Amy Rodriquez

NICU is a precarious environment, despite maximal intensive care not all the babies make it home, it is incredibly devastating supporting a family saying goodbye, it is also a privilege. These families and their babies are the imspiration for my PhD and I hope to honour them all with the end result!

💗 During #BabyLossAwarenessWeek, we remember every baby and every family affected by loss.

BAPM’s Lactation and Loss framework supports healthcare professionals to provide compassionate, informed care for parents navigating milk production after loss.

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So excited for our first webinar from the Perinatal Palliative Care Subcommittee of PSANZ. We have a wonderful line up of speakers, including a bereaved parent who has some great insights into communication around end-of-life. Please come and join us for what will be a thought provoking discussion!

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We did it! Baby 5000 has arrived! 🍼 Congratulations to Medway Maritime Hospital! A huge thank you to everyone who made this possible. Here’s to the next milestone! 💙 👏

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What a beautiful video explaining perinatal palliative care and parallel planning!

Neonatal Research Shorts : April 2025

I used to do a series of shorter posts called "weekly updates" but I ran out of steam and have concentrated on longer posts in recent years. The last couple of weeks, with clinical service, I have had less time for a longer post, but a few things piqued my…

More evidence that the most immature babies born <25w are underrepresented in our evidence for practice: new paper out today led by Stacey Peart

In RCTs informing key clinical guidelines for extreme preterms, only 8️⃣% of included infants were <25w!

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I agree with all your saying and there is a lot of work being done on moral distress of all healthcare professionals working in a NICU. However, it was your original comment that dismissed nurses by saying ‘it usually isn’t the nurses being asked to cannulate …’ please don’t undervalue what they do.

Albeit long, this article is a very balanced insight into resuscitation of tiny babies. A very interesting read

I agree it isn’t always the nurses being asked to cannulate but also in the nicest way possible it isn’t the doctors who are at the bedside 8-12 hours a day caring for these babies and their families. Everyone suffers moral distress at some point but there is a huge burden on the bedside nurses.

Me please