Your baby is now officially an embryo and is about the size of a poppy seed.
Please visit www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/4-weeks-pregnant/ for more information.
Additional Y&H Neonatal ODN Resources
24hrs on a Neonatal Unit Animation
Around 1 in 7 babies will need to spend time on a neonatal unit. Despite this, parents have told us that often they felt unprepared and overwhelmed when their baby was first admitted to a neonatal unit. With all the new terminology, worry, different levels of care and an unfamiliar environment, parenting their preterm or poorly baby is so different to what they had planned for and expected. It can be hard, particularly in the early days for them to know what their role as a parent is and what they can do for their baby.
This animation, which has been fully co-produced with parents and staff, has been created to share with parents antenatally and in the early hours and days after their baby has been admitted to the neonatal unit. It focusses on:
- What a Neonatal unit is
- What each of the levels of care are
- How they can be involved in their baby's care
- The different staff helping them to care for their baby.
Every element of the animation has been included based on parent feedback about the questions they had and what was important for them to understand during their baby's admission to the unit. From the parents who shared that they worried about dad having a hairy chest and not being able to do skin to skin for fear of infection, to the parent who didn't know she could hold her baby when they were on ventilation. From the parent who didn't know they could visit the unit before their baby was born, to the parents who shared that they didn't know they could access free meals.
You can access the animation here .
Parent Package Documentation
- Developmental care
- Getting involved in your baby's care
- Getting to know the neonatal unit
- Giving medicines to your baby
- Hey it is OK
- Jargon Buster
- Moving to a different neonatal unit
- Preparing your baby for coming home
- Screening, tests, and immunisations
- Top tips
- Useful organisations & charities
- Ventilators & breathing
- Your baby's feeding journey
- All Wrapped Up guide.
Neonatal Sibling Resource
Our New Baby is a workbook for big brothers and sisters that can be downloaded and printed for them to complete on the birth of their sibling(s).
