Episode twenty - One mum, two dads and HELLP syndrome

That NICU Mum - A podcast by Shan Mallinger

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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 @premmieknittingclubnzToday's episode features Sarah, whos' son Laurie has one mum and two dads! (Not relevant, just a cool family dynamic!)Laurie was born at 30 weeks after Sarah had a short hospital stay with suspected gestational hypertension and pre eclampsia that turned out to be HELLP syndrome, and Laurie had IUGR and reduced cord flow.Sarah chats to us about her relatively positive NICU stay, her feeding journey, and the journey home to settle into their new life as a cohort as Sarah put it!Enjoy,Shan x x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.