Packet contains:
Your Premature Baby
The Early Birds
Your Premature Baby and Child
Breastfeeding your Premature Baby
TWINS™ Magazine Special Reports:
NICU – Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Premature Twins and Triplets

Your Premature Baby - Expanded and updated from its original edition, "Your Premature Baby" provides detailed information regarding the care and development of a premature infant. With the survival rate of preemies increasing to better than 95 percent in recent years, parents who understand the practical and medical issues of their tiny infants will greatly reduce their emotional stress and be able to more fully understand the challenges ahead of them.

The Early Birds - At 31 weeks into her pregnancy, Connecticut book editor Jenny Minton delivered her twin boys Sam and Gus. Immediately, the premature boys weighing just 3-1/2 pounds each were placed on life support in the neonatal intensive care unit at a New York City hospital. The tiny children would remain in the NICU for 64 days, before Minton was finally permitted to bring them home.

"The Early Birds" is Minton's personal story of her courage and love during this period of uncertainty, when she would become teary eyed when stepping into a pediatrician's office or into the preemie clinic, often expecting the worst. It was months before she saw her children smile or laugh, even longer before she saw them crawl or walk. Her tiny children were dependent on massive machinery for their early lives, and on the knowledge and care of dedicated doctors and nurses.

Your Premature Baby and Child - A helpful, common-sense book for parents of premature babies, this illustrated guide by experienced preemie parents and medical professionals provides well-needed encouragement and empowerment. As premature births, particularly for multiple children, has been increasing in recent years, so has the care and knowledge in properly helping these tiny miracles grow and mature.

Breastfeeding your Premature Baby - The La Leche League International is a nonprofit organization providing information and encouragement to women who breastfeed their babies. The League's popular book, "Breastfeeding Your Premature Baby," is a helpful, basic reference to the womanly art of breastfeeding.

Confronting the myths and explaining the techniques of breastfeeding premature babies, author Gwen Gotsch provides reassurance to mothers in this easy-to-read guide. Topics covered include getting a tiny baby started at feeding, pumping milk, coming home with preemies, and managing problems with breastfeeding. This book is a useful tool for any new mother of premature multiples.

TWINS™ Magazine Special Reports:

NICU – Neonatal Intensive Care Unit - The joy of birth often can become a struggle for survival for many multiples who are born prematurely. Premature babies can face several health challenges, chief among them the ability to breathe without assistance. To increase the well-being and survivability of these tiny children, many healthcare facilities have added neonatal intensive care units.

Included are detailed articles covering several topics of parental concern. Do newborn babies experience pain? How much stimulation should tiny infants receive each day? Can emotions be calmed by gently rocking infants? What can be expected when a parent visits an NICU? What is apnea and how can it be monitored?

Premature Twins and Triplets - Slightly more than half of all multiple children are born prematurely. For parents of premature infants, understanding our complex healthcare system and the progress of their babies to self-sufficiency can be intimidating and confusing.

This special report provides valuable information for parents who are facing lengthy visits to their local neonatal intensive care unit for weeks or even months after the birth of their children. Containing 19 articles by experienced professional healthcare providers and parents who have successfully negotiated the challenges of the NICU, this report covers numerous topics of concern for parents of premature babies.