Features care of premature babies: the rules for Mom Swifty

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When registering, every pregnant woman knows the date of expected birth, but there are crumbs, so that well in my mother's tummy that they are not in a hurry, and there is little "Swifty" who are born too early. The world is born a lot of children, so there is a special holiday - November 17 World Prematurity Day.Who are premature babies and how to properly care for them?

The causes of preterm birth are many, including cervical incompetence, various infections, colds with high temperature, severe toxemia, malnutrition, chronic illness, multiple pregnancy and others. That's why miscarriage, alas, not uncommon, but if used in a newborn crumbs were very small chance of survival, now thanks to modern equipment and skilled physicians, such babies have a higher chance of full healthy life. What parents need to know "toropyzhek"?

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Who are premature babies? After 37 weeks of pregnancy the baby is considered full-term, so all babies who are born before that date - premature. In addition, there are certain criteria for the height and weight of the crumbs

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signs of prematurity- a weight of up to 2500 kg and height up to 45 cm.

In medicine, there is a grade 4 premature infants:
First degree: newborn weight in the range 2000-2500 kg, height - 36-37 cm.

Second degree: birth weight 1500-2000 kg, height - 32-35 cm.

Third degree: birth weight 1000-1500 kg, height - 31-28 cm.

The fourth stage: birth weight of less than 1000 kg, height less than 28 cm.

KMC

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This "Swifty" has a long rehabilitation, because he needs to grow and ripen, so parents need patience, faith and love. You will not be able to pick up the crumbs home until he attains a certain weight, not to learn how to breathe and eat, but it is important that mom or dad as often as possible were there to crumb felt your support and heat. In recent years Ukraine has begun to apply a well-known method of nursing of premature babies - "KMC", his magic in bodily contact "skin to skin" mom or dad and baby.

Crumbs spread mom's chest and harbor. Surprisingly, during this procedure, the child is getting better heart rate, breathing leveled, it warms and calms down and, accordingly, grows and develops. These conditions are somewhat similar to those that had been my mother's stomach: warm, familiar sound of my mother's heart and breathing.

Mothers of premature babies is very important to keep breastfeeding as long as they are able to feed the first expressed breast milk from a syringe, a bottle, and then, when a pipsqueak little stronger, with the help of applying to chest. Usefulness and value of breast milk is difficult to overestimate, even for a healthy baby, and for toropyzhek it is simply vital because as incredible support for their health and immunity weakened, with the help babies gain weight faster and go on amendment.

Terms of care for premature babies

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IN apartment should be warm, The optimum air temperature 22-24 degrees, humidity 40-70%. TOrum, it should be good to wear crumbs, this is due to a violation of thermoregulation of premature babies.

Do not forget to spend wet cleaning, ventilate and humidify the airAt this time the baby out of the room must be carried out.

Premature baby must be feed on demand, but not less than once every 2.5 hours.

Children who were born with a weight not recommended to bathe and 1800 the first three weeks. If the weight is more You can swim a few days after discharge.

The first three months of water for bathing preterm infants should be boiled, water temperature should be 37 degrees. The water does not need to add any herbs, as they may provoke allergic reactions in the child.

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In the first month after discharge, ventilate the room in which the baby and the second month you can gradually go out for a walk. The first walk is not more than 5 minutes, and then every day, gradually increasing. It is provided that the outside air temperature is not lower than 25 degrees, at subzero temperatures are not recommended walking.

everyday Follow strokes and a gentle massage, which helps to relax the muscles.

More often talk with crumbs, Wear it on your hands, sing him lullabies.

In the room where the child is, should not be loud and sharp sounds, drafts, too much light, Due to immature reflexes, it's all going to disturb and frighten the crumbs.

Premature babies require more care, constant monitoring of specialists: a neurologist, orthopedist, cardiologist. Learn not to compare your baby with the other, in the first year it will be slightly different for the development of their peers and it is natural, but for two years all aligned and your child will not be anything different from those I born in time. Love to you and be patient!

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