CARE IN THE HOSPITAL
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Good care is provided to premature babies in intensive care units in a sterile environment. Access to these units are restricted to all except...
CARE OF THE NEWBORN : THE FIRST 40 DAYS
Baby care may seem challenging in the first few days of motherhood, especially for a mother who does not have any previous experience. We have listed baby care for the first 40 days, which is the...
NEWBORN BABY’S BOWEL MOVEMENT
The stool color of your baby for a few days following birth will be green-black and of a sticky consistency. These stools are called meconium. Meconium consists of what the baby swallows when in the...
THE FIRST MOMENTS FOLLOWING BIRTH
When your baby is born into this/her world, he/she experiences many changes concurrently. Feeling of emptiness, (she was within a tight, closed and liquid environment in her mother’s womb) the...