A Former NICU Parent Offers Tips to Survive Your NICU Experience
This lens was created to help parents survive in the NICU after they have gotten past the initial shock period, covered in the first lens My Baby's in the NICU: Now What? The focus of this lens is on the later phases of the NICU experience--the next few weeks or months--the time when most parents find that they need and want more information to become an active participant in their baby's care.
The lenses in the NICU Parent Support Site Series are being developed to inform, support and encourage current NICU Parents--those whose newborn babies have been hospitalized in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.Purchasing NICU products recommended through this lens also benefits the March of Dimes NICU Family Support Program.
Welcome to How to Survive Your NICU Experience
A Special Audio Welcome for NICU Parents and NICU Families
If you have found this lens, it is likely because you are facing the reality that your baby has been hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit...
You can listen to the 1:56 minute audio message from the lensmaster by clicking on the arrow image to start and then clicking on the arrow image again:
Wishing you strength for surviving your NICU experience,
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NICU Parent Support Site Series - The Initial Days and Weeks
Information, Resources & Support for NICU Parents to Allieviate Distress in the NICU
The "My Baby's in the NICU: Now What?" lense provides information for getting through the initial few days to weeks. If you haven't taken a look at this section yet, this first lens in the series would be a good starting point.-
My Baby's in the NICU: Now What?
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The first lens in a series of lenses from the NICU Parent Support Site created to provide information, support, encouragement and resources for parents and Families who suddenly find that they have a NICU Baby--a newborn hospitalized in the Neonatal...
NICU Parent Support Audio & Podcast Channel
Listen to Audio Messages of Information, Encouragement and Support
A "useful and comforting guide" and "a very powerful creation" one that should be of significant assistance to NICU families from the NICU Parent Support site.-
NICU Parent Support Audio & Podcast Channel
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The NICU Parent Support Audio & Podcast Channel is available now an audio message of support for Parents who have babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The channel has been described as a "useful and comforting guide" and "a v...
Navigating this Information Dense Lens
How to find what you need in the Surviving Your NICU Experience Lens
- Understanding the Roller Coasters and Reality of the NICU
- Former NICU Parent and NICU Nurse Dianne Maroney R.N. offers her insights and advise for being a parent to a NICU baby.
- Surviving in the NICU - The Next Chapter
- A list of some of the many, many questions answered within this lens.
- What does all of this equipment do?
- This very useful page provides information to help NICU parents have a better understanding of all the equipment used in the NICU.
- What does my baby's diagnosis mean?
- Several helpful articles on the most common problems faced by NICU babies. Some articles have additional links for even more information.
- What are they talking about (definitions)?
- A collection of articles that provide common definitions, terms and abbreviations used in the neonatal intensive care unit.
- How do I talk to the doctors and nurses?
- Several useful article to help in figuring out what questions to ask and how to talk to the doctors and nurses.
- Why did your newborn get admitted to the NICU?
- A readers poll with some of the more common reasons that babies get admitted to the NICU.
- What can I do to help my NICU baby?
- A collection of article with suggestions of some of the different ways that you can care for your baby while he or she is in the NICU.
- What can I do to support myself during this challenging time?
- Parents often forget to care for themselves dealing with a newborn baby in the neonatal intensive care. This section offers simple suggestions for taking care of yourself.
- How do I explain a new baby in the NICU to their brother or sister?
- A list of helpful article for talking to and relieving the anxiety faced by the siblings of a NICU baby.
- Where can I find more information on the NICU?
- This collection of sites offers some of the best and detailed information that I have found on understanding the many aspects of the NICU.
- What do I do now that my baby is dying?
- An answer in the form of links to other lenses specifically developed to answer this question that we hope no NICU Parent need to ask.
NICU Expo - By NICU Parents for NICU Parents
Raising Awareness about Parenting in the NICU
Coming in November the NICU Expo an online event for the Parents of NICU Babies & the Providers that care for them.-
NICU Expo - For Parents of NICU Babies & the Providers that Care for Them
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The NICU Expo is is an Online Event being hosted by three former NICU Parents and NICU Parenting Experts to raise awareness about parenting in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit or the NICU. The NICU Expo was to have been held during November, which is...
A Complimentary NICU eBook from NICU Parents Support Site
Free NICU eBook to Download
This colorful, complimentary NICU eBook is filled with information, resources & support for NICU Parents and their Families to help them manage the hospitalization of their NICU baby.-
Free NICU eBook: For Those Who Hold the Littlest Hands
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"For Those Who Hold the Littlest Hands" is freely available eBook for NICU Parents from the NICU Parent Support Site. The eBook is filled with information, encouragement and resources to support NICU parents through their Neonatal Intensive...
Recipient of the All4Care Award - Lens & Lensmaster Award 2007 for Charity Work
Surviving Your NICU Experience on Squidoo - An Award Winning Series
I am honored to be among the first to receive the All4Care award, a new award for a Lens or Lensmaster who is doing outstanding work for charity sponsored by Janusz Biela.Not only was this lens nominate, but the entire NICU Support Site Lens Series and the CarePages lens were all recognized.
These lenses have been developed to provide information, resources and support for NICU Parents while generating royalties to benefit the March of Dimes NICU Family Support Program.
Roller Coaster Ride and Reality of the NICU
Words of Wisdom from former NICU Parent and NICU Nurse Dianne Maroney R.N.
- Get Ready for the Roller Coaster Ride
- A link to Dianne Maroney's description of the Roller Coaster Ride of the NICU experience.
- Realities of a Premature Infant's First Year: Helping Parents Cope
- This insightful article comes from former NICU Parent and NICU Nurse, Dianne Maroney R.N. who writes about the continuing concerns that many parents of NICU babies face even after being discharged from the hospital.
- Your Premature Baby and Child
- Dianne I. Maroney R.N. co-wrote this books of excellent information for to NICU parents written by a former NICU Parent
Why did your newborn get admitted to the NICU?
Common Reasons for NICU Admissions - NICU Diagnoses
There are many different reasons that newborns get admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. I have included this single question survey in order to get an idea of the type of NICU parent that is finding this site and to target future articles for this lens.
Pick the reason that your newborn was admitted or if we left it out, add it to the list. If there is more than one reason, pick the main one.
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Surviving in the NICU - The Next Chapter
What do I do now that the initial shock has worn off?
After NICU parents have gotten through the initial shock period and figured out how to get around the NICU, most parents and family members discover they have many, many questions:- What does my baby's diagnosis mean?
- What does all of this equipment do?
- How do I talk to the doctors and nurses?
- What are they talking about (definitions)?
- What can I do to help my NICU baby?
- How do I explain a NICU Baby to their brother or sister?
And the question they should be asking but often don't:
- What can I do to support myself during this challenging time, so I can be strong for my baby?
Finally, the one question that no parent wants to ask:
- What do I do now that my baby is dying?
Links to helpful resources for answering each of these questions are provided below.
(Just a Reminder - If you are still new to the NICU, please see the related lens My Baby's in the NICU: Now What?)
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What does all of this equipment do?
Understanding all of the NICU Equipment
- NICU Equipment
- The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada has created a very interesting and interactive page that will help NICU Parents to better understand by rolling over and click on different images to explore the equipment and their functions.
- Sick Newborn Health - The NICU Equipment
- From the Meriter Health Services section on Sick Newborn Health descriptions of the various equipment used in the NICU.
- Preemie Health - The NICU Equipment
- From the Meriter Health Services section on Preemie Health descriptions of the various equipment used with preemies in the NICU.
What does my baby's diagnosis mean?
Common NICU Problems and Diagnoses
- Preemie Health - Common Problems and Diseases
- From the Meriter Health Services special section on Preemie Health, a brief listing of the 21 common diseases and problems for premature babies with links to additional resources.
- Sick Newborn Health - Common Problems and Diseases
- From the Meriter Health Services special section on Sick Newborn Health, a brief listing of the 18 common diseases and problems for sick newborns with links to additional resource.
- Common Diagnoses in the NICU
- This article from KidsHealth discusses the common NICU conditions, what causes them, how they're diagnosed, how they're treated, and how long infants with a particular diagnoses stays in the unit.
Encouraging Moment - Take a Breath for Yourself
A Reminder to Breathe... from Your Baby.
Focus on the flower then- Breathe...Just Breathe.
Repeat until calm.
Repeat as needed.
Calming your own nerves simply by breathing helps you to keep your baby calm when you interact with him or her.
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How do I talk to the doctors and nurses?
- When Your Baby's in the NICU
- This helpful article from kidshealth offers advice on the types of questions to ask the nurses, the doctors and neonatologists.
- How to Talk So Doctors Will Listen
- Tips for parents communicating with doctors, nurses and other health professionals from the Prematurity.org website.
- Parenting in the NICU: Becoming Informed
- This section from the March of Dimes section for NICU families offers some helpful questions that can be asked of your baby's doctors and nurses to help you understand his/her condition and care.
- Do's and Don'ts
- A list of "Do's and Dont's created by Preemie parents all over the world came together geared for for nurses and doctors to help them understand the many intricate needs, desires and concerns of parents and families.
What are they talking about (definitions)?
Definitions, Terms and Abbreviations Used in the NICU
- Glossary of NICU Terms
- A Glossary of Terms used in the NICU, the Medical Staff, Other Members of the Team and common NICU Terms are defined in this resource from Cedar Sinai Medical Center's Good Beginnings.
- Glossary: Quick NICU Reference Guide
- This glossary from the March of Dimes provides brief definitions of terms commonly used in neonatal intensive care units (NICU) as a quick guide.
- NICU Terminology
- A link to Glossary of Terms Used in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit or NICU Terminology provided by UMass Memorial Medical Center.
- Preemie Health - Common NICU Abbreviations
- From the Meriter Health Services section on Preemie Health a listing of the common abbreviations used in the NICU.
- Sick Newborn Health - Common NICU Abbreviations
- From the Meriter Health Services section on Sick Newborn Health a listing of the common abbreviations used in the NICU.
Encouraging Moment - Take it Day by Day
Advice from a NICU Physician on Surviving the NICU
- It's a day-to-day kind of thing...
There are days when things go well.
There are days when things don't go well.
Leonard E. Weisman M.D.
Director, Perinatal Center
Texas Children's Hospital
Here's hoping that you have more days when things go well.
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What can I do to help my NICU baby?
Ways of Caring for Your NICU Baby
The following are a list of article with suggestions of ways that you can care for your baby in very special ways while he or she is in the NICU.
- Music's Ability to Soothe and Nurture the NICU Baby
- A look at how music therapy is being used to positively impact and alter the environment of NICU premature babies and sick newborns.
- Creatively Coping by Making Preemie Prayer Pockets
- A way of doing something for someone whose baby is in the NICU, create a Preemie Pocket as a gift for parents, family, friends and nurses to wear and think about your baby or other NICU babies.
- Read to Your Baby - Books for NICU Babies Program
- An innovative program from the University of Missouri that provides NICU parents with a way of helping their baby grow and develop while doing something that lets them feel like a normal parent--read their newborn a book.
- How can I help my baby?
- An article from the Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters that includes a section on ways of helping a NICU baby.
- Coping and Caring in Different Ways: Understanding and Meaningful Involvement
- This article originally published in the journal of pediatric nursing provides suggestions for ways that parents can find their own unique paths to meaningful involvement in caring for their infant.
- NICU Parent Support Blog: Leave a Zaky hand with Your NICU Baby - Providing Comfort When You are Not There
- The Zaky is an award-winning ergonomic, bonding, therapeutic positioning pillow, designed by a NICU Parent especially for premature babies. It is a way of providing comfort to your NICU when you are not able to be at the hospital.
- Newborn Medicine - Kangaroo Care
- From Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston an informative article on Kangaroo Care, a technique shown to be beneficial for NICU parents and their newborns. Kangaroo Care is the practice of giving infants skin-to-skin contact with their parents, enabling them to share warmth and natural closeness.
- Water Blessing Lables Turn Water (or Medicine) into Liquid Prayers
- An intriguing concept--clear static-cling labels that can be used to label water or medicine and enhance positive thoughts and healing in the hospital setting.
How do I explain a new baby in the NICU to their brother or sister?
Resources for helping NICU Siblings
- Family & Friends: Supporting Your Other Children
- This helpful resource from the March of Dimes NICU Family Support Program discusses many of the ways families can make a NICU admission easier on the other children in the family.
- Supporting siblings
- An excellent resource from Parents of Premature Babies Inc. This page includes an extensive list of suggestions for what to do with the sibling and ways of helping the sibling to interact.
- Helping Siblings of Preemies
- An excellent resource from Meriter Health Services's extensive resource for Preemie Health, this resource focuses on supporting the siblings of preemies.
Encouraging Quote - Learning from Your Baby
Lessons on life...taught by your child
One of my favorite quotes that helped me survive the NICU experience and daily life.- Parents learn a lot from their children
about coping with life.
Muriel Spark
Not only did I learn even more about coping with challenges during my daughter's time in the NICU, but I continue to learn on a daily basis about coping with life from my two daughters.
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Articles of Advice from Other NICU Parents
Words of Wisdom from Parents who have Survived the NICU
- So you've decided to have a kid in the NICU!
- This article is a first hand survival advice from Julia, a former NICU parent, mixing reality with a bit of humor. Her advice for making it through your child's NICU stay. This blog entry also includes a list of suggestions and survival tips from other parents.
What can I do to support myself during this challenging time?
Ways of Caring for Yourself - The NICU Parent
The following are a list of article with suggestions of ways of caring for yourself while your baby is in the NICU.
- A Self Care Strategy for NICU Parents - Remember to HALT
- A simple 4 part strategy for remembering to HALT and take care of yourself.
- Breathe, Just Breathe - An Effective Strategy for Coping with a Challenge
- Breathing can be a very effective way of coping with the stressors of the NICU.
- Another Strategy for Dealing with NICU Stresses - Try a Relaxing or Cleansing Sigh
- A few simple breathing techniques which can be used anywhere--in the waiting area, in the cafeteria, outside, on a bench, standing in line or even in the bathroom.
Where can I find more information on surviving the NICU?
Online Resources to Help in Understanding and Navigating the NICU World
If you can't find the answer to your question on our lens, start with these sites.
- Find a NICU Parent Pathfinder to Help You Navigate the NICU
- Some NICU's provide support to help NICU parents understand their baby's condition, care plan, and most of all "get acclimated to what is a strange and unique environment." If yours doesn't have an official person, find someone--a nurse, a social worker, a former NICU parent--to help you get oriented.
- For NICU Families - From the March of Dimes
- The special website developed by the March of Dimes (the beneficiary of this lens), specifically for NICU Parents and Families. The site provides a variety of information and resources from parenting in the NICU, coping in the NICU to leaving the NICU.
- Sick Newborn Health
- An excellent, extensive online website devoted to the Health of Sick Newborn was created by specialists in neonatology, or the care of newborns at Meriter Health Services. This was the site we used the most when my daughter was in the NICU.
- Preemie Health
- An excellent, extensive online website devoted to the Health of Premature Babies was created by specialists in neonatology, or the care of newborns at Meriter Health Services. A good place for parents of premature babies to start.
- When Your Baby's in the NICU
- An overall review of the NICU from the KidsHealth website. This resource provides definitions, descriptions on what to expect as well as a list of helpful questions to can ask your baby's doctors and nurses.
- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit - Mother & Infant Health Care
- This collection of webpages were developed from an online booklet given to NICU families at the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center at Fort Hood, Texas. It was prepared to assist parents by providing a basic orientation and answering some of the questions.
- Life in the NICU
- This overview on Life in the NICU was developed by the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada. This webpage provides an excellent overview of the NICU. The website provides good information and resources for orienting parents to the NICU.
What do I do now that my baby is dying?
Information, Resources & Support for the End of a Baby's Life
These two lenses were created to answer the question "What do I do now that my baby is dying?" They are resources that I wish that no NICU Parent will ever need to use.Yet nearly 30,000 babies die each year and their parents need support.
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My NICU Baby is Dying: Now What?
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This lens is developed to support the 1,000's of NICU Parents each year who must face the difficult realization that their NICU baby will not be discharged to home because their NICU baby is dying. Each year nearly 30,000 infants die in the United St...
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My NICU Baby has Died: Now What?
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Many parents consider the loss of a child to be the highest level of loss. The information on the site cannot take away the intense pain and sorrow you are feeling. Instead I offer information, resources and support that others who have been in simil...
Updates to the NICU Parent Support Site Blog
Reflections, Ruminations & Resources from a Former NICU Parent and Grief Educator
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Finding the Resources You May Need for Preemies, Sick Newborns and Their Families
Remember that purchasing NICU products recommended through this lens also benefits the March of Dimes NICU Family Support Program.
- My Own Personal Book Library about Caring for NICU Babies
- A few of the books that I found beneficial as a NICU Parent and the ones that I have on my personal book shelves.
- Helpful Personal Story Books Available on Amazon for NICU Parents
- These are a books written by NICU Parents about their experiences with premature and nicu newborns.
- Book Resources Available on Amazon for NICU Siblings
- These are a few of the books with information that is helpful in explaining the difficult concept of a NICU baby to an older sibling--brother or sister.
- Inspiring and Hopeful Resources for NICU Parents
- A collection of resources CD, Video and Books to instill hope, compassion and be inspiring for NICU Parents.
- Music Recommendations to Calm and Soothe NICU Parents
- A collection of my favorite calming and healing music from Steven Halpern whose recordings are used in worldwide in hospitals and healing clinics and spas.
- Music Titles Used for Newborns in NICU Music Studies
- A list of CD titles that have been used in NICU music studies.
My Own Personal Book Library about Caring for NICU Babies
Book Resources Available on Amazon for NICU Parents
Remember that purchasing NICU products recommended through this lens also benefits the March of Dimes NICU Family Support Program.
Early Passage: A Journal for Parents of Premies
A beautifully designed journal for NICU Parents of Preemies to help keep a record of you baby's NICU experience. It contains many thoughtful questions and useful touches such as pockets for photos and mementos.
Amazon Price: $24.95 (as of 10/11/2008)
You Are Not Alone : The NICU Experience
A book of hope and encouragement told by the parents who have been there and survived the NICU experience. It includes 20 stories of hope, heroism, heartache, and healing told by NICU parents.
Amazon Price: (as of 10/11/2008)
Newborn Intensive Care: What Every Parent Needs to Know
An excellent reference for NICU parent with a sick newborn or premature infant. It is written in language that is easy to understand by experts in the field. Another excellent resource for answering many of the questions that NICU Parents have about their baby and the NICU.
Amazon Price: (as of 10/11/2008)
Parenting Your Premature Baby and Child: The Emotional Journey
A very extensive book that focuses on the experiences, feelings, relationships and long-term parenting issues for parents of a premature baby. A good resource for parents who will be in the NICU for some time.
Amazon Price: $19.77 (as of 10/11/2008)
Helpful Personal Story Books Available on Amazon for NICU Parents
Personal Stories from NICU Parents
Remember that purchasing NICU products recommended through this lens also benefits the March of Dimes NICU Family Support Program.
Preemie Chronicles: Our NICU Experience
A father's chronicles of the day-to-day struggles of new NICU parents and their 24-week preemies over 3 months.
Amazon Price: $17.95 (as of 10/11/2008)
Alex: The Fathering Of A Preemie
A father's firsthand account of the day-to-day struggle to keep Alex alive and then raising child who was born extremely prematurely.
Amazon Price: $15.98 (as of 10/11/2008)
Incubator Views: A Story of Teen Pregnancy and the Struggle of her Preemie
This book portrays the Neonatal Intensive Care experience from four different perspectives--a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit nurse, the teen mother, her younger brother, and the preemie herself. You can preview it at books.google.com
Amazon Price: $11.95 (as of 10/11/2008)
Jacob's Journal: A Window into the NICU
This brief book describes a mother's perspective of the NICU experience. You can preview it at books.google.com
Amazon Price: $7.95 (as of 10/11/2008)
Book Resources Available on Amazon for NICU Siblings
Books to Explain the NICU Experience to Sisters & Brothers of NICU Babies
Remember that purchasing NICU products recommended through this lens also benefits the March of Dimes NICU Family Support Program.
Believe in Katie Lynn
Written by a pediatric physician, this story of little Katie Lynn describes the healing power of a mother's touch.
Amazon Price: $18.95 (as of 10/11/2008)
Evan Early
A charming story of a little girl, Natalie, and the pre-mature birth of her little brother Evan. Good for the sister of a premature baby.
Amazon Price: $15.95 (as of 10/11/2008)
My Baby Sister Is a Preemie (Helping Kids Heal)
A gentle story about a baby who arrives too soon with older sister Sarah and her tiny little sister Amy. Good for the sister of a premature baby.
Amazon Price: $9.99 (as of 10/11/2008)
No Bigger than My Teddy Bear
A little boy, Dustin describes how the hospital staff provided care for his premature teddy-bear-sized baby brother. Good for the brother of a premature baby.
Amazon Price: $6.95 (as of 10/11/2008)
The Tiniest Warrior of All: A Fairytale for Families with a Premature Baby
This story takes a fairytale approach to the NICU. A reminder that "even if someone looks tiny and weak they can be very strong and brave on the inside."
Amazon Price: $14.95 (as of 10/11/2008)
Other Lenses for NICU Newborns and Premature Babies
Thoughts, Resources and Support from Squidoo Lensmasters on the NICU World
A collection of lenses from Squidoo Lensmasters--NICU parents and others sharing their insights on the world of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Parenting Premature Babies.-
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This lens contains information on preemie parenting and fun and unique products that help us to celebrate the lives and accomplishments of our preemies!
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Support Share Your Story and the March of Dimes - a Community for NICU Parents
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This is an excellent resource. When I was going through this there didn't really seem to be anything online to help - I looked (a lot)! I like the quote about learning from your children. I know that my daughter who was 3 at the time my son was sick taught me a lot. There is a very special bond between her and her brother. Posted August 05, 2008 |
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