NICU FAMILY Support with Soil & Sprout
Adapting to NICU Parenting
Our experienced NICU Family Support Specialist will support you as you navigate unfamiliar territory. We help you to develop routines that work for you, support you to document your medical questions, stand by you while you build confidence as your child's medical advocate, and connect you to additional resources. From helping you prioritize your physical and emotional needs, to navigating NICU policies, and fielding questions from loved ones, we will meet you where you are at every step of the way. We help you create balance during your NICU stay so you are optimally resourced and nourished as you care your NICU baby.
From Hospital to Home
We support you before, during, and after your transition from hospital to home to help you set up new routines for caring for your baby in your own home. Through in-person or virtual visits, our compassionate NICU Parent Coaching approach helps you build your own confidence to meet your baby's needs outside of the NICU, to trust your intuition, and to seek the support and guidance of your/your child's medical team when needed.
Processing and Parent Wellbeing
Soil & Sprout supports you to navigate the feelings surrounding your birth, NICU, and postpartum journey. We hold space together to honor what is important for you to hold close, and to grieve the loss of the experience you thought you would have. We provide caring, compassionate support and listening that allows you to acknowledge and express the full range of complex emotions that can come with having a NICU/premature baby.
Ongoing NICU/Preemie Parenting Support
For many NICU or preemie parents, the journey of navigating the medical and developmental needs for our child extends beyond the NICU. We support caregivers and families to navigate medical systems of care to ensure that you are not alone as you balance your dual roles of parent and medical advocate. We will support you to prepare for appointments, document your needs and questions, and develop practices to help you care for yourself while caring for a medically complex child.
Is Soil & Sprout NICU Family Support Right for mE?
Soil & Sprout might be for you if you...
- Are overwhelmed with adjusting to NICU life
- Feel isolated, unseen, or misunderstood after a premature birth
- Are trying to balance time at the bedside with other needs
- Need help to gather your thoughts and questions about your child's medical needs and care
- Want to process the experience of your pregnancy and birth
- Welcome assistance in coaching well-meaning loved ones to help in ways that meet your needs
- Want guidance for setting boundaries regarding a medical fragile child
- Need someone who has been there to support you when holding it together is all you can do
That is why we are here.
Three Levels of Support
GROUNDED
FORTIFIED
GROUNDED
A steady point of connection throughout your NICU experience. Grounded offers regular check-ins, space to ask questions and process what’s happening, and practical support for navigating what matters most right now.
ROOTED
FORTIFIED
GROUNDED
More consistent support and space to go deeper. Rooted offers more time together, greater support between visits, and dedicated birth and NICU story processing to help you make space for what happened and what you’re carrying.
FORTIFIED
FORTIFIED
FORTIFIED
Our most comprehensive level of support, with frequent connection and a steady presence alongside you as circumstances change. Fortified includes a personalized NICU Family Plan, developed together to identify your family’s priorities, needs, questions, resources, and support throughout the NICU experience.
Certified NICU Doula
Soil & Sprout’s NICU support is informed by specialized, professionally accredited NICU Doula training. Shahla is a Certified NICU Doula, having completed an intensive 10-week, 30-hour curriculum accredited by the American Holistic Nurses Association (AHNA), with specialized training in trauma-responsive, family-centered support throughout the NICU experience and transition home.
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