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noticed that cardiac babies get smaller rather thanbigger, and often reflux is their main source ofexpression!). So mothers may come onto a neonatalunit unprepared for what they can contribute.
Expressing milk in such an emotionally chargedatmosphere can be very difficult for the first-timemother, in a strange place, having come throughthe birth, often not aware of the baby’s healthproblems. And to be told that your baby will needfortified feed in any case can be the final blow toyour hope of being an important nurturer.
Of course, as a staff member you know that ifbreastfeeding is to be introduced when the baby iswell enough, it has to be established. Even if tube-feeding remains when a baby is taken home,breastfeeding can still be an important part ofmeeting nutritional and emotional needs (evenwhen the product is tipped down the tube).
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There is a huge amount of wisdom and advicefrom HeartLine e we parents know how we haveto live with fears for our children, and how weexercise the terrible responsibilities of consentingto heroic surgery and painful treatment. Most ofus support absolutely the sense of giving ourchildren breast milk. But when we hear thatpressure to breastfeed has become an end in itselfand an additional area of misery, we will supportthose who give up the attempt e it is not a moralissue.
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doi:10.1016/j.jnn.2012.01.008
Newcastle RVI neonatal unit wins national awardKellie Stewart
Bliss, 9 Holyrood Street, London SE1 2EL, United Kingdom
Available online 16 February 2012
Newcastle Royal Victoria Infirmary’s neonatalunit has been named Neonatal Unit of the Year atthe Mother & Baby Big Heart Awards at the Park
Lane Hilton, London on Monday 16 January 2012.The award (sponsored by Abbott, the global healthcare company) was presented to Claire Campbelland Yve Collingwood from the unit by Andy Cole,Chief Executive of Bliss, the special care babycharity.
The unit was nominated by mums Bev Wright,Gillian Baty and Marina Dodgson, who said, ‘Ittakes a team of very special people to turn theplace where you experienced some of your mostdistressing moments of your life into a place thatyou don’t want to leave behind. The unit is mani-cally busy, but nothing is ever too much trouble,and care is constantly enhanced by small, personaltouches: diaries, disposable cameras and gifts forspecial occasions. We will treasure these memen-toes forever, and will never forget that we owe ourchildren’s lives to the people that work on thisutterly miraculous unit.’
doi:10.1016/j.jnn.2012.01.013
