OBW Monthly Meeting: The NICU Survival Kit

The NICU Survival Kit with Annie Harman

No one hands you a manual when your baby arrives 14 weeks early.

There’s no neatly organized checklist for spending months in a hospital, navigating the terrifying unknown or figuring out how to keep putting one foot in front of the other when your entire world suddenly looks different.

But somewhere along the way, you learn what you need to survive.

Join Annie Harman for a heartfelt, humorous and sometimes downright unexpected look at her family’s journey through the NICU after her daughter was born weighing just 1 lb 2 oz.

Through the story of their 166 days in the NICU, Annie will unpack the lessons she learned about resilience, self-care, asking for help, finding laughter in hard places and discovering strength you didn't know you had. And she’ll do it through a very literal survival kit — one filled with some unexpected objects, memories and a healthy dose of humor.

This isn't a medical lecture, and it isn't a story about having everything figured out. It's a story about navigating the unexpected, leaning on your people and learning that sometimes survival looks less like having a plan and more like simply showing up for one more day.