Taking Your Premature Baby Home
January 5th 2012 Posted at Babies
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As a parent of a premature baby on the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit the one thing you are desperately waiting to hear is the magical words “you can take your baby home”From the moment your baby is born you are waiting to hear those magical words, however for a lot of parents those six words also bring a lot of fear and anxiety.Until this time your precious baby has been looked after 24/7 by a number of different types of doctors, nurses and many other heath practitioners. There will have been monitors and high-tech equipment that you have got used to and come to rely on for reassurance whilst on the unit, you will have grown used to this level of support and that there is always someon reduce stretch marks e around for advice and support. So it is understandable that you will be worried and anxious as well as relieved and excited because at home you will be person caring for your baby, a very daunting thought.The staff on NICU would not be letting you take your baby home if they did not think that your baby was well enough to leave NICU and that you were not capable of taking care of your baby.Before leaving the hospital you will have been given training in how to perform basic resuscitation. A lot of units have rooms where you can stay overnight with your baby with the NICU nurses just next door, this can help give you the confidence you need to know that you can take care of your baby.