Madeline joins Dr. Zimmermann to discuss her preterm labor, 91 day NICU journey, and her desire to change medical terminology away from terms that place blame and guilt on mothers.
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Dr. Zimmermann discusses the importance of words and labels in medical terminology. Let us stop placing blame and shame on women during their pregnancy and motherhood journey.
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Gretchen continues her story this week with the details of Alex’s NICU stay, and the effects the NICU stay and the pandemic had on her parenting after their NICU journey.
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Birth stories are important. Hearing real birth stories is an important step in feeling prepared for your own birth, and equally important, healing from a delivery that didn’t go as planned. While every birth is unique and different, there are commonalities that births share - and through listening to stories, you can feel empowered and connected with other mothers.
Here at Mighty Littles, we want to share birth stories of mom’s whose infants have gone to the NICU, normalizing this experience, and sharing stories that help you with your healing. Birth has so many unknowns, and we can never prepare fully for what might occur. On this episode, Gretchen relays her birth story, discussing what happened when she went into labor at 22 weeks, away from home, away from family while on a training trip for her job with the coast guard.
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Dr. Zimmermann discusses Who’s Who in the NICU. A good place to start listening to understand who you will see while your baby is in the NICU.
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Heather discusses her quadruplet pregnancy, NICU experience, and the logistics of taking home 4 babies.
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Join Dr. Anna Zimmermann and Dr. Joanna Parga-Belinkie for an honest discussion about apnea of prematurity and the “brady countdown” at the end of the NICU stay that can feel like torture. We discuss definitions, physiology and give practical examples of what may (or may not) qualify as a bradycardia significant enough to warrant an additional 5-7 day stay in the NICU.
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Rebecca Lee, a speech and language pathologist joins Mighty Littles to discuss the benefits of baby sign language and practical tips for starting this with your mighty littles.
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Word have power, and Mighty Littles is going to Focus on words this month.
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Sam was born at 25 weeks, with Trisomy 21. This is Sara’s story of her life with Sam in the NICU and after discharge.
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Join Dr. Zimmermann and Dr. Parga-Belinkie to discuss Respiratory Distress Syndrom (RDS). In this podcast, we will discuss the cause, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of RDS in the NICU.
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I am thrilled to kick off the Practical Parenting series with a focus on touch in the NICU. Kim Wells, founder of BEB Organic, joins me for a 4-part series on the importance of touch in the NICU and the practical tips I have as a Neonatologist to help parents with those first touches in the NICU.
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Faith was born at 22-23 weeks. Her mom Lizzie joins the Mighty Littles podcast to talk about their NICU experience and how Faith is doing now!
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The Messy Mama Podcast and Mighty Littles join forces to bring your our Top 10 NICU Survival list. A unique discussion between a NICU Mama x 2 and a Neonatologist giving you insights into the world of the Newborn Intensive Care Unit.
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A few of the many quotes I love from this podcast:
The day I went home, I wasn’t prepared for how empty I would feel not pregnant and not with my baby. That night was the hardest night that I had.
Just because you are grieving what you wanted, doesn’t mean you aren’t grateful for what you have.
There is no right way to react to having a baby in the NICU.
The NICU is an experience in the juxtaposition of emotions.
As time has passed, instead of thinking things went wrong and my body failed, MAYBE, I’m living the best-case scenario of an alternative outcome that would have been devastating - and that would have been losing our baby at 20 weeks. In that world, the NICU would have been my dream scenario.
I didn’t feel strong when I was going through the NICU. But I was strong. And if I could tell preemie moms anything, it would be that they are strong. And their baby is strong.
You are not alone.
Taryn from the Messy Mama Podcast joins Mighty Littles to talk about her 2 premature babies, mom guilt, social media, and parenting in public.
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I love the conversation Katie and I have towards the end of the podcast about how people communicate differently when hearing bad news. Optimism bullies… Over Empathisers… Cliche Sayers… We need to avoid these. The best thing to do is to just sit quietly in the hard — and listen.
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Dr. Zimmermann discusses the newly updated AAP recommendations on the Care of Infants Born to COVID Suspected or Positive Mothers.
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We discuss Infertility, social media, the history of the NICU, the pressures placed on mothers to reach impossible standards, and race disparities in health care. Join us for this fun conversation.
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Ella was born at 28 weeks. Her mom found comfort and strength in her daily routine and gratitude journal while her daughter was in the NICU.
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