For NICU Families: Building Your Confidence

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IN THE NICU

Parenting in the NICU

Coping With the NICU Experience

Family & Friends

Leaving the NICU

AT HOME

Caring for Your Baby

Feeding Your Baby

As Your Child Grows

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Parenting in the NICU

Building Your Confidence, Becoming an Informed Parent, Getting Close with Your Baby, Holding Your Baby Close: Kangaroo Care, Feeding Your Baby , Caring for Multiples, Paying for NICU Care, Preemies: Table of Contents, Preemies: The Essential Guide for Parents of Premature Babies - An Excerpt, Resources

Coping with the NICU Experience

Understanding Your Feelings, Which Babies Need Care in the NICU?, The NICU Roller Coaster, Checking on Your Baby When You’re Not at the NICU, You and Your Partner, A Father’s Role, Parents Without Partners in the NICU, When to Seek Professional Counseling

Family & Friends

Supporting Your Other Children, Grandparents and the NICU: Your Special Role, Your Relatives and Friends

Leaving the NICU

Step-Down Care, Preparing for Discharge, The Big Day, After the NICU

Caring for Your Baby

Crying and Fussiness, Sleeping, Handwashing, Visitors and Visiting, Never Shake Your Baby!, Medications, Equipment, Continuing Medical Care, When to Call the Doctor

Feeding Your Baby

Feeding Your Baby: The Basics, Breastfeeding Your Baby, Feeding Your Baby with Formula, Tube-Feeding Your Baby, Reflux in Infants

As Your Child Grows

The Premature Infant: How Old Is My Baby?, What Is Normal Development?, Getting Services for Your Baby

Enjoying Your Baby, Child Care, Advocating for Your Child, Making the NICU Experience a Part of Your Life

The Loss of a Baby

Staff in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Common NICU Equipment, Common NICU Tests, Common Conditions Treated in the NICU, Medical Equipment at Home, Quick NICU Reference Guide

March of Dimes Helps

The NICU Family Support Program

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JUST ONE STORY By Kerri Our story began in October 2000 when we learned we were expecting twins in early June. Almost immediately the pregnancy was riddled with complications.
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