# Latoya’s Story: A NICU Journey, Loss, and Honoring Skylar

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Podcast: [Dear NICU Mama](https://stenobird.com/podcast/dear-nicu-mama-495894)
Published: 2026-04-29T14:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/909790/episodes/19097159-latoya-s-story-a-nicu-journey-loss-and-honoring-skylar.mp3
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Duration seconds: 2596

## Resource

In this week’s episode, Latoya shares her motherhood story of welcoming her daughter Skylar at 28 weeks and navigating a long and complex NICU journey. She opens up about the challenges they faced during Skylar’s 10-month NICU stay, the joy of bringing her home, and the deep love that defined their time together. Latoya vulnerably shares about the devastating loss of Skylar at 18 months old following a medical complication, and what it has looked like to navigate grief, trauma, and healing in...

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