Infant Loss, NICU Trauma, PTSD, and the Miracle That Saved His Son | Raw Minds Podcast S2 Ep. 71

Infant loss, NICU trauma, PTSD, and a father’s mental health journey are at the center of this Raw Minds Podcast episode.

Nathan Wieser shares the true story of losing his infant daughter after medical failure, surviving multiple miscarriages, and enduring a life threatening NICU battle when his son was born at 26 weeks. This is a real conversation about grief, trauma, PTSD in fathers, and survival.

This episode of the Raw Minds Podcast tells the full, unfiltered story of infant loss, NICU trauma, PTSD, and survival from a father’s perspective.

Nathan Wieser and his wife Lucy endured more than a decade of loss. Four miscarriages. The death of their infant daughter Mary after a catastrophic medical failure. Trauma that nearly destroyed their mental health and their marriage.

Then came Otto.

Born at 26 weeks. Under two pounds. Intubated. Multiple surgeries. Organ failure. Two resuscitations. A code blue that pushed everything to the edge.

This episode exposes what men are rarely allowed to say out loud.
Grief. Rage. PTSD. Substance coping. The pressure to stay strong while breaking inside.

This is not a motivational story.
This is survival.

This conversation is for fathers.
For parents who lost children.
For men carrying trauma in silence.
For anyone who has waited in a hospital hallway with no control and no answers.

ABOUT THE GUEST

Nathan Wieser is the author of We Did It, a memoir written from a father’s perspective after enduring repeated miscarriages, infant loss, and a life threatening NICU journey that saved his son.

BOOK LINK

We Did It by Nathan Wieser
Amazon Canada
https://www.amazon.ca/We-Did-perspective-enduring-miscarriages/dp/B0FLQM148S

MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT

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Talk Suicide Canada
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United States
988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline

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CHAPTERS

00:00 Intro
02:10 Pregnancy loss
09:45 Losing daughter Mary
18:30 Medical trauma and PTSD
28:40 Coping and substance use
38:20 Otto’s premature birth
47:15 Code blue moment
56:40 The miracle
1:05:10 Fathers and silent grief
1:14:30 Life after trauma

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