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- How to Cope with Having a Baby in the NICULearn tips and tricks on how to emotionally cope with having to leave your baby in the NICU. There are ideas on how to connect with the baby and what to do to keep yourself healthy.
- Tips for Taking Your Preschooler to Visit the NICUThree year olds can be a challenge but here are some tips that helped us when we let our preschooler visit the NICU.
- Premature Baby: How to Be PreparedHere are some tips to help prepare yourself for a premature baby.
- Surving Your Preemie's Stay in the NICUAn article about one mother's experience with a child in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Strategies and tips for coping with your baby's extended stay.
- Surviving the NICUA few tips for parents whose new baby has to spend time in Intensive Care.
- Littleton Adventist Hosptial: The Maternity WardMy personal (and positive) experience in spending four weeks in the Littleton Adventist Hospital, delivering my baby via c-section, and being discharged.
Parents of Premature Babies: How to Discharge the NICU to Admit a New You!These principles are the foundation for being the best you can be for you, and ultimately, your premature baby; use them to help you transform the NICU to a new you. Take comfort in knowing that everything happens for a reason -- even this.- Ways to Bond with Your Baby in the NICUStarting life off in the neonatal intensive care unit or NICU is tough enough, but there are still ways that you can bond with your baby.
- NICU Nurse Thank You Gift IdeasNeonatal intensive care unit nurses are highly trained, dedicated individuals who work on the front lines of your infants first days of life.
- Surviving the NICUHere are some simple things that a parent can do to help ease the stress of having a sick or premature baby in the NICU.
- Speed Up NICU Treatment Success with Developmental TreatmentIf your baby was admitted to an NICU facility after birth, here is what you need to know about the use of developmental treatment and the success of speedy release from hospital.
- Ten Hints for NICU FathersA father who endured fifteen weeks with a daughter in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit offers some ideas, tips, and suggestions to other NICU fathers in similar situations.
- Caring for Premature Twins and the Special Needs They Encounter After BirthTwins born prematurely have very special needs and usually spend a lot of time in the NICU. Parents, family, friends and caregivers can be easily overwhelmed by all that goes on in the NICU.
Caring for a Premature InfantLoving your baby in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is intimidating but rewarding. What do you do when your baby is born too soon? You will find mom-to-mom advice on how to love and care for your premature infant.- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Dealing with a Child in the NICUHaving a healthy baby is the wish and dream of every parent. But nothing can be more overwhelming or fill you with hopelessness more than having a child in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit or NICU.
Surviving Your Baby's Stay in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)A Parent's Worst Nightmare: Something is Wrong with My Baby. What do I do now?- NICU Know HowThe first few days in a NICU can seem like a few seconds. As a parent of a NICU baby I will share 3 of the most important things I found to be vital in the first week.
- NICU Baby: How to CopeAdvice to parents who find their newborn in the NICU. Learn how to cope and what to expect while your child is undergoing treatment.
- Emotional Detachment While Having a Premature Baby - My StoryA look at experiencing emotional detachment from your child. My story and how I got through it.
- Most Memorable Mother's Day: NICU Nurses Make a Rough Situation SpecialHaving had twins five days before Mother's day, spending the day in the NICU turns out to be a treat!
- NICU and Neonatal Nursing Career InformationA NICU nurse cares for newborn babies who are premature or sick enough that they need to stay in a hospital. NICU is the abbreviation for "neonatal intensive care unit." This nursing specialty also provides support to the families of these babies.
- Thermal Heat Wraps for Premature InfantsFor children born prematurely, there is a risk for developing both hyperthermia and hypothermia which, ultimately, can be controlled with thermal wraps.
How to Adjust when Your Newborn Ends Up in the NICUBringing a baby into the world is an amazing and wonderful thing. When your newborn ends up in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit life can get hectic and life is suddenly not what you were expecting.- Joe Scarborough's Premature Baby and My ExperiencesDetailing the births of my 4 children who were all premature and the different methods used to stop my labor each time.
- Tips to Surviving in the Neonatal Intensive Care UnitTips on surviving with a sick baby in the NICU.
Premature Birth and My Experiences in the NICUThis gives information on premature birth and my experiences in the NICU.
Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia: My Granddaughter's Experience After BirthI have written a previous article about Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia, or CDH, and what we learned about this birth defect during my daughter's pregnancy. This is the second half of the story, what happened during and after our granddaughter's delivery.
Preemies and the NICU - What You Should KnowPart of my pregnancy series, this article covers the experience of having a premature baby and what you can expect from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).- Basics for NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) Survivalwe survived the ordeal
- NICU Etiquette Tips for Parents and Families of Premature BabiesNICU Etiquette is not something you learn at finishing school, or at child birth class, for that matter. In the NICU, nothing is private, yet everything is personal. This makes NICU etiquette important for families of premature babies.
- How to Take Care of Yourself While Your Baby is in the NICUAfter a pregnancy is cut short by premature labor a new mom may be left feeling completely off-kilter, out of sorts, stressed and maybe even depressed.
A Parent's Guide to Everything Needed for a NICU BabyI was 24 weeks pregnant when I began feeling a bit out of sorts. I wasn't experiencing any of the normal cramping or pain they tell you to be watchful for; still I knew something wasn't quite right.- Best Parenting Advice Ever for Parents of the NICU BabyHere is the best parenting advice ever for parents of the NICU baby, from someone that's been there.
Providing Breastmilk for the NICU BabyJust because a baby is in the NICU does not mean new moms cannot provide the premature baby with healthy breastmilk.- Why NICUs Should Only Allow Parental VisitsOnly parents should be allowed direct NICU visits with babies, here's why.
- Top Ten Gift Ideas for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit NursesNICU nurses work hard every day to take care of babies that are born premature or are in need of special care. These nurses should be shown some appreciation for the care and love they give.
- 10 Tips for Surviving the NICUA parent can never be fully prepared to give birth to a premature baby. Here are some tips to help you cope with the many aspects that you will experience when you have a preemie in the NICU.
- A Parent's Guide to Surviving the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)In half the casesof prematurity, there are no known causes.
- July Twenty-two, Thirteen Years Latermy twins are thirteen today. our life now is vastly different than the one they were born into. we're lucky.
- The Postpartum Period: There is Nothing Romantic About ItI believe I took my mother's advice, and the pretty nightie and robe stayed packed. The postpartum period is, in one word, drippy.
