tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post2284813923476370642..comments2024-03-26T08:06:19.661-04:00Comments on The Road Less Travelled: NYT article: "For Parents on NICU, Trauma May Last"loribethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09272814565916935113noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-55141753242787579742009-08-30T10:14:27.857-04:002009-08-30T10:14:27.857-04:00I had read that as well and felt like thr trauma e...I had read that as well and felt like thr trauma extends past the NICU. My experience is so jaded that I wasn't too traumatized by Denis being in the NICU. I was thankful he was just alive. I was more traumatized by the death of Hannah. I wish sometimes that these media outlets would also include the trauma of stillbirth. I fully believe that I suffered PTSD from that experience, although my therapist never officially diagnosed me. I still get the flashbacks though and they can still bring me to my knees.CLChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08030787972960755420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-23976735470783793982009-08-26T11:40:02.430-04:002009-08-26T11:40:02.430-04:00Thanks for posting - that's very interesting. ...Thanks for posting - that's very interesting. Several people in my family have had babies in the NICU, and I want to be sensitive to them, so this helps.one-hit_wonderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02392238740961497297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-14818531533715958862009-08-26T11:09:21.711-04:002009-08-26T11:09:21.711-04:00I'd say those things are true of any trauma. M...I'd say those things are true of any trauma. My dad committed suicide in April 2008 and I fell apart straight away while my husband, who was very close to my dad, took longer. Similarly, to begin with I couldn't even begin to process his suicide and the aftermath and by the time I felt I COULD, it felt like no one cared enough anymore to talk to me about it.Rebeccahttp://clumsykisses.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-29011884167319638472009-08-26T09:31:45.006-04:002009-08-26T09:31:45.006-04:00This was a really interesting article, and one tha...This was a really interesting article, and one that seems to have comforted lots of the folks leaving comments. I hope hospitals start taking parental mental health--which in the end will impact infant health, too--into account. Maybe there are ways NICUs can be reconfigured, too, to be less traumatizing to all involved. I wonder if that would improve outcomes, too?Shinejilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03353174053245279899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-11835421942687429662009-08-25T21:25:13.954-04:002009-08-25T21:25:13.954-04:00Good article - you always find the interesting one...Good article - you always find the interesting ones!<br /><br />My oldest daughter was in the NICU after her emergency delivery at 33 weeks. The NICU experience was stressful to say the least, but I thought I managed it well. It was 2 months almost to the day after her birth and she was home that I went through the folder the hospital had sent home with us at her discharge. I completely broke down and spent the 2 day weekend a sobbing mess - just from looking at some papers. It hit me all that we had been through and because I had "relaxed" - it completely overwhelmed me. <br /><br />When my son was in the NICU some 3.5 years later, I was more seasoned and I think too angry with his nurse - that it didn't hit me like it did with my daughter.<br /><br />Just talking about those days/weeks, or remembering them can give me the shakes - still, even 9 and 12+ years later.JuliaShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10668995954240697998noreply@blogger.com