For New NICU moms

kck329 · August 2011

Below are a list of resources from members of this board that helped us survive the NICU journey. We hope they are also helpful for you.

For moms at home-- What are the resources, suggestions, advice, etc that you have for people who are starting their journeys through the NICU? Please add to this list, especially if there are resources you are using now that your preemie is home since we don't have many of those on the list yet.

BOOKS:

NICU baby books: Boy Version and Girl Version

The Preemie Book https://www.amazon.com/Preemies-Second-Essential-Parents-Premature/dp/1416572325/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1310491956&sr=8-1

Daily Journal https://www.amazon.com/Moms-One-Line-Day-Five-Year/dp/0811874907/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1310492204&sr=1-2

Dr Sears' The Preemie Book

PREEMIE SUPPORT GROUPS

Inspire.com to be extremely helpful during my son's NICU stay. They have a great preemie support group.

CLOTHING/PREEMIE PRODUCTS

Naartjie Kids clothing store which carried cute preemie clothes in the store!

https://www.itsapreemiething.com

https://www.zakeez.com great for helping position your LO in the isolette and you can sleep with them so your scent is there for the baby as well. We still use ours! Invented by a preemie mom.

BREASTFEEDING

There is a group on FB called Breastmilk for Preemies - it can be pretty hippie-tastic, but good info comes up. I snagged this link out of a thread thinking it might help some of us here:

https://thecrunchysideofme.blogspot.com/2011/02/breastmilk-supplyrelactationinduced.html

Kellymom.com

NICU EXPERIENCE RESOURCES

https://www.preemiehelp.com/

https://www.ttmf.org/glossary_a-e.html

https://www.marchofdimes.com/baby/premature_indepth.html

https://www.marchofdimes.com/modpreemie/preemie.html

https://preemiehelp.com/for-preemie-parents-and-carers/parenting-in-the-nicu/learning-about-your-preemie-in-the-nicu/understanding-preemies-body-language

https://www.grahamsfoundation.org/home.html Graham's Foundation! A friend signed me up and they sent me the nicest care package to the hospital.

PHOTOGRAPHY

Pictures of Hope - complimentary NICU photographers https://www.picturesofhopefoundation.org/

FACEBOOK