moved to NICU f...

Welcome to That NICU Mum, a podcast where we share the stories of New Zealand parents who have had a baby in a neonatal unit across the country. Today we speak with Anita, whos son Max was born at 30 weeks after a really scary health episode due to severe eclampsia. They were in two different units and had two different experiences, but overall had a positive journey and everyone is happy and heal...