Posts Tagged ‘NICU’

Tomorrow night (7/15/10), at 10pm, a new series begins on Discovery Health called NICU: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. This series is a collaborative effort from Discovery Health, Farmers Insurance, and the March of Dimes. The series follows real families and their babies as they fight for survival and experience the rollercoaster of emotions that come with having a premature baby. The series shows the daily care that is needed in the NICU to keep the tiny babies alive and features doctors and nurses from leading hospitals in Baltimore, San Diego and Cleveland. For more information and show times, click on NICU.

After hearing local NICU stories today at our Premature Infant Health Network meeting, I have realized that these families go through so much. They need our support and understanding.

It is frightening to think that many premature babies are born to mothers who are healthy and have no risk factors. That’s why knowing the signs of pre-term labor are so important. Please refer to our past posts to learn more about pre-term labor: Preterm Labor Can Happen to You and Preterm Labor: Know Your Risks.

Do you have a preterm labor story? We’d like to hear from you.  

Source: Discovery Health 

This November, do something special for a baby you love. Click over to  the March of Dimes Fight for Preemies and create a virtual band in honor or memory of a baby in your life. Your gift funds research and programs that give premature babies a fighting chance.

Don’t have a premature baby to honor? That’s ok, you can still support the cause. Just put yourself in the shoes of parents who have a premature baby. These parents may feel anxiety, as many parents do, but now they are experiencing it weeks or even months earlier than expected. Their child may spend their first days, weeks or even months in the NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit). Each day presents joys and challenges to parents and to baby. Give these babies and their families a fighting chance.