DNM Connection Card Instructions

These connection cards are meant to inspire fun and meaningful conversations between you and your partner. They can be read sitting bedside in the NICU, while taking a drive, staring at your child’s monitor together hours after they’ve fallen asleep, or wherever you find yourselves in your NICU journey right now.

You’ll see prompts from the following categories: ask, complete the sentence, draw, answer, and act. Please honor your heart and if anything feels too heavy to explore right now, skip it and come back to it at another time.

We hope these connection cards serve as a reminder of your courage in all you’ve faced together and help to foster a deeper connection - in sickness, and in health.

Additional Dear NICU Mama, Resources for Couples:
Healing Alongside our Partners Podcast Episode with Natalie Reiter

Embracing Your One and Done Family Building Journey with Jess Myhre

Sex After NICU and/or Birth Trauma Part 1 with Natalie Reiter

Sex After NICU and/or Birth Trauma Part 2 with Jill Ehrmantraut