What newborns typically get in a care unit

They will be accompanied by specialized nursing staff.

The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) receives breast milk from parents 24 hours a day for babies who have just left their mothers at birth, and feeds breast milk to the babies as soon as it is delivered, and gives priority to breastfeeding if there is not enough breast milk.

Parents have questions about lactation, and the medical staff is always available to answer them, as well as accurately calculating and adjusting breastfeeding dosages according to changes in the children's conditions. Some preterm babies may need breast milk plus fortification, so the NICU is equipped with a full-time "milk dispenser" for the babies' "rations. p>Also, a type of care that facilitates breastfeeding and mother-infant bonding after a baby is discharged from the hospital, "Kangaroo Mom," has been in the NICU for two or three years.

After the premature baby's weight and all the indicators reach the standard, the mother can come to the bedside with the child "skin to skin", or breastfeeding, not only can promote the establishment of parent-child relationship, ease the mother's anxiety, but also learn the life of the child care after discharge, and even shorten the baby's hospital days.

Breastmilk at 37 degrees Celsius is food and medicine for little babies in the NICU. And the care of the NICU medical staff for the babies is the temperature and the attitude.

People's Daily Online - "37℃ care" in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)