Trauma Mamas
Trauma Mamas
Podcast Description
Trauma Mamas is a podcast dedicated to the incredible families who navigate the ICU and raise children with medical complexities. These parents have faced the unimaginable—from premature births and life-saving surgeries to chronic illnesses, long ICU stays, and child loss. Each episode shares their stories of unwavering love and tireless advocacy, even when all hope seems lost. These powerful, inspiring stories deserve to be heard and celebrated. Trauma Mamas also provides resources, hope, and a sense of community for those who need it most. Through shared experiences and meaningful conversations, we aim to support parents who are fighting for their children’s health and well-being.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast revolves around themes of trauma, resilience, and hope, with episodes focusing on premature births, life-threatening complications, and the emotional impact of long ICU stays. Specific episodes include Kelsey's journey through 143 days in the NICU with her daughter Baylor, Tori sharing her experience with HELLP syndrome and raising her son Elias, and Andrea discussing her daughter Sienna's battle with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia.
Trauma Mamas is a podcast dedicated to the incredible families who navigate the ICU and raise children with medical complexities. These parents have faced the unimaginable—from premature births and life-saving surgeries to chronic illnesses, long ICU stays, and child loss. Each episode shares their stories of unwavering love and tireless advocacy, even when all hope seems lost. These powerful, inspiring stories deserve to be heard and celebrated. Trauma Mamas also provides resources, hope, and a sense of community for those who need it most. Through shared experiences and meaningful conversations, we aim to support parents who are fighting for their children’s health and well-being.
“You don’t even understand the gravity of what it means to have a premature baby. Then you have to explain to people that it’s not just a super small baby—it means they’re born with underdeveloped lungs, brain, everything.”
In this episode, Paige tells us what it was like having two high-risk pregnancies, and how we’ve adjusted to life as stay-at-home medical moms. We both had IUGR pregnancies, and we explain the challenges that come with that diagnosis—comparing our experiences, what we knew (or didn’t know), and how unprepared we felt when our babies were born.
Paige shares her son Graham’s story in detail, from his complex airway issues to the emotional rollercoaster of caring for a micropreemie with severe BPD and unexplained respiratory distress. Graham has undergone around 23 airway reconstruction surgeries, and Paige walks us through what that journey has looked like for their family.
She’s so down to earth, and her love for Graham shines through as she talks about how far he’s come. He’s been through so much—pulse ox 24/7, a ventilator, oxygen support—but now, he hasn’t needed any of it for almost two years, except when he’s asleep. She says he amazes them every single day.
We also talk about the line we walk as complex care parents—the constant balance of being grateful things didn’t turn out worse, while still grieving the more typical experiences we imagined. If you’ve ever felt caught between gratitude and grief, or alone in your journey, this conversation will absolutely resonate.
And if you hear us laughing at slightly inappropriate times… we had our youngest guests join us during this episode—Graham and Nora! 😆
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