The NICU introduces you to a world few people truly understand. Alongside the monitors, medical updates and sleepless nights, you find yourself surrounded by other parents walking their own impossible journeys. Some leave with their babies in their arms. Others leave with broken hearts. This is a reflection on the families beside us, the friendships forged in crisis, and the quiet community that carried us through.

Life in the NICU feels like stepping into another world. For seven weeks, our lives revolved around hospital corridors, medical rounds, expressing milk, and precious moments with our son, Josiah. This is the reality of NICU life—the grief, the kindness, the exhaustion, and the love that carries you through.

NICU redefines what milestones look like. From millilitres of milk to stable oxygen levels, every tiny victory became something worth celebrating in our journey with Josiah.

Nobody prepares you for the ache of leaving your baby behind each night. This is a reflection on NICU life, separation, grief, and learning to love a child through barriers you never expected.