NICU - Parent Resources

The following links can help you to understand your baby's conditions and care provided on the Neonatal Unit

About neonatal care

Understanding the terminology heard on the neonatal unit

Tests and care your baby might be given

Respiratory distress syndrome

Chronic lung disease

Respiratory syncitical virus (RSV)

Your baby's brain

Newborn meningitis

Neonatal jaundice

Necrotising entercolitis - NEC

Neonatal sepsis

Patent ductus arterious

Neonatal reflux

Brain hemorrhage in full term babies

Intraventricular haemorrhage - IHV

Common winter illnesses

Blood transfussion

Plasma transfussion

Multiple births: a parents' guide to neonatal care

Vaccinations

Vaccinations (NHS Guideline)

Weaning your premature baby

Look at me, I'm talking to you

Skin to skin with your premature baby