If you are in crisis, call or text 988 for the the Crisis and Suicide Lifeline.
Tiny Humans, Big Lessons
In this remarkable book of personal and professional transformation, Sue Ludwig, a neonatal therapist, shares how her tiny patients in the NICU (neonatal intensive care unit) guided her to step off her hamster wheel of existence and into a new way of living.
The Queer Family Podcast: NICU Loss Story
Podcast focused on living as an LGBT family.
Episode: Heartache & Hope
The Queer Family Podcast: High-Risk Pregnancy and NICU Story
Podcast focused on living as an LGBT family.
Episode: Half a Million Dollar Baby
Mom & Mind: Podcast with Dr. Kat - LGBTQ Mental Health
Podcast focused on Maternal Mental Health.
Episode: LGBTQ Mental Health
Mom & Mind: Podcast with Dr. Kat - Multiple pregnancy Losses
Podcast focused on Maternal Mental Health.
Episode: Multiple Pregnancy Losses – Impacts on Mental Health and Subsequent Pregnancies
Masculine Birth Ritual Podcast: Pre-Term Birth and Parenting in the NICU
Podcast focused on the things masculine-of-center queer and trans people do to make, birth, and nurture human life.
Queer + Pregnant - A Pregnancy Journal
The first and only pregnancy journal created for queer individuals and families, by a queer doula.
Postpartum Support International Queer & Trans Parent Support Group
PSI’s Queer & Trans Parent Support Group is FREE and open to all members of the queer community who are expecting, adopting, and/or parenting babies up to 2 years. This group is intended for gestational, non-gestational and adoptive parents.
Neonatology Today: Insights to Support LGBTQ-Headed Families in NICU
Neonatology Today: Insights to Support LGBTQ-Headed Families in NICU
Breastfeed LA: Lactation Rights for LGBTQAI+ Families
Article regarding lactation rights for queer families
Pediatrics Nationwide: LGBTQIA+ Infant Feeding Challenges
Article identifies challenges faced by LGBTQIA+ parents, factors that can help healthcare providers improve their support.
Love for Lily
Through facilitated support groups, Essentials Bags and grants, Love for Lily’s mission is to support families in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) to thrive during their stay and at home.
Madelyn’s Fund
NORTH CAROLINA ONLY
By assisting with unexpected expenses, Madelyn’s Fund hopes to not only reduce the impact of the emotional and financial stressors of having a medically fragile baby in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, but also strive to support parents’ confidence in feeling that they know their child best. This support increases the likelihood of success in meeting their child’s developmental and medical needs after discharge home.
Me Two Books
After being disappointed in the lack of children's books about the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) for her preemie twins, Ali Dunn decided to write and illustrate her own. Me Two Books' titles feature preemies/ NICU babies, twins, kids with disabilities, and those not represented by the traditional publishing industry.
Mighty Miracles
Mighty Miracles Foundation is to empower and support families of preemies and others with special health needs beginning life in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). We do this by sending out free care packages to families currently going through the NICU and by partnering with NICU to provide items from our care packages for their families.
National Perinatal Association
The National Perinatal Association promotes evidence-based practices in perinatal care.
Education for NICU parents and providers
Newborn Hope
Newborn Hope is a 50-year-old organization that provides education, webinars for parents; a free downloadable packet, and grants for families based in Colorado.
NICU Parent Club
We support NICU families before, during and after a NICU journey. Our four pillars of service are peer support, events and meetings, resources guidance and giving back. We support Coweta, Fayette and surrounding counties of Georgia.
Saul’s Light
Saul’s Light is a New Orleans-based nonprofit that provides support, advocacy, and community to bereaved families and families with babies in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in the state of Louisiana.