The group meets on the fourth Thursday of each month. Neonatal Intensive Care Center Support Group Families with an infant in neonatal intensive care find themselves faced with many difficulties. The group can respond to the immediate needs of participating family members with emotional support, information, referral, communication facilitation and liaison with NICU staff. In our society, grief at the death of a newborn or after a miscarriage is not always understood or even accepted. That the loss of the infant who was never held, coddled, fed or perhaps embraced could cause pain to the parents is often not seen by others as a reason for feeling grief.
Treatment requires a strict, lifelong adherence to a gluten-free diet.
Members of the group share ideas for meal plans, demonstrate preparation of gluten-free dishes and hear medical guest speakers. The group meets on the second Sunday of each month from 1-3 p.m. in the Kathryn Weil Center.