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Hosted by Matt Bialkowski · 🇺🇸 US · EN-AU · 29 episodes
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Instagram & Facebook @dadsofthenicu. A podcast created by Dads, for Dads, that are spending time in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) or Special Care Unit. These episodes will describe raw and authentic experiences of Dads who spent time in the NICU with their precious premature babies. Designed to share stories, compare stories, and provide an insight in to the life of a Dad with a premature baby or sick baby in the NICU. A journey through mental health, emotions, stress, being overwhelmed, feeling helpless and confused.
Matt Bialkowski hosts Dads of the NICU, a kids show with 29 episodes published.
What is a Neonatologist? I hear many people say this in their first few hours and days in the NIUC. Well, today we learn all about it by chatting with Clinical Professor and Neonatologist, Tobias Strunk. Tobias explains
Today, we’re joined by NICU Dad James Sta-Maria. James explores the power of community built through shared experience — the kind that only comes from walking the NICU journey together. Four years on, he’s still in conta
If you’re a NICU dad — or you are supporting one — this episode is absolutely for you. Today we’re joined by Tony Rush — a Senior Neonatal Nurse and Clinical Nurse Manager who’s been in the NICU since 1990. After startin
Sometimes, the most powerful research doesn’t start in a lab — it begins through lived experience. Today, we meet Mia Cahill, whose journey into the research space started in a deeply personal way. Born in Ireland with g
In today’s episode, we meet Wayne Ratajczak — a then first-time dad whose daughter Emily spent 12 weeks in the NICU. For Wayne, skin-to-skin care wasn’t just bonding time; it became a vital part of Emily’s development an
Today, we talk about why routine matters. Why healthy habits matter, and how easy it is to slip into bad patterns when everything feels out of control. In this episode, I speak with Michael Winwood, a dad who had two wee
We start this episode with a Trigger warning, as there are discussions of loss and miscarriage. Today, we meet two-time NICU mum, Megan Norbury — a proud NICU parent who has turned her lived experience into a mission to
TRIGGER WARNING Today’s conversation contains discussions of infant loss. In this very special episode, we’ll be joined by Joanne and Scott Beedie— two truly remarkable parents who open up and share the deeply personal s
In our last episode, we explored the world of psychology — and today, we’re taking the next step into social work, uncovering the vital role social workers play in the NICU, and trying to remove the stigma that surrounds
Clinical psychology plays a vital role in helping families navigate the ups and downs of the NICU journey. For many dads, those first moments can be overwhelming — seeing their baby hooked up to machines, monitors, and t
Meet Connor McGoverne and hear about his amazing son, Finley. Connor is a political reporter and TV journalist who’s used to asking all the tough questions, but when he learns his unborn son has been diagnosed with a ver
No better way to celebrate your son's first birthday than to release a podcast episode! Today, we chat with Daniel Dyer-Smith, who walks us through the shock of being on a beach one minute, then 60min later having a son
In today's episode, we hear from two-time NICU Dad, Kabe Redfern. Kabe walks us through the difficulties in processing the first 24 hours of NICU life, as well as the thoughts of trying again for a second child following
In our first episode of Season 2, brought to you by the Kids Research Institute Australia and the Embrace Program, we are joined by Dr Vincent Mancini. Dr Mancini is a Perth-based Senior Research Fellow with a PhD in Cli
Dads of the NICU is back! After a long wait, Matt is back sharing stories and reflections, with the support of the Kids Research Institute in Perth and our great partners in EMBRACE. As I launch the new series today, on
Having gone through 98 days in the NICU with our daughter Lara, the thought of trying again for baby #2 was far from my thought processes. It was going to take some time for the mental wounds to heal from our experience,
I am back! After a two year break to focus on family and work, I am back on the mic to bring you my next NICU adventure! Our son Cooper was born at 26 weeks in February 2022, and we are right back where it all began in t
The only thing harder than spending 115 days in the NICU for Brodie James will be his next Ironman race. Brodie was able to turn to his training regime to keep a clear mind and a positive outlook during his NICU journey,
Picture this: You get a call from the Hospital in the early hours of the morning saying that your wife has just been rushed to the birthing suite for emergency surgery. You live over 30min away, and you know you wont mak
I chat with Will Jackson, a Dad that I met on day two of my NICU journey. Will opens up on his experiences in the NICU, and we discuss all aspects of his journey, and how it effected him. NICU life is not the same for ev
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