What is life like after a planned NICU admission: Catching up with Lizzie from season 2 | S3E35

Back in season two, our guest Lizzie shared her experience of discovering at the 10-week scan that her baby would be born with an abdominal wall defect known as exomphalos and would have to have a NICU stay after birth. Lizzie agreed to come back on the podcast to share with us all everything that happened after birth, from day-to-day life in NICU and the difficulties that arose in the transition to home life afterwards, too. So, if you know you have a NICU stay in the near future, or you’re in NICU now and struggling to handle it, this episode of Lizzie’s experience and advice will be a really valuable listen for you.

In this episode, we’re chatting about:

• How Lizzie’s birth went and the early days in NICU after Phoebe was born

• The hard parts of being in the neonatal unit and Lizzie’s advice for handling these

• How Lizzie prepared for her NICU stay and things that helped her through that difficult time

• The transition to home life and why the rollercoaster didn’t end in NICU

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