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 you.Enjoy!Shan x x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.comToday we speak with Reia, mum to Oscar and Olive who were both born at 38 weeks but also both needed the NICU for various reasons.Reia talks us through her pregnancies and births, which were as expected, and then the events that had both babies admitted to the NICU for about a week each.Reia is lovely to speak to and I'm glad that she gets to share her story as a term NICU parent - definitely a situation we don't hear about super often!Enjoy,Shan x x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.comThis episode we speak with Maddy, whos son Jasper was born just before 34 weeks after her baby shower (sounds familiar to my own baby shower experience!) when it seemed that she had had a placental abruption. Jasper had a pretty straightforward NICU stay, being moved between North Shore where they were when when he was born and Rotorua where they live. Maddy talks about her easy pregnancy, her scary birth where she was under GA, and how they think that his gestation and dates were probably wrong considering his ease in which he flew through NICU!Enjoy,Shan x x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.comToday 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 sure why this is!Gemma is lovely to talk to and is a big advocate for sharing NICU stories and creating a safe space for those wanting to share.Enjoy,Shan x x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.comTrigger warning - This episode discusses infant loss.Today we speak with Jaime, mum to Arthur and Jethro and wife to Hayes, as she shares her story of heartbreak after losing their Twin A, Arthur, in utero. Being MCMA twins the boys were high risk and unfortunately the worst happened to them. Jaime talks us through losing Arthur and nearly losing Jethro as well, their NICU journey while planning a funeral and how she is going now that Jethro is nearly coming up 9 months old.Jaime is super brave and even after everything her family has been through is a super upbeat person which just goes to show her incredible strength.Enjoy,Shan x x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.comToday we speak with Kate Hicks, founder and creator of My Birth Story and Birth Trauma Aotearoa.Kate started BTA after her own experience with birth and NICU that didn't exactly go as planned, and since has evolved her mahi into a wonderful organisation that provides support, resources and validation to birthing people who have experienced trauma in any way relating to pregnancy, birth and post partum.Kate tells us a little about what she does, the support that her and her team provide, and where to find them.If you or someone you know need support around birth trauma, they can find resources at mybirthstory.org.nz and birthtraumaaotearoa.org.nzEnjoy!Shan x x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 days old.Rylee shares with us her journey through grief while also navigating NICU and SCBU with her twin A, Seana, and how this affected her as a person and as a parent.A huge thank you to Rylee for sharing her story with us - it's never easy, and even less so when you are talking about the loss of your child.Enjoy,Shan x x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 stay.Sarah is a huge advocate for maternal mental health and ensuring new (and second, third and forth time) mums have the support they need and deserve.Sarah is super lovely and I hope you enjoy listening!Shan x x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 going through as he grows up with his diagnosis of VACTERL syndrome.Enjoy!Shan x x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 and the hard experiences they had after Freddie got home.She is also pregnant with baby #2 so hopefully things turn out differently for them this time!Enjoy,Shan x x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 with it, the rush of her hospital admission and then Quinn's birth, and their very positive SCBU stay.Enjoy!Shan x x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 single mama to twins - no easy feat.Enjoy!Shan x x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 from Hawkes Bay to Wellington at 6 hours old and had surgery to remove her lung at just 3 days old.Sam talks about Navy's diagnosis, their NICU journey, and her subsequent pregnancies and births with her sons and how her journey with Navy really shaped her family.Sam was lovely to talk to and I hope you enjoy!Shan x x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 abruption, which is very scary and very dangerous.Shannon is super open and honest and talks a lot about her experiences, feelings and her journey with Grayson but in particularly about her mental health.A huge thank you to Shannon for sharing her experiences with us - it's not an easy thing to do!Enjoy,Shan x xP.s if you hear Angus in this episode - ignore him! hahaha Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 the facts and also hold out hope, their long, long NICU stay and how Tyler is doing now at 6 months old.She also talks about how every journey is important but also every journey is different, and that that's important for her to share as she was in the position, before Tyler was born, where she needed optimism but also a reality check.Caroline is a beautiful speaker, and I hope you enjoy.Shan x x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 while Evelyn was in NICU, and the long 124 days they spent in the unit before finally being reunited as a family.Enjoy!Shan x xPS - happy 30th birthday to me! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 and her waters breaking.Erin shares her struggles with splitting her time, her incredibly long and somewhat difficult NICU journey, and how Paige is doing now.A huge thank you to Erin for sharing her story - I am truly in awe of her!Enjoy,Shan x x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 been through birth before and knew what she was missing out on. All in all a small blip but a scary one nonetheless!Enjoy,Shan x x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 journey, and then the anxieties she carried through Alfie's pregnancy and birth.Enjoy!Shan x x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A wee waffle from me about World Prematurity Day, a recap of our journey and a few words for those who may struggle with today.Lots of love,Shan x x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 baby in SCBU who didn't have anything 'wrong' with her, how that felt for them, and how she found being at the hospital with Maeve and leaving her eldest, Finn, at home.Enjoy!Shan x x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 then chat about her second babe, Fergus, who was born overdue at a whopping 10 pounds plus the differences she had in their pregnancies, births and postpartum periods.A huge thanks to Nikita for sharing her stories. Enjoy!Shan x x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 deliver him and it turned out he had the cord wrapped around his neck SIX times.Vicky shares how lucky she feels that she trusted her instinct and went and got checked because it saved Hugo's life.Thanks heaps to Vicky for sharing her story and making it known how important it is to get checked if you are worried at all about your baby.Enjoy,Shan x x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 from the birth centre, his breathing issues, their struggles with feeding and how positive they found their journey.Thanks again to Sophie for sharing their story. Enjoy!Shan x x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 healthy now!A huge thank you to Anita for sharing her story. Enjoy!Shan x x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 of That NICU Mum is supported by the Premmie Knitting Club, a NZ registered charity which has a virtual tribe of knitters providing beautiful knitted clothing to units across the country. A huge thank you to Courtney and the whole PKC team for supporting us and our podcast!You can find them online premmieknittingclub.org and on instagram and facebook @premmieknittingclubnzToday we are talking to Kayla, who is a mum of three boys (snap!) including twins born at 31 weeks, and is a midwife by trade.Kayla talks us through her wanting to 'take off her midwife hat' when she was pregnant with the twins and when they were born, the travel she had to face to see her babies each day, her feelings of bitterness around those who had full term babies after she had the twins prematurely, and her different birth and postnatal experience with her full term singleton.Kayla was a lot of fun to chat to and I hope you find her as enjoyable as I did. Enjoy!Shan x x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 of That NICU Mum is supported by the Premmie Knitting Club, a NZ registered charity which has a virtual tribe of knitters providing beautiful knitted clothing to units across the country. A huge thank you to Courtney and the whole PKC team for supporting us and our podcast!You can find them online premmieknittingclub.org and on instagram and facebook @premmieknittingclubnzThis episode we speak with Emma, who shares the long and hard journey they went through to get their boy, Remi, his dramatic entrance into the world, and the feelings she has had to deal with around his birth and her postnatal journey as Remi is going to be their only child.Emma is so lovely to talk to and I hope you enjoy listening!Shan x x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 of That NICU Mum is supported by the Premmie Knitting Club, a NZ registered charity which has a virtual tribe of knitters providing beautiful knitted clothing to units across the country. A huge thank you to Courtney and the whole PKC team for supporting us and our podcast!You can find them online premmieknittingclub.org and on instagram and facebook @premmieknittingclubnzToday's episode features Sarah, whos' son Laurie has one mum and two dads! (Not relevant, just a cool family dynamic!)Laurie was born at 30 weeks after Sarah had a short hospital stay with suspected gestational hypertension and pre eclampsia that turned out to be HELLP syndrome, and Laurie had IUGR and reduced cord flow.Sarah chats to us about her relatively positive NICU stay, her feeding journey, and the journey home to settle into their new life as a cohort as Sarah put it!Enjoy,Shan x x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 of That NICU Mum is supported by the Premmie Knitting Club, a NZ registered charity which has a virtual tribe of knitters providing beautiful knitted clothing to units across the country. A huge thank you to Courtney and the whole PKC team for supporting us and our podcast!You can find them online premmieknittingclub.org and on instagram and facebook @premmieknittingclubnzThis episode we speak to Lana, who after having a super straightforward pregnancy and birth with her daughter Olivia, and a fairly straighforward pregnancy with Louie ended up with him in the SCBU - even though he was born at term. A pretty fast birth saw him struggle with breathing a little initially and then a midwife picked up at Louie wasn't breathing at 12 hours old.Louie had a relatively short stay in SCBU but it was still awful for Lana who also had Olivia at home to think about!Thanks heaps to Lana for chatting with me. Enjoy!Shan x x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 of That NICU Mum is supported by the Premmie Knitting Club, a NZ registered charity which has a virtual tribe of knitters providing beautiful knitted clothing to units across the country. A huge thank you to Courtney and the whole PKC team for supporting us and our podcast!You can find them online premmieknittingclub.org and on instagram and facebook @premmieknittingclubnzToday's episode we speak with Mikayla, whos nearly 8 year old Odette was born spontaneously at 33 weeks. Mikayla has PCOS, so potentially there may be a link there between PCOS and pre term labour!She talks to us about her experiences in the unit and what she has taken away from her time in there, her ability to help her best friend through a similar experience 4 years after Dotty was born, and her mental health throughout her pregnancy.Mikayla was heaps of fun to talk to. Enjoy!Shan x x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 of That NICU Mum is supported by the Premmie Knitting Club, a NZ registered charity which has a virtual tribe of knitters providing beautiful knitted clothing to units across the country. A huge thank you to Courtney and the whole PKC team for supporting us and our podcast!You can find them online premmieknittingclub.org and on instagram and facebook @premmieknittingclubnzThis episode we talk to Steph, who has had two sets of twin boys(!!!) who both experienced SCBU however her first set only had an overnight stay versus her second set having a 5 week stay.Steph talks us through her pregnancies and how different they were, the surprise at finding out they had another set of twins on the way, the surprise TTTS found at the birth of her second set of boys and the juggle between having her little boys in SCBU and her big boys at home.Steph is amazing and I hope you love this episode!Chat soon,Shan x x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 of That NICU Mum is supported by the Premmie Knitting Club, a NZ registered charity which has a virtual tribe of knitters providing beautiful knitted clothing to units across the country. A huge thank you to Courtney and the whole PKC team for supporting us and our podcast!You can find them online premmieknittingclub.org and on instagram and facebook @premmieknittingclubnzToday we are chatting with Sarah, whos baby girl Ruby was born with a heart defect - Tetralogy of Fallot - which was diagnosed in utero. Sarah was set on having an elective c section at 38 weeks but Ruby was like 'I don't think so!' and she was born vaginally - at 35 weeks!Sarah talks us through her experiences in the units she was in with Ruby - and there are a few - and her idea to start a business to bring awareness to unwell or prem babies which is amazing!I loved chatting with Sarah and I hope you enjoy listening!Shan x x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 of That NICU Mum is supported by the Premmie Knitting Club, a NZ registered charity which has a virtual tribe of knitters providing beautiful knitted clothing to units across the country. A huge thank you to Courtney and the whole PKC team for supporting us and our podcast!You can find them online premmieknittingclub.org and on instagram and facebook @premmieknittingclubnzToday's episode we talk to Brianna, mum of 3 including twin boys Angus and Logan and her singleton Ellie. Her twins were born at 33 weeks and Ellie was born at term so she talks us through the differences in both pregnancies, birth and postpartum which obviously included NICU for the twins and not for Ellie!Amazingly Brianna is also a nurse, and after going back to work with Ellie decided to switch from theatre nursing to being a NICU nurse - AMAZING. So she now gets to support parents and their special babes the way she was supported.It was so lovely talking to her and hearing her 3 different perspectives. Enjoy!Shan x x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 of That NICU Mum is supported by the Premmie Knitting Club, a NZ registered charity which has a virtual tribe of knitters providing beautiful knitted clothing to units across the country. A huge thank you to Courtney and the whole PKC team for supporting us and our podcast!You can find them online premmieknittingclub.org and on instagram and facebook @premmieknittingclubnz.Today we chat with Jess who had her son Louie at 33 weeks (at a whopping 6lb!) after being diagnosed with hypertension, having lost her mucus plug at 29 weeks, and having leaking waters.She had a fairly positive experience in the unit which ended with Louie coming home on an NG tube - a relatively new initiative to help discharge babies that didn't NEED the support of NICU anymore.Jess was so lovely to talk to and I hope you enjoy!Shan x xYou can follow us on instagram: @thatnicumum Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 of That NICU Mum is supported by the Premmie Knitting Club, a NZ registered charity which has a virtual tribe of knitters providing beautiful knitted clothing to units across the country. A huge thank you to Courtney and the whole PKC team for supporting us and our podcast!You can find them online premmieknittingclub.org and on instagram and facebook @premmieknittingclubnz.Trigger warning - Child loss.Today's episode is with Kirsten, a mum of four including Maeve who heartbreakingly passed away at just over 14 months old after being diagnosed with a terminal illness just prior to her early birth. Kirsten shares her pregnancy with Maeve where she just felt something wasn't 'right', the hospital admission after her waters broke, navigating NICU knowing her child was not going to get better while all the other babies in the unit did, and her desperation to have another baby and experience a 'normal' pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.A huge thank you to Kirsten for sharing beautiful Maeve's story with us. #preciousmaeveThe services Kirsten mentioned -True Colours Children's Health Trust https://www.truecolours.org.nz/Rainbow Place Hamilton https://www.rainbowplace.co.nz/Thanks for listening to this episode.Shan x x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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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.Trigger warning -- this episode discusses infant loss/death during childbirth, please listen with caution.This episode of That NICU Mum is supported by the Premmie Knitting Club, a NZ registered charity which has a virtual tribe of knitters providing beautiful knitted clothing to units across the country. A huge thank you to Courtney and the whole PKC team for supporting us and our podcast!You can find them online premmieknittingclub.org and on instagram and facebook @premmieknittingclubnzPagan talks us through the loss of baby George and the circumstances around his early birth, and the high risk pregnancy that followed with Madeline, her early birth and NICU stay, Pagan's struggle with mastitis and the road to home.A huge thank you to Pagan (and her husband Jason) for allowing us to be a part of their story with George and Maddie.I hope you enjoy this episode!Chat soon,Shan x xFollow us on insta: @thatnicumumSANDS is an organisation helping parents with pregnancy, infant, baby and child loss. Their website is sands.org.nz if you or anyone you know needs support. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 of That NICU Mum is supported by the Premmie Knitting Club, a NZ registered charity which has a virtual tribe of knitters providing beautiful knitted clothing to units across the country. A huge thank you to Courtney and the whole PKC team for supporting us and our podcast!You can find them online premmieknittingclub.org and on instagram and facebook @premmieknittingclubnz.Todays episode features Ashleigh (who coincidentally is the sister of Courtney from PKC!) and her son Freddie who was born at 36 weeks - a late pre term. Ashleigh talks us through her (kind of) unexpected early birth, her choice to have an elective caesarian which in turn meant that she ultimately got the birth she had wanted and planned despite Freddie's prematurity, her experience in Auckland NICU and the transitional 'Whitinga Ora Pepi' unit, and her struggles with breastfeeding and reflux that may or may not have had to do with Freddie's early arrival.Enjoy!Shan x xYou can follow us on insta @thatnicumum Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 of That NICU Mum is supported by the Premmie Knitting Club, a NZ registered charity which has a virtual tribe of knitters providing beautiful knitted clothing to units across the country. A huge thank you to Courtney and the whole PKC team for supporting us and our podcast!You can find them online premmieknittingclub.org and on instagram and facebook @premmieknittingclubnzTodays episode features Ashleigh-Hope, a true super mama who has had two babies and two very different postpartum experiences. Her son and NICU babe, Mason, was born at 36 weeks due to Gestational Diabetes and IUGR, had a life flight to Wellington from Palmy at less than 48 hours old (which turned out to be unnecessary) and battled with blood sugar issues for four months.In comparison, her daughter Lillie-Jean was born at term, had no issues and was allowed to go home straight away!Ashleigh-Hope also had a huge over supply with both pregnancies, allowing her to feed FOUR other babies as well as her own plus donated a whopping SEVEN HUNDRED LITRES!I hope you enjoy listening to Ashleigh's stories!Chat soon,Shan x x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 we speak to Kelsey, mum to Blake who was born unexpectedly at 32+5 and amazingly had no complications and was home after less than 3 weeks.Kelsey had a super positive experience in NICU and talks about how amazing her support team was during labour, birth and postpartum.Enjoy listening!Chat soon,Shan x x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to That NICU Mum, a podcast sharing the stories of New Zealand parents who have had babies in neonatal units across the country.Today we are talking to Tayarni, who despite voicing her concerns over her family history of pre-eclampsia was not given anything to help prevent developing the disease herself antenatally and as a result ended up delivering her son at 28+4.Tayarni also does not shy away from speaking about her struggles with her mental health and the trouble she had receiving help from Maternal Mental Health following the birth of her son.Both she and son Joel are doing really well now 5 months on, and hopefully Joel will be completely oxygen free soon!I hope you enjoy listening as much as I enjoyed chatting.Chat soon,Shan x x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 I roped my husband Jordan into sharing his experiences with our prem and term births, NICU, and my pregnancies for a wee bonus episode!We don't often hear from the Dads so it was great to get his perspective.Enjoy!Shan x x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to That NICU Mum, a podcast sharing the stories of New Zealand parents who have had babies in neonatal units across the country.In this episode we speak to Rosie, whos boy Oakley was born at an unfathomable 695 grams due to severe growth restriction, and spent 100 days in NICU before finally being discharged!Rosie then found a new passion project-turned-business from her experience; Rosie's Casting Studio.You can find Rosie over at @rosiescastingstudio or rosiescastingstudio.comThe meal train website we spoke about is mealtrain.comI hope you enjoy listening as much as I loved chatting - it's a long one but so worth it!Chat soon,Shan x x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to That NICU Mum, a podcast sharing stories from New Zealand parents who have had a baby in neonatal units across the country.Todays episode features Sam who's daughter Nellie was born just before 32 weeks due to sudden severe pre-eclampsia that saw Sam become extremely unwell and in the ICU for days after her daughter's birth.Sam talks about how she struggled to bond with Nellie after birth, and how difficult it was moving from Wellington NICU to Lower Hutt SCBU - all while her partner went weeks without seeing his daughter because of Covid lockdown.I hope you enjoy listening as much as I enjoyed chatting to Sam!Chat soon,Shan x x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to That NICU Mum, a podcast sharing the stories from New Zealand parents who have had a baby in neonatal units across the country.This episode features Lily, whos identical twin boys were born at 35 weeks after a pretty straightforward pregnancy due to a slow in growth that turned out to be Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome.Lily talks about how her first birth with daughter Lucy actually ended up being a bit more traumatic than her twin birth and subsequent NICU stay, and talks about the struggles her husband had to bond with the babies.A huge thank you again to Lily for chatting and I hope you all enjoy listening!Shan x x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to That NICU Mum, a podcast sharing the stories from New Zealand parents who have had a baby in neonatal units across the country.Todays episode is the story of Spencer, a little boy who fought to be here against all odds and is thriving despite his really early start to life! Born at 29+6 he was expected to be small due to sIUGR (severe IntraUterine Growth Restriction) but none of the doctors, or his parents, were expecting the amount of diagnosis' he ended up with.Rachel was amazing to talk to and it was incredible to hear what they had overcome to get Spencer home to meet his brother Miller after 261 days in hospital!Thanks so much to Rachel for sharing her story and to you for listening. Enjoy!Shan x x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to That NICU Mum, a podcast sharing stories of New Zealand parents who have had their babies in Neonatal units across the country.This episode features Cathy, a mum of 2.5 babies all under 3! She went through SCBU with her first, Toby, after a pretty traumatic birth and with her second and third has had to overcome early threatened labours to make it to term and avoid the SCBU experience again.Thanks heaps to Cathy for sharing her story and thank you for listening!Chat soon,Shan x x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to That NICU Mum, a podcast sharing stories of New Zealand parents who have had their babies in Neonatal units across the country.*Trigger warning, this episode does discuss pregnancy loss.This weeks episode has the amazing Hannah from Bear and Moo (@bearandmoonz) who had her first babe, Regan, just before 32 weeks (when she was on a wee baby moon) due to an undiagnosed bicornuate uterus, and then has had 2 further babes earth side who all have very different births.Thanks so much to Hannah for sharing her story for us and thank you for listening!Chat soon,Shan x x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to That NICU Mum, a podast sharing the stories from New Zealand parents who have had a baby or babies in NICU, PICU, SCBU or any NNU across the country!On our first episode I introduce myself, my reason for starting the podcast and my own NICU journey with my ex 32 weeker twins.Happy listening!Shan x x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.