NICU Babies Parent Support
The 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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- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 36 minutes
- Episodes
- 132
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
NICU Now Episode 11: The Healing Power of Music in the NICU
JJ 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 th…
NICU Now Episode 10: Understanding Developmental Care in the NICU
Parenting 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 underst…
NICU Now Episode 9:The Father's Perspective
During 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 picki…
NICU Now Episode 8: The Girl Who Lived
In 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
Across 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 …
NICU Now Episode 6: Practicing Self Care in the NICU
While 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 …
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 N…
NICU Now Episode 4: Finding Your Footing as Parents in the Zero Zone
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 …
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…
NICU Now Episode 2: From Powerless to Empowered
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 e…
NICU Now Episode 1: You Are Not Alone
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 pare…
NICU Now: Prologue
The 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 th…