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.
S2E14: Tobias Strunk - A Neonatologist's Perspective
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 how he leads and shapes the care of fragile, premature and critically unwell babies in the NICU. How treatment plans are built, how clinicians and their teams make decisions, and how he stays across the latest global research to give babies the best possible ...
9 Feb 2026
S2E13: James Sta-Maria - NICU Dads Building Friendships and Communities
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 contact with other dads, still sharing stories, still reflecting on those intense early days, as bonds forged through trauma don’t fade - they last. We talk about having a plan for a home hypno-birth, but as we all know, life can pivot in an instant. You don’t plan for a prem...
6 Feb 2026
S2E12: Tony Rush - 30 Years of NICU Dads Experience and Knowledge
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 starting out as a psychiatric nurse, Tony has spent decades helping families navigate some of the hardest moments of their lives. Across thousands of NICU admissions, he’s gained rare insight into the lived experience of dads — and he’s seen that role change dramatically. From ...
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