Supportive advice for fathers of NICU babies

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As we celebrate all the fathers this Sunday, here's a special tribute to those NICU daddies supporting their preemie babies and wives.

Becoming a father necessitates a huge emotional, physical, and spiritual change in a man's life. It's an exciting moment that will lead them on an unknown path full of chaos, extra responsibility, new skills, but above all, love.

Bearing all this in mind, it's hard to imagine how hard it must be for new dads when the delivery day doesn't go quite so smoothly. Perhaps the baby comes too early, or the baby is born with health issues that require special treatment in the NICU (neonatal intensive care unit).

A sense of "helplessness and anxiety"​

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