#NICU

The Taylor Family

A Family Session in Dubbo, with a whole lot'a heart! We met Ash and Scott in March last year. Their son, Blake, was fighting for his own...

NICU & SCN Nurses : More than 'just a nurse'

In those moments, nothing about you was 'just a nurse'.. in those moments, you were our best friends and our family.

Why Ed Sheeran's 'What do I know?' makes my heart sink..

I found myself having a mental break down one morning. It was a couple of weeks into our NICU journey. We'd just received news that ther

Reflux & How it kept us from bringing our baby home

The idea was that, if it was reflux, his body was protecting his lungs by instinctively 'breath holding', which stopped the contents

An open letter, from one NICU mum to another

I watched quietly as they wheeled you in to meet your tiny baby for the first time. Remembering how scary it felt for me, I give you an unde

What to expect when your baby is screened for Retinopathy of Prematurity (or R.O.P)..

Carter's first test was horrible. At least, I thought it was. I wasn't to know that it would just get harder to watch as he got olde

NNICUPS saved me from a dark and lonely place..

We laughed about how hilariously similar our daughters were and compared the length of time it took to hear all about their 'itchy'

What to expect when your baby's in the NICU..

The most empowering thing a nurse ever did for me, was encourage me to take Carter out of his crib on my own.

What I wish our NICU nurses knew..

Although they always encouraged us to call if we needed, I trusted his nurses whole heartedly and knew they’d call me if he wasn’t doing wel

Erin Michele