1500 premature babies’ lives could be saved by delaying cord-clamping just TWO minutes
The placenta and with it, the umbilical cord, is a truly amazing organ. The only, as it happens, transient organ in the body (meaning it grows, then leaves), belonging to both the mother and the fetus. Growing in the uterus and hooking into mum’s body, the placenta is able to provide the fetus with oxygen, […]
7 years ago
Irish man and partner stranded in Singapore with €163k medical bill after baby’s surprise birth
The woman went into labour at just 24 weeks while on a stopover there.
8 years ago
This mum holding her premie for the first time will make you bawl
“It was the best feeling in the world.”
9 years ago
These milestone cards for premature babies are all sorts of precious
Milestone cards to mark (and get the perfect Instagram picture of) your baby’s many firsts (crawl, solids, steps etc.) have been around for a few years now. And they are, in fairness, all sorts of cute – and so perfect for marking all the little and bigger milestones the first eyar with a new baby […]
10 years ago
New Report Suggests Premature Children Should Be Treated As ‘Special Needs’ In School
According to the Telegraph, health experts in the UK are now calling on children who were born prematurely to be treated as “special needs” pupils and to be monitored closely throughout primary school. This moves comes after a recent cohort study by the University of Warwick (UW),showed strong evidence that children born prior to 34 […]
11 years ago