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NICU Parent Support Audio & Podcasts Channel The NICU Parent Support Audio & Podcast Channel is a series of audio messages of information, Support and encouragement for parents and families who have babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) or the Intensive Care Nursery (ICN). This audio channel is a collection audio messages provide information, encouragement, support and comfort for NICU parents. Some of the recordings will be longer informative episodes, others will be shorter messages of encouragement and comfort.  Read some of the reviews about the NICU Parent Support Audio & Podcast Channel below. Accessing the Episodes There are two ways of accessing the Audio & Podcast episodes. Either subscribing to the NICU Parent Support Audio & Podcast Channel on iTunes or downloading the MP3 files from this site and listening directly to the audio messages. Subscribe on iTunes to the NICU Parent Support Audio & Podcast Channel  To subscribe to the NICU Parent Audio & Podcast on iTunes click on the iTunes icon to the left, or on the iTunes 1Click icon below. Once subscribed you will receive new episodes at they become available through the iTunes site. Subscribe to the NICU Parent Support Audio & Podcast Channel Feed. You can also subscribe to the feed for the NICU Parent Audio & Podcast Channel by clicking on the Feed icon to the left or on the link below.  Once subscribed you will receive new episodes at they become available through the audiocast feed. Audio Messages of Episodes You can listen to the Episodes here by clicking on the links below. Note that each episode comes with a PDF File of the transcript that can be downloaded for you to read along with the audio or podcast. Episode 1 -  Introduction to the NICU Parent Support Audio & Podcast Channel PDF Transcript for Episode 1 Episode 2 - Dreaming New Dreams after Picking up the Pieces of Broken Dreams PDF Transcript for Episode 2 Episode 3 - Searching for Answers to the Difficult Questions PDF Transcript for Episode 3 Episode 4 - A Special Healing Blessing - Version 1 With Tibetan Bowls, Bells & Chimes PDF Transcript for Episode 4 (Version 1) Episode 4 - A Special Healing Blessing Version 2 With a Traditional, Contemporary Lullaby PDF Transcript for Episode 4 (Version 2) Reviews of the NICU Parent Support Audio & Podcast Channel Series of Audio Messages This podcast lives up to its description.  It will be a useful and comforting guide to parents of infants who are ill, as the podcaster has lived through all they are experiencing at this stressful time in their lives. Nancy Lee You have a very powerful creation here. As an ordained minister as well as a teacher, I have dealt with the ultimate grief of broken hopes and dreams with hundreds of families. So many prospective parents never seriously consider the very real possibility that the world they are creating in their hearts could be shattered at its very birth, and they are completely unprepared for its devastating reality. You have found that delicate balance of acknowledging such loss while maintaining a genuine sympathy for it, infinitely more meaningful than the current cliche, "I'm sorry for your loss." Both your content and your delivery reflect this admirably. It should be of significant assistance to these families to be able to have this expression of understanding and compassion in a form they can access and derive comfort from over many re-playings. Congratulations.  (Rev.) Richard Dinwiddie Congratulations on your podcast. It’s very well done. Your voice is soothing, yet confident. Nancy Ash Great Job! Lee Chen

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Author's Brief Biography  Kirsti A. Dyer MD, MS, FT is a a respected physician, an expert in life challenges, loss, grief and bereavement, professional health educator, professor, lecturer and author. Dr. Dyer is the Domain Designer for the Journey of Hearts website, created in 1997 as the first and only physician-based website devoted to educating people about the normal grief response. Dr. Dyer is also a former NICU Parent, author of the e-Book My Baby's in the NICU: Now What? and founder of the NICU Parent Support Site, http://www.nicuparentsupport.org. The NICU Parent Support Site, Blog and eMail List were created to provide information, support, inspiration and resources for NICU Parents and Families.

A significant portion of all proceeds received from the sales of My Baby's in the NICU: Now What? are donated to organizations and hospitals that provide information, support and resources for NICU parents, families and children.  © 2003-07 Kirsti A. Dyer MD, MS, FT. Some rights reserved. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License. The material and resources in this site may be copied, duplicated and reproduced on websites, in newsletters,  blogs or ezines provided that the Author's Biography Information (above) is included with the article. Longer excerpts from the website, articles, blogs, eBooks and resources may not be copied, duplicated or reproduced in any manner for use in a for-profit setting without prior written permission by the author. Contact us at:  nicuparentsupport-at-gmail.com Be sure to replace the -at- with @ Handprints by NICU Survivor, Kristiina Thompson at age 3. This website was created using Google Page Creator.