On today's Episode Mon chats with first time parents Nicola and Connor about their frightening experience of bringing baby Scarlet into the world. After noticing that Scarlet's movement patterns had decreased, Nicola followed her maternal instinct and went straight to the hospital to be monitored, ultimately saving her and her baby's life.
Soon after she found herself in an operating theatre delivering her premature baby who would then be transferred out to a tertiary hospital. With a debilitating post op complication Nicola wasn't able to see her baby and instead Connor had no choice but to take on the heavy load of caring for both his wife and his newborn daughter.
In an episode of raw emotion, Nicola & Connor open up on some of struggles they faced when processing what had happened as well as adapting to having a baby in the NICU. They discuss the difficulty of leaving the hospital whilst your baby is still in NICU as well as the mentality they adapted to get through what they described as the best and worst week of their lives.
Sometimes when your birth does not go the way you envisioned it. It can often leave you feeling a whole lot of mixed emotions. If you feel like you need to talk about the feelings attached to your birthing experience there are multiple amazing resources available such as getting into contact with your hospital for a formal debrief, PANDA & beyond blue.
PANDA- Perinatal Anxiety & Depression Australia- 1300 726 306
Beyond Blue - 1300 22 4636
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