Preemie Matters

Chest Infections in Your Premature Baby

Chest infections are very common. Most are coughs and colds. They frequently cause a variety of annoying but not dangerous symptoms such as runny noses, blocked noses, sore throats, sneezing and chest discomfort. Occasionally more severe chest infections occur and these can be particularly hard on a premature baby. Read More

Kangaroo Care

Kangaroo Mother Care is defined as the practice in which a premature infant is placed in an upright position against the parents' chest, such that there is skin-to-skin contact between the infant and the parent. Read More

Newborn Individualised Developmental Care and Assessment Programme (NIDCAP)

The originator of NIDCAP, Professor Als found that assessing the individual infant's ability to cope with excessive stimulation provided the caregiver with information to modify each infant's environment and treatment approach. Read More

Newborn Screening

A few days after birth your baby will have a Newborn Screening Test done. The test is also sometimes called the "heel-prick test" or the Guthrie test. The test is to check for a number of rare but serious conditions which if not detected early can lead to severe disability or death. Read More

Premature Babies and their future development

There are a number of useful tips that can be employed in order to compensate for the difficult start a premature baby can have. As parents, you can have an active role in helping your child at home. Read More

Preterm Birth

Babies born before 37 completed weeks of pregnancy are called premature. In Ireland the incidence of premature delivery is approximately 7%. There are many reasons why a mother might delivery early. Read More