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Study: Every Eight Minutes A Nursery Product Sends A Child To The ER
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$1M Grant Approved To Study Plastic Effects On Preemies
Plastic products implemented in the NICU have been an ongoing controversy for a long time now. Especially when products that use phthalate, a chemical used to make plastic flexible and durable, have been banned from being used in children toys but not in preemie products used in the NICU.
VIDEO: 11-Month-Old Conjoined Twins Separated After 22-Hour Surgery
According to the University of Maryland Medical Center, "conjoined twins occur once every 200,000 live births, and their survival is anything but assured."
NICU Real Life: Ian's Story
New Year babies are always very exciting. What a perfect way to ring in the new year -- with a new baby you've been patiently waiting for! However, the delivery outcomes are not always perfect, which is what Jimmy and Tiffany Goodwine experienced.
5 Sets Of Twins Born In Different Years
"Oh my goodness, you have twins? Which one is older?"
Benefits of Kangaroo Care
Providing kangaroo careto newborns and preemies is extremely important. Depending on your baby's condition you might not be able to hold them right away; however, even if your baby is very small they can be "kangaroo'd" and will benefit from it.
Preemies Get Dressed Up As Gifts For Holidays
5 Ways To Survive The Holidays In The NICU
Seeing your baby in the NICU on a normal day is hard in and of itself, but during the holidays when you're extra excited to get your baby home and show them off during the holidays can make it even harder.
Prayer That Helped A Mom Grieve For Stillborn
Going through a stillborn pregnancy is something no one wants or should have to go through; however, due to unfortunate events they do occur. One British Columbia couple -- Darl Rivera Macalinta and PJ Macalinta -- had been trying for their first pregnancy and in the end their beautiful baby girl, Izzy, was delivered stillborn.
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NICU Blog
- Study: Every Eight Minutes A Nursery Product Sends A Child To The ER
- $1M Grant Approved To Study Plastic Effects On Preemies
- VIDEO: 11-Month-Old Conjoined Twins Separated After 22-Hour Surgery
- NICU Real Life: Ian's Story
- 5 Sets Of Twins Born In Different Years
- Must Watch: Micro-Preemie Thrives
- Benefits of Kangaroo Care
- Preemies Get Dressed Up As Gifts For Holidays
- 5 Ways To Survive The Holidays In The NICU
- Prayer That Helped A Mom Grieve For Stillborn
- 86-Year-Old Man Picks Up Knitting For Preemies
- What food can my baby have this Thanksgiving?
- NICU Real Life: Ethan's Story
- 15 Celebrities Who Had Preemies
- 4 Things Every Baby Must Be Doing In Order To Leave the NICU
- Breastfeeding
- Prevention of meningococcal infection in the United States: Current recommendations and future considerations
- Crib Bumpers Continue To Cause Infant Deaths: A Need For A New Preventive Approach
- Effect Of Zinc Supplementation On Early Outcome Of Neonatal Sepsis - A Randomized Controlled Trial
- Does High Protein Intake During First Week of Life Improve Growth And Neurodevelopmental Outcome at 18 Months Corrected Age In Extremely Preterm Infants?
- Cerebral Palsy Among Children Born Moderately And Late Preterm
- World Prematurity Day, November 17th 2015
- Small Baby Unit Improves Quality And Outcomes In Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants
- Effect Of Skin-To-Skin Holding On Stress In Mothers Of Late-Preterm Infants: A Randomized Controlled Trial
- Premature Infants Born At Less Than 25 Weeks Of Gestation May Be Compromised By Currently Recommended Resuscitation Techniques
- Shorter Women Have Shorter Pregnancies
- The Microbiome Of A Woman's Reproductive Tract May Predict Preterm Birth
- MDLinx Pediatrics
- How Old is My Baby
- World Prematurity Day, November 17th
- How to Lose the Baby Weight
- Resources for Parents who Have Little Angels
- Resources for NICU Information
- Will My Baby Live?
- How Do I Get Through This?
- Who Is Taking Care Of My Baby?
- ROP
- What Can I Do To Help My Baby?
- Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
- Breastfeeding
- NICU Dads
- Hyperbilirubinemia
- Kernicterus