The Incubator
The Incubator
Ben Courchia & Daphna Yasova Barbeau
#218 - Father's Day Special with Alex Zavala aka The NICU Dad
51 minutes Posted Jun 16, 2024 at 6:00 am.
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Send us a Text Message.In this special Father's Day episode, host Daphna Barbeau interviews Alex Zavala, known as the "NICU Dad". Alex shares his emotional journey of becoming a father to his daughter Emerson, born at just 27 weeks.Alex vividly recounts the day his wife's water broke, the frantic rush to the hospital, and the overwhelming fear and uncertainty as Emerson was delivered via emergency C-section weighing only 2 pounds 5 ounces. He describes feeling like he was thrust into a nightm...