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New Help For Parents Of Premature Babies
1st November 2009
A new project has just been launched for mums and dads of premature babies, giving them extra support to help them cope during the first few weeks with their baby.
The POPPY, Parents of Premature Babies project, is encouraging all neonatal units in the UK to provide parents with family-centred care so parents can be:-
- kept up to date on their baby’s progress and be asked to give informed consent for any treatment
- shown how to care for their baby and encouraged as they gradually become the main carers.
- supported to give skin-to-skin care, express breastmilk and prepare for all changes and transitions, such as going home with their baby.
In addition, all neonatal units will be able to provide mums and dads with an easy-to-read information sheet on promoting skin-to-skin care and a detailed booklet on parents’ experiences of having a premature baby, devised by POPPY. The booklet looks at three key areas which are:-
- Parents’ feelings on their time spent at a neonatal unit and what may happen at different stages.
- Parents’ needs for support and information – this is vital for helping parents to feel confident in their baby’s care.
- What parents can do to increase their involvement with their baby when in hospital.
Claire Fisher from Bromsgrove, Birmingham, said: "My daughter was born ten weeks early weighing 1lb 14oz and her first few weeks in neonatal were very touch and go. Happily she did pull through and three months later we were lucky enough to take her home, which will always be the happiest day of our life."
"The majority of support we received in the neonatal unit was very good, they kept us informed of everything and really encouraged us to get involved as much as we could. I really believe that our involvement not only helped Emma’s recovery but also it helped us to bond with her."
POPPY was funded by the Big Lottery Fund, in conjunction with the University of Warwick, Royal College of Nursing Research Institute, NCT - National Childbirth Trust, Bliss and the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit.
For more details visit www.poppy-project.org.uk
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