Page 5 - What to Expect

Contents

7 Arrival in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
(NICU)

08 Meet the people caring for your baby
08 Who are all the Unit staff?
09 Who are the additional staff that may visit?
12 At first
12 What are the key things to remember in NICU?
12 What happens when my baby goes to the Unit?
14 What happens when I am discharged from the postnatal ward?
14 What are all these emotions?
15 How can I look after myself postnatal?
15 How can my partner and support people help?
16 What do I do with my other children?
18 What are the general visiting rules?
19 How can the social workers help me?

21 During your stay

22 Things you can do for your baby
24 How do I go about doing basic cares?
27 What are kangaroo cuddles?
27 How can I calm my baby?

28 More than one - multiples
28 Feeding your baby
28 How do I go about breast-feeding?
31 What do I need to know about expressing breast milk?
31 How do I increase my milk supply?
32 How do I store my expressed breast milk?
33 What do I need to know about bottle-feeding?
34 Keeping a record of your baby