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

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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.

This episode is sponsored by The Thrifting Den, your one stop thrift and consignment shop. Shop premium pre loved pieces now at www.thethriftingden.com

Today 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

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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.

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.com

This 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

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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.com

Today 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

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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.com

Trigger 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

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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.com

Today 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.nz

Enjoy!

Shan x x

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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

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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.

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

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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

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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

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