Books
Action Medical Research online baby book- a record of everyday people's experiences of premature birth. Record your own stories.
BREASTFEEDING SPECIAL CARE BABIES by Sandra Lang (2002) 2nd Ed.
Preemies: The Essential Guide for Parents of Premature Babies - Dana Wechsler Linden, Mia Wechsler Doron, Emma Trenti Paroli
Premature Babies: A Handbook for Parents by Parents - Sherri Nance
COPING WITH YOUR PREMATURE BABY by Stanway, Penny. Editor: Penzler, Otto Format: Paperback
Publisher: Orion Pages: 128 ISBN: 0752815962.
An easy-to-read, no-nonsense guide to looking after yourself and your baby after a premature birth or 'small for dates' baby, and what to expect in hospital. (approx £6.00)
My comments - good book for new parents whilst in hospital but doesn't explain much about what happens when the baby comes home
YOUR PREMATURE BABY,0-5 YEARS by Bradford, Nikki (approx £10.00)
YOUR PREMATURE BABY : EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT CHILDBIRTH,TREATMENT AND PARENTING OF PREMATURE INFANTS
by Manginello, Frank P.; DiGeronimo, Theresa Foy
WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOUR BABY IS PREMATURE by Prats, Joseph A.Garcia; Hornfischer, Sharon Simmons
Nurturing the Premature Infant by Goldson, Edward Published Price: £34.50 ISBN: 0195085701 This book reports the work of researchers who are seeking to enhance the development of premature infants by ameliorating the effects of extreme prematurity and the associated medical and surgical complications.
Helping Low Birth Weight, Premature Babies Published Price: £50.00. Each year in the United States, 250,000 infants are born too soon, weighing too little. For these low birth weight, premature infants, the future is uncertain, since they are at risk for a variety of serious medical and developmental problems. The extent to which a comprehensive early intervention program could improve or prevent these adverse outcomes was examined in the Infant Health and Development Program, a randomized controlled trial involving almost 1,000 infants in eight cities in the United States. This book describes in detail the program, its research methodology, the progress of the program, and the results of the clinical trial. Strategies to minimize the problems of low birth weight children, with their potential for long-term savings through the prevention of disabilities and their attendant costs, could have significant repercussions in such governmental areas as medical care, education, and social welfare.
Pain of Premature Parents by Hynan, M T & Hynan, L Leslie- Published Price: £28.00 Our Price: £26.60 Publication Date: 31 July 1987 Psychological Guide for Coping
Premature Babies - A Medical Dictionary, Bibliography, and Annotated Research Guide to Internet References - Icon Health Publication (approx £29.00)
Saving Very Premature Babies: Key Ethical Issues
"Breastfeeding your Premature Baby" by Gwen Gotsch. Published by La Leche League International, ISBN 0-912500-50-6
The Premature Baby Book : A Parent's Guide to Coping and Caring in the First Years
Helen Harrison, Ann Kositsky (July, 1983)
Your Premature Baby and Child : Helpful Answers and Advice for Parents Amy E. Tracy (Editor), Dianne I. Maroney, Judy C. Bernbaum, Groothuis (Sept 1999)
Born Early : A Premature Baby's Story Lida Lafferty, Bo Flood, Rebecca Young (Photographer)
Living Miracles : Stories of Hope from Parents of Premature Babies Kimberly A. Powell (Editor), Kimberly A. Wilson (Editor), Kim Wilson, Kim Wilson (April 2000)
Kangaroo Care : The Best You Can Do to Help Your Preterm Infant
Susan M. Luddington-Hoe, Susan K. Golant (1993)
Miracle Birth Stories of Very Premature Babies: Little Thumbs Up! Timothy Smith
The Preemie Parents' Companion: The Essential Guide to Caring for Your Premature
Baby in the Hospital, at Home, and Through the First Years Susan L. Madden M.S., Jane Stewart M.D
Prematurely Yours Kim Bryant
A baby book designed exclusively for the premature infant A keepsake album to record your infant's milestones from hospitalization through six years of age. A special baby book for special babies!
My Baby Sister Is a Preemie (Helping Kids Heal S.) Diana M. Amadeo, Cheri Bladholm (Illustrator)
Katie's Premature Brother - Hawkins-Walsh
Ayla's Story - Doug Schaede Serenity Publishing (2005)
No Bigger Than My Teddy Bear - Valerie Pankow, Gwen Connelly (Illustrator)
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Video: Born too Soon
This true story of the premature birth of Emily Butterfield, the daughter of journalists Fox Butterfield and his wife Elizabeth Mehren, will tear at your heartstrings. Born at only 5 months' gestation, Emily was alarmingly premature; her fight for life spanned many months and was fraught with one medical complication after another. Fox and Elizabeth faced the ultimate moral dilemma: Allow the doctors to use any means necessary, no matter how extreme, to save her life, despite the probability of future permanent health problems and present pain, or let nature take its course. (Comment - Very difficult to watch but can help the healing process).