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Dear Mama | Letter 7: A Family’s NICU story

Dear Mama.

Our final letter in this NICU Awareness Month mini series is a letter to the mother who kept showing up.

To the mum who learnt the medications, the appointments and the language of the hospital. Who held her baby through blood draws, wires and procedures, while trying to keep some sense of normality for her other child. Who was told she was strong and resilient, when really, she was simply doing what her babies needed her to do.

It’s a letter about what happens when the immediate crisis is over, but the feelings haven’t gone anywhere. About the things you hold inside while you keep…

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