Summary: "Understanding the NICU will guide you through your NICU journey, help you communicate with members of the NICU team, and learn about your baby’s condition so that you can ask questions and participate as a valuable partner in your baby’s care. It will also provide important information about how to care for your baby after you leave the hospital and head home with your little one."
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Academy of Pediatrics 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 UNDMedina, Juana
Summary: "Juana's life in Bogotá, Colombia, is just about perfect. Every now and then a big problema comes along--like having to learn English or Juana's mami getting remarried--but things eventually settle down, and life goes back to feeling pretty perfect again. But then Mami springs two new sorpresas on Juana. One: Juana will be spending her school break going to skating camp instead of relaxing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Contents: The first day: top 10 questions about premature babies -- Navigating the NICU -- Neonatology 101: a primer for parents of preemies -- Working through your fears and feelings -- Helping your baby grow in the hospital -- Mother's milk: the perfect food for preemies -- Feeding your preemie at the breast: the how to's -- Bottlefeeding your preemie -- Homecoming -- Developing a parenting style...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618 PRESummary: Contoured pan features a Cabbage Patch baby, infant, wearing a ruffled bonnet, and seated upright. Crafted of quality aluminum for even heat distribution and long-lasting durability. Realistic detailing is instantly recognizable; perfect for any party. Before first and after each use, hand wash in warm, soapy water; do not put in dishwasher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wilton 1985
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1 available in Baking pans, Call number: BAKING PANLinden, Dana Wechsler.
Summary: Updated to incorporate the latest neonatology advances, a comprehensive guide shares advice on everything from risk factors and progress monitoring to homecoming preparations and development prospects.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2010
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Place a hold to request this item.Forman, Vicki.
Summary: Vicki Forman gave birth to Evan and Ellie, weighing just a pound at birth, at twenty-three weeks' gestation. During the delivery she begged the doctors to "let her babies go" -- she knew all too well that at twenty-three weeks they could very well die and, if they survived, they would face a high risk of permanent disabilities. However, California law demanded resuscitation. Her daughter died...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618 FORSummary: Ten percent of babies born in the U.S. are preemies. But that one word, "preemie," encompasses a range of medical and cultural experiences. There are textbooks, medical-ish guidebooks, and the occasional memoir to turn to ... but no book that collects personal experiences from the many people who have parented, cared for, or been preemies themselves. Until now. In What We Didn't Expect,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Melville House 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.92 WHAInglis, Kate
Summary: Part memoir, part handbook for the heartbroken, this powerful, unsparing account of losing a premature baby will speak to all who have been bereaved and are grieving, and offers inspiration on moving forward, gently integrating the loss into life. When Kate Inglis’s twin boys were born prematurely, one survived and the other did not. This is the powerful, unsparing account of her experience,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shambhala 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 INGLIS, KATE INGTaylor, Daniel
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Publisher / Publication Date: InterVarsity Press 2000
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Place a hold to request this item.Brown, Carrie
Summary: Dr. Leo Hoffman is famous for the living premature babies he displays in their incubators at fairs around the country, but when a baby who was born three months early is left at Dr. Hoffman's booth, many of the fair's vendors find themselves drawn to the tiny baby boy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BRORaffel, Dawn
Summary: "The extraordinary tale of how a mysterious immigrant "doctor" became the revolutionary innovator of saving premature babies-by placing them in incubators in World's Fair side shows and on Coney Island and Atlantic City. What kind of doctor puts his patients on display? As Dawn Raffel artfully recounts, Dr. Couney figured out he could use incubators and careful nursing to keep previously doomed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Rider Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 COUNEY, MARTIN RAFArmstrong, Addison
Summary: "In the spirit of The Orphan Train and Before We Were Yours, a historical debut about a nurse who chooses to save a baby's life, and risks her own in the process, exploring the ties of motherhood and the little-known history of Coney Island and America's first incubators"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC ARMDiGregorio, Sarah
Summary: "Impelled by the premature birth of her daughter, a journalist explores how modern medicine has changed regarding the care of babies born too early and of the ethical issues that can be involved"--Kirkus.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.92 DIGSummary: As many non-Western cultures have always known, music affects human development from the womb to the grave-in fact, it may even have specific health benefits. This documentary examines the role music plays in shaping our brains and improving our well-being. Starting with the effect of musical vibrations on premature infants in neonatal intensive care, the film moves on to study the role of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010