The term prematurity is used to describe a baby born at more than three weeks early from its due date. In this article, I will talk about terms used to describe premature babies and give you basic...
Category: Preemie Babies
Every year millions of people acquire flu disease; many need admission to the hospital and intensive care unit. Unfortunately, some of us will develop severe complications from the flu and even die....
Delayed cord clamping means desire to clamp umbilical cord a little later than we used to do over the last 30-40 years. However, it is nothing new if we go back in history to ancient...
If you just gave birth to a premature baby, you may be asking what you should do now? That is a great question. Nobody and nothing could prepare you for such eventuality unless you had previously...
In this article, I will talk about the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit or NICU. I will describe the environment that you are likely to encounter in NICU during your baby's stay. For most stressed-out...
Sometimes, new mothers - who want to breastfeed - are concerned about contraindications to breastfeeding. There is a lot of information about the benefits of breastfeeding for the baby and the...