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The Hidden Trauma of NICU Fathers – and Why It Matters: Why NICU Dads Are at Risk for Depression, PTSD, and Anxiety
My friend’s baby was born a full two months premature after his wife had undergone ten rounds of IVF over eight years. Their son spent the first three months of his life in the NICU, unable to suck, swallow, or breathe on his own. Instead of happily cuddling and bonding with their baby, my friend and his wife spent many sleepless nights in the NICU watching helplessly as he lay in an incubator with tubes down his throat and up his nose and various doctors and nurses standing

Micah Shapiro
Jun 174 min read


How to Support Your Partner on Mother's Day (Without Making It About You)
Heads up: Mother's Day is two days away. If you're a new dad, your partner is probably a new mom, and she's probably looking forward to her first Mother's Day as a new mom, which means she's probably looking to you to make her feel extra special on her first Mother's Day. She's probably been looking forward to this for a while. No pressure. Since you've never done this before, I thought I'd offer some tips on how to make her first Mother's Day as meaningful as possible. And i

Micah Shapiro
May 96 min read
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