This honest conversation goes inside the NICU with medical mom and nurse Kate Parrish—from infertility (IUI/IVF), a high-risk mono-mono twin pregnancy, preeclampsia/HELLP, and delivering at 24 weeks, to losing her daughter Avery and advocating for Addie, who lives with complex medical needs and legal blindness. We talk about the reality of NICU life, the mental load and anxiety that follow you home, what day-to-day care looks like (G-tube feeds, meds, therapies), how faith and community carried Kate, and practical ways to support NICU and special-needs families. Kate also shares why she co-founded Medical Moms Movement to connect, encourage, and resource families walking a similar road.

This is for moms in the NICU, working moms balancing it all, parents navigating grief, and anyone who wants to show up better for special-needs and medical families.

📚 Check out Kait Parrish’s beautiful and inspirational book Be Different, Be You, where she teaches children that they are loved just the way they are!

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