To My Baby | Letter 1: A Family’s NICU Story

<p><br></p><p>September is NICU Awareness Month, and over the next seven days, The Letterbox Podcast is sharing seven letters from one family’s experience of neonatal care.</p><p>This first letter is written by Katherine, an NHS and private practice Clinical Psychologist, writer and mum of two, to her daughter — her baby.</p><p>Her daughter was diagnosed with serious congenital heart disease just hours after her emergency birth. She had stopped growing during pregnancy, was born at a low birth weight and required significant support after birth, before being readmitted to a High Dependency Unit at just two weeks old.</p><p>Through seven letters, Katherine reflects on the people, experiences and emotions that shaped her family’s journey through NICU and hospital care.</p><p>This first letter is to the person at the heart of it all: her daughter.</p><p><strong>Written by Katherine — @drkatherinewrites</strong></p><p>Listen to the next letter tomorrow, and follow The Letterbox Podcast so you don’t miss the rest of this seven-part NICU series.</p>