Empowering NICU Parents Podcast Questions Parents Should Ask Their Baby’s NICU Care Team Each Day

Our NICU Journal called Our NICU Roadmap has officially been published! My vision for this journal stemmed from the lack of a comprehensive NICU journal available when our son was in the NICU. I wanted to develop a journal that not only was a great resource for parents, but also served as a place for you as parents to document your baby’s progress each day while in the NICU.
As a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, I had the medical knowledge and experience on my side during our son’s NICU journey, so I knew the questions to ask our son’s NICU care team, but I felt there was not an appropriate place to document it all. Our NICU Roadmap equips and guides NICU parents with resources, information and questions to ask so you can stay actively involved in your baby’s daily care.
In today’s podcast we spotlight my favorite part of the journal, the daily log. As any NICU parent knows, there are new changes that occur daily in the NICU. Personally, I wanted to document all of those changes, not just as a keepsake, but because I wanted to keep track of all of our son’s daily weight gains or losses, lab results, ventilator changes, feedings, who cared for him each day, how I felt, the plan of care plus so much more!
I created the daily log so you as parents not only had a place to document your baby’s daily updates, but also to help guide you with questions we believe you should be asking the NICU care team each day! Today I GIVE you all of the questions and topics I believe NICU Parents should either ask or know so you can stay actively involved in your baby’s daily progress and plan of care.
Our NICU Roadmap guides and equips you as NICU Parents with knowledge and questions to ask throughout your baby’s NICU journey. Each day, you will not only see your baby’s daily progression, but you will also know to ask if they had a blood gas or labs that day? Or what changes will be made on their respiratory support.
Once you begin to understand more each day, and I promise that you will, your confidence will build which will continue to encourage your daily involvement with your baby and make you feel more like a parent! I want you to stay actively involved and not just become a member of your baby’s care team, but the most integral member! Our daily log will also allow you to see all of the small and large steps of progression your baby is making each day which is so important! Remember, this is a marathon, not a sprint!

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Empowering NICU Parents Podcast

A podcast specifically meant to educate and empower NICU parents as they endure their baby’s NICU journey. We provide you with tangible tips and support from my unique perspective as a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (NNP) and a proud preemie Mama! Along with sharing answers to the NICU medical questions you have, Nicole will address and support you through the incredibly difficult emotional struggles that only a NICU parent can understand. Tune in and subscribe today!

To start 2024 out, our first episode focuses on marijuana use, its impact on pregnancy, the growing fetus and the child’s future development, as well as the implications of its use during breastfeeding.

Who would have thought that in 2024, we would be living in a time where marijuana use is so prominent and that it would be legal in 24 states as of January of 2024?!?

But, nonetheless, here we are! Because marijuana has been legalized in so many states, there are now false evolving perceptions on its general safety as well as its implications on the developing fetus and infant who are exposed to it either in utero or through breastmilk. In general, the perception of harm from marijuana is decreasing while the potency of marijuana is scarily increasing. Marijuana is the most widely used illegal drug during pregnancy in the United States. And, its use in gaining speed amongst all adult age groups, in both sexes, and in pregnant women.

For our 56th episode, I reviewed the most up-to-date literature and will share the findings from several studies that reveal both short and long-term negative effects on the pregnant mother and developing fetus if used during pregnancy, and its future implications on the growing infant, child, and their transition into the teenage years, and as an adult after prenatal exposure. I will also point out the general concentration of marijuana in breast milk if used by a nursing mother, as well as how long it stays in the breast milk, and how it may impact the exposed infant.

This episode is packed full of useful information and will be ideal for any healthcare worker or for family members and friends who care about a pregnant woman or nursing mother who is currently using marijuana and want to ensure that she is fully educated on the implications of its use on her growing fetus or infant. And last, but actually, the most important, I encourage ALL women who are either considering becoming pregnant or who are currently pregnant and use marijuana on a regular basis, to listen.

Although marijuana use is so prevelant, it is so crucial that we fully understand its potential impact on the fetus and the child’s future development if used during pregnancy and while breastfeeding.
You will not want to miss this one!

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