Episode thirteen - Precious Maeve and her terminal diagnosis

Welcome to That NICU Mum, a podcast sharing the stories of New Zealand parents who have had a baby in a neonatal unit across the country. This episode of That NICU Mum is supported by the Premmie Knitting Club, a NZ registered charity which has a virtual tribe of knitters providing beautiful knitted clothing to units across the country. A huge thank you to Courtney and the whole PKC team for supporting us and our podcast!You can find them online premmieknittingclub.org and on instagram and facebook @premmieknittingclubnz.Trigger warning - Child loss.Today's episode is with Kirsten, a mum of four including Maeve who heartbreakingly passed away at just over 14 months old after being diagnosed with a terminal illness just prior to her early birth. Kirsten shares her pregnancy with Maeve where she just felt something wasn't 'right', the hospital admission after her waters broke, navigating NICU knowing her child was not going to get better while all the other babies in the unit did, and her desperation to have another baby and experience a 'normal' pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.A huge thank you to Kirsten for sharing beautiful Maeve's story with us. #preciousmaeveThe services Kirsten mentioned -True Colours Children's Health Trust https://www.truecolours.org.nz/Rainbow Place Hamilton https://www.rainbowplace.co.nz/Thanks for listening to this episode.Shan x x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.