NICU during lockdown, OCD & pregnancy after birth trauma with Tori from season 1

https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Podcasts211/v4/5e/6e/ac/5e6eacbb-53d2-5113-f0dd-196839ffa397/mza_6758286985804958029.jpg/600x600bb.jpg

The NICU Space by Miracle Moon

Miracle Moon

73 episodes

1 day ago

If you are a NICU parent, past, present or future, this podcast is here to support you through it all. Hosted by the co-founders of Miracle Moon, Frankie, a Clinical Psychologist and Georgie. We are so excited to be back and talking about all things NICU, birth trauma and perinatal mental health with you. We are a couple of past NICU Mums who have got together to support others through their NICU journeys and beyond.

Parenting

Kids & Family

RSS

All content for The NICU Space by Miracle Moon is the property of Miracle Moon and is served directly from their servers with no modification, redirects, or rehosting. The podcast is not affiliated with or endorsed by Podjoint in any way.

Parenting

Kids & Family

https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/8667163/8667163-1724502778010-cfb1591208a51.jpg

NICU during lockdown, OCD & pregnancy after birth trauma with Tori from season 1 | S3E43

The NICU Space by Miracle Moon

42 minutes 47 seconds

7 months ago

NICU during lockdown, OCD & pregnancy after birth trauma with Tori from season 1 | S3E43

It’s been five years since the first COVID lockdown – it’s gone so fast and feels so long ago all at once. In that time, our guest Tori, from season one, has watched her little girl Phoenix grow into a happy, healthy five-year-old – after she was born at just 25 weeks. Tori herself has processed her trauma after NICU using EMDR, and is now 25 weeks pregnant again.

Tori talks about the fact that she isn’t afraid of what the future holds for this baby, NICU or not. She’s massively worked on her OCD and health anxiety and felt ready to have another baby – this time with all the excitement and joy she didn’t feel she could have after the first time. But how?

Tori opens up in today’s episode, and Georgie also reflects on how incredibly similar her own mental health challenges have been too.

🔥 In this episode, we’re chatting about:

⭐ Our guest Tori’s experience of giving birth to baby Phoenix at just 25 weeks at the start of the first COVID lockdown

⭐ What impact the lockdowns had on Tori’s pre-existing OCD and health anxiety

⭐️ Tori’s fears of how NICU and lockdowns might affect Phoenix, and being unable to see family for such a long time

⭐️ How Tori has processed her trauma after NICU using different types of therapy

⭐️ How Tori decided she wanted to have another baby

⭐️ How Tori feels now that she’s reached 25 weeks pregnant again and why she’s not fearful of another NICU experience

If you would love to have another baby, but are worried about going through NICU again, this episode will help you see there may be a way forward.

💌 Check out the full show notes for this episode here, where you can find timestamps, a transcript and any links or resources we think are relevant to this episode. If this episode resonates with you or if you have questions, reach out to us on Instagram or shoot us an email at hello@miraclemoon.co.uk.

🎧 We love engaging with our listeners! Share a screenshot of this episode and don't forget to tag us on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@miraclemoonuk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ when you're tuning in.

⭐️ Help us spread the word by leaving a review and subscribing...that way, you won't miss a single episode.

🙏 A huge thank you to Emma at Cover My Bubble for supporting our podcast - you can find out more about all that Cover My Bubble offer at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.covermybubble.co.uk