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Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Most parents do not expect to begin life with their new baby in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). They often feel lost and powerless amidst this new world of medical vocabulary, technology, and numerous health care providers. 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...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
One woman's true story of raising a child born three months premature -- "propulsive, startling, and vivid, like motherhood itself" (Meg Wolitzer, New York Times -bestselling author of The Female Persuasion ). Vicki Forman gave birth to Evan and Ellie, weighing only one pound each, at twenty-three weeks' gestation. During the delivery she begged the doctors to "let her babies go" -- knowing all too well that at their early stage of development they...
Author
Series
Juana and Lucas volume 3
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"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 (even though she doesn't know how to skate!). Two: Mami...
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Revised edition.
Language
English
Description
Parents of babies in the NICU will become more informed partners in care with this essential resource. This fully revised and updated journal provides educational content and a way to monitor their baby's progress. The journal includes helpful information on common questions about the NICU, offers tips on coping, and provides helpful checklists to help parents stay organized and informed while in the NICU.
14) The premature baby book: everything you need to know about your premature baby from birth to age one
Series
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"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"--
Pub. Date
2020]
Language
English
Description
"Every year, 400,000 families in the United States welcome premature babies... 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...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Fei explores the value of a human life: from the spreadsheets wielded by cost-cutting executives to the insidious notions of risk surrounding modern pregnancy; from the wondrous history of medical innovation in the care of premature infants to contemporary analyses of what their lives are worth; and finally, to the depths of her own struggle to make sense of her daughter's arrival in the world.
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