This week we chat with Katie from Blooming Littles. Katie is a NICU occupational therapist who is also a mom. She shares her unique perspective as a provider in the NICU as well as being a NICU mom herself. Katie tells us what an occupational therapist does in the NICU. We discuss how having a baby in the NICU can be difficult for parents. She also shares what parents can do to help their NICU baby while in the NICU and once the baby comes home. 

Katie provides lots of information on her website as well as her Instagram account about NICU babies and their development. She shares ways parents can help their baby both in and after the NICU. 

You can learn more about Katie and what she does on her website, Blooming Littles, and Instagram. 

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We're back! It has been nearly 6 months since we have put out a new episode. But life got crazy for us and we share about it in this short re-introduction episode. 

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This week we talk with Amanda from Honest as a Mother podcast. She shares her insights on what the transition from 1 kid to 2 kids was like for her as well as postpartum mental health. We get into a discussion about postpartum mental health in society and how there should be more support for mothers as well as their partners after birth. 

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This week Courtney interviews Lauren from the Instagram account, Rocketship2Heaven about her birth story. Lauren is a preeclampsia and HELLP Syndrome Survivor who gave birth to her son Jaxon at 28 weeks. Jaxon passed away and Lauren had to cope with the grief of losing her son while also recovering from a traumatic birth. She shares about grief and infant loss on her Instagram page. 

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This week we have some very special guests who are prominent in the HELLP Syndrome and Preeclampsia Survivor social media space. Who are also Courtney's friends! Victoria is a postpartum preeclampsia survivor and is the founder of the 140 over 90 Run and owner of Integrative Health Wellness. Liz is a HELLP & Preeclampsia survivor and twin mom who works with the 140 over 90 Run. Kerri is a HELLP Syndrome survivor and the face behind the @hellpsyndrome Instagram account.

Follow Liz on Instagram at: @liztrue

Follow Kerri on Instagram at: @hellpsyndrome

Follow Victoria at: 

Founder

www.140over90run.com

@140over90run

Owner

www.integrativehealthwellnessgroup.com

@integrativehealthwellnessgroup

Personal: @victoriatbuker

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This episode is based on the blog post, What I Would Tell My Postpartum Self written in June of 2020. Courtney shares what her life was like being newly postpartum. She also shares the 10 Things she would tell her newly postpartum self. 

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This week Courtney talks about what preeclampsia is. She shares all the signs and symptoms of preeclampsia. She also shares the risk factors of preeclampsia and the current theories of why it occurs. 

Link to blog post about preeclampsia

Link to the Preeclampsia Foundation's website

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This week Steven & Courtney chat about what their marriage has been like after experiencing birth trauma. They discuss how the trauma they experienced both affected them differently. They also share the ways they worked together to start to overcome the trauma they experienced. This episode is based on the blog post Courtney wrote in February 2021 about Marriage after Birth Trauma. You can read the blog post here. 

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Amy is the face of the Instagram account nicu.warriors. She shares her story with her second pregnancy with us that ended early at 32 weeks. She had complete placenta previa as well as vasa previa. She shares what her pregnancy and birth were like with those diagnoses.

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