NICU Tips from NICU Nurse Tori
Mommy Labor Nurse
Liesel Teen
5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 6 June 2022
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
This week on The Mommy Labor Nurse Podcast, I had my friend and follow Instagram Nurse/Educator Tori Meskin come onto the show to talk to us all about the NICU!
Today on the show, Tori shared her insights into what it's like to be a NICU nurse, the most common reasons babies are admitted into the NICU, what the deal is with visiting babies in the NICU, all about kangaroo care, feeding your NICU baby, and so much more!
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| 0:00.0 | We live, I think, in a time where we're so used to being able to, we have everything at our |
| 0:05.6 | control, right? Like, you cook on, you know, something on Amazon, it's there in three days. You |
| 0:10.2 | have control over so many things nowadays. And truly, when I say this, it's like, it's the one |
| 0:17.2 | time in your life where baby is in full, full control. So it's really hard and that's something to |
| 0:23.6 | explain to parents where we say, well, you know, we can predict maybe, let's say, baby needs to eat |
| 0:29.2 | a little bit. And we need to work on a little respiratory support. You're looking at maybe a couple |
| 0:34.3 | days up to a week. So we try to be very, you know, realistic in terms of like, this is what we think, |
| 0:41.3 | but truly babies in the driver's seat. |
| 0:53.3 | You're listening to the Mommy Labyriners podcast where you'll gain the knowledge and confidence |
| 0:58.4 | you need to erase the unknowns of pregnancy and birth and rock the newborn days like a boss. |
| 1:04.5 | My name is Liesel teen. I'm a fellow mom, labor and deliver nurse, and your host. |
| 1:09.7 | Each week on this podcast, you'll hear a mix of birth stories, expert interviews, and other |
| 1:14.6 | fun pregnancy and birth related content. As a reminder, anything you hear in this podcast is |
| 1:20.0 | not medical advice. Please see MommyLaborners.com slash disclaimer for more details. And now let's |
| 1:26.6 | get into this week's episode. This week on the Mommy Labyriners podcast, I have my friend and |
| 1:32.5 | fellow Instagram nurse and educator, Tori Meskin, come onto the show to talk to us about the NICU. |
| 1:39.8 | Tori, as you can probably guess, is a NICU nurse. And she's also a blogger and a podcaster |
| 1:45.8 | over at the selfie podcast, which I've been on. Such a great podcast. Today on the show, |
| 1:52.0 | Tori shared her insights into what it's like to be a NICU nurse. The most common reasons babies |
| 1:57.4 | are admitted to the NICU, what the deal is with visiting babies in the NICU, all about kangaroo care, |
| 2:04.0 | feeding your NICU baby, and so much more. This has been a highly requested topic. And I'm |
| 2:09.7 | absolutely thrilled that Tori could be the one to come and talk about all things NICU. So without |
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