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

<p><strong>Dear Mama.</strong></p><p>Our final letter in this NICU Awareness Month mini series is a letter to the mother who kept showing up.</p><p>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.</p><p>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 everyone else safe. And about remembering that you don’t have to be the strong one all the time.</p><p>Thank you to Katherine @drkatherinewrites for sharing these letters with us, and for all the time, thought and honesty she has put into making this series happen.</p><p>And thank you to everyone who has listened, shared and helped these stories reach the people who needed to hear them.</p><p>This mini series may be coming to an end, but <strong>NICU Awareness Month continues throughout September.</strong> There is support available for families going through a NICU experience.</p><p>And if you’re going through, or have been through, NICU, we want you to know: <strong>you are not alone.</strong></p><p>If you have a letter you need to write, the Letterbox is open. Send yours to <strong>theletterboxpodcast@outlook.com</strong>. You can write anonymously, and your story might help someone else feel less alone.</p><p><strong>Follow The Letterbox Podcast, share this series, and send it to someone who might need it.</strong></p>