The distressing clip shows just how incredible healthcare workers are. NICU staff in a Ukraine hospital were forced to treat babies in a makeshift bomb shelter. The New York Times shared the footage. The haunting clip sees hospital staff caring for around a dozen newborn babies. Staff from Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Children’s Clinical Hospital in Dnipro […]
4 years ago
Having a baby in the NICU is a distressing time for parents, and sometimes sibling and their needs can sometimes be a little neglected in the turmoil surrounding a premature birth. Encouraging bonds to form between preemies and their siblings requires extra thought and consideration when a baby is receiving neonatal care, because the baby […]
4 years ago
Every year in Ireland, around 4500 babies are born prematurely. Needless to say, this is a very anxious and stressful time for parents and extended family too, and during the past 18 months, as the world has been shutting down in an effort to combat the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, especially so. We recently spoke to […]
4 years ago
Every year, around 4,500 babies are born prematurely in Ireland. And for the vast majority of them, this means days, weeks and, for some, even months spent in the country’s Neonatal Intensive Care Units. But right now, at Dublin’s Rotunda Hospital, overcrowding is at an all-time high, with Professor Fergal Malone stating this week that […]
6 years ago
Well, that’s a relief. Being a parent of a premature baby is no doubt extremely stressful for all parents. It is emotionally exhausting spending days and nights in the NICU, worrying and fretting over every little setback, and celebrating every milestone. Many parents of preemies also worry about their baby’s long-term health, no doubt feeling […]
6 years ago
Many premie parents struggle to find clothes for their teeny, tiny little babies.
7 years ago