{"title":"Parenting in the NICU","authors":"L. Thorngate, T. Lockridge","doi":"10.1542/9781581104530-ch06","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Some common emotions and responses to having an infant in the NICU can include • fear of the unknown • guilt for having the baby early or feeling responsible for what happened • grieving the loss of a typical birth experience and not having a healthy baby • feeling helpless to comfort their infant • fears their infant will experience pain • frustration over being separated from their infant • fear of the future and the financial burden a NICU admission can cause.","PeriodicalId":312936,"journal":{"name":"Newborn Intensive Care","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2009-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Newborn Intensive Care","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1542/9781581104530-ch06","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Some common emotions and responses to having an infant in the NICU can include • fear of the unknown • guilt for having the baby early or feeling responsible for what happened • grieving the loss of a typical birth experience and not having a healthy baby • feeling helpless to comfort their infant • fears their infant will experience pain • frustration over being separated from their infant • fear of the future and the financial burden a NICU admission can cause.