Unexpected Beginnings: The Neonatal Unit

In this episode we meet Dylan and Vicky whose daughter Ruby was taken to neonatal shortly after she was born and sadly never came home. Dylan and Vicky have shared their story in the hope that it can ...

17 Nov 202128min

After spending time in neonatal it’s common for parents to struggle with their mental health but sometimes that struggle becomes invasive and it can begin to control and dominate your life. This episo...

17 Nov 202122min

This episode looks at how it’s almost expected for parents to struggle with their mental health when they have spent time in neonatal. The unit is traumatic and intense and parents can spend weeks fee...

17 Nov 202124min

Going home is everyone’s goal and there is a sense of relief that theterrifying part of your baby’s life is over but often it’s not that simple and parents can find being out of a clinical environment...

17 Nov 202119min

This episode is about settling into neonatal. Everyone’s journey is different both in terms of the time a baby might spend in the unit and the obstacles they might face. Despite this there are a lot o...

17 Nov 202118min

In this episode we meet Michelle and Tim whose daughter Freya was born at 25 weeks and at 26 weeks was diagnosed with necrotising enterocolitis (NEC). This episode looks at Freya’s surgery and the neo...

17 Nov 202117min

This episode looks at how hard it can be when you have children at home as well as in the neonatal unit. How can you even begin to include them? Should you include them? How can you split your time so...

17 Nov 202115min

This episode looks at practical ways of helping you to bond with your baby whilst remembering that it is hard on neonatal and it is common for things to feel difficult. There aresome charitable organi...

17 Nov 20219min