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Find more information about breastfeeding your premature or sick baby here, including how to get started and how to find support.
On 12 September 2012, our baby boy Charlie arrived at 31 weeks. Weighing 1.56kg, he was soon whipped off to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).
Anna’s baby Drake first had to be tube-fed, then bottle-fed with expressed milk and formula top-ups before finally Anna’s dream of breastfeeding her baby came true when…
Find out about some common challenges with breastfeeding or expressing, and what can help.
Rebecca felt bleak when Daisy was born at 30 weeks not able to take even the smallest amount of breast milk.
Find out why the Bliss Baby Charter can make such a difference to babies, families and health professionals in neonatal units.
This page talks about the different members of the neonatal care team, and provides some suggestions for questions you can ask them about your baby's care.
This page contains lots of guidance and advice about how you can help to care for your baby with the neonatal team, how you can bond with your baby while on the unit,…
Whilst on the unit, you should be supported to become an expert in caring for your baby.
Premature and sick babies undergo many medical procedures that can cause them some discomfort. As your baby’s parents, you are the best people to balance this with a…
Read some commonly asked questions about baby transfers.
Your baby may be fed using tube feeding while on the neonatal unit. Find out why this might be and information about caring for your baby while they are being tube fed.
Breast pumps are a useful way of helping you to express milk for your baby. We have some top tips for how to express using a pump here.
Find out how to feed your premature or sick baby expressed milk or formula in a bottle.
This page talks about what our weaning information covers and things to be aware of if your baby was born premature or sick.
Northumbria began their Bliss Baby Charter journey in early 2015 and has made great progress.
After a stressful birth, Hannah was heartbroken to learn her baby was having breathing problems.
Katherine gave birth to her daughter Eva eleven days late. Eva had problems breathing and developed Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension in the Newborn.
Mark's daughter Aurora was born premature at 32+2 weeks. Here, Mark describes his experience of being a dad to a premature baby.
Last July, Amy's world was turned upside down when her daughter was born three months early. Read her story below.
The unexpected, premature birth of Cristina's son Joylen meant they both needed to be in hospital at a time when many of us are at home with our families. Here Cristina…
Laura recalls her son Jack's first 89 days in hospital before coming home on Valentine's Day.
Melissa's son Henry was born prematurely at 24 weeks gestation in 2014. Here, she recalls her son's 126 days in neonatal care before he was able to come home.
Monica and her husband Rishi were empowered to be fully involved in their daughter's care. Monica shares the benefits of this with us.
