NICU Families
Hand to Hold’s mission is to help families like yours during a NICU stay and through the years to come. They have multiple resources that include in-hospital programs, informative articles and blogs, podcasts, social networks, and their award-winning one-on-one peer mentoring program. All are designed with the emotional, physical, and social needs of the whole NICU family – dads, moms, siblings, grandparents, and their extended support network.
Support Groups
Postpartum Support International hosts a NICU support group for mothers with NICU babies every Thursday at 6:30 pm EST. To register, click below.
Hand to Hold hosts several weekly support groups for NICU families. To register, click below.
Therapy
Postpartum Support International has a large directory of trained clinicians. You can easily customize your search by selecting therapists that take your insurance, by gender, by treatment specialty, languages they speak, if online is an option, clinicians of color, and clinicians who specializes in working with LGBTQIA parents. To do a specialty search, select the specialty box to select what filters you want to select.
Online Groups
NICU Moms
A private Facebook group where fellow NICU mommies can get support. Feel free to ask for advice and to share your stories and personal journeys.
NICU Mom and Family Support Group
A private Facebook group where NICU parents can turn for advice and understanding.
Podcasts
NICU Now Podcast
From Hand to Hold’s their NICU NOW podcast.
Beyond the NICU Podcast
Hand to Hold’s Beyond the NICU podcast.
NICU Stories Podcast
NICU Stories shared by NICU Parents to bring awareness of the NICU Journey. Many stories have miraculous endings but many do not have desirable outcomes. Hear the stories of the NICU Parents as they share the ups and downs of the NICU!
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