Your Premature Baby: Everything You Need to Know About Childbirth, Treatment, and Parenting [Paperback]

Frank P. Manginello (Author), Theresa Foy DiGeronimo (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1998

The definitive guide to caring for your premature infant--in a newly revised and expanded edition.

The comprehensive and acclaimed guide to everything you need to know about your premature baby, from prebirth preparation to home care, is now more up-to-date than ever. This new and expanded edition covers the latest procedures, equipment, and medications, and includes the most current information available on multiple births, respiratory treatments, nutrition, diagnostic imaging, follow-up therapies, and more.

You'll also find moving and instructive personal accounts from other parents who have coped with the emotional and practical issues of premature birth. With updated resources for parents on everything from clothing and breastfeeding to social services, financial assistance, and support groups, Your Premature Baby provides essential information and peace of mind.

"You want to know what treatment your baby will require . . . what her development will be like, and what special care she will need. All these topics are addressed in this helpful book . . . inspirational." --American Baby.

"This book gives you all the information you need to help you cope with the ordeal of giving birth to and caring for a premature baby." --Mother & Baby

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

The definitive "how to" on caring for a premature infant-now updated and expanded. Close to 500,000 premature infants are born in the US. every year. Your Premature Baby gives parents all the facts on properly caring for these babies, dealing with everything from preparing for the birth to handling the hospital stay. Thoroughly revised, this upbeat and informative guide also reflects the many important changes in treatment, medication, and equipment in this area. And it addresses the emotional toll on the parents of preemies as well, providing encouraging personal accounts of families who have been there.

From the Back Cover

The definitive guide to caring for your premature infant—in a newly revised and expanded edition.

The comprehensive and acclaimed guide to everything you need to know about your premature baby, from prebirth preparation to home care, is now more up-to-date than ever. This new and expanded edition covers the latest procedures, equipment, and medications, and includes the most current information available on multiple births, respiratory treatments, nutrition, diagnostic imaging, follow-up therapies, and more.

You'll also find moving and instructive personal accounts from other parents who have coped with the emotional and practical issues of premature birth. With updated resources for parents on everything from clothing and breastfeeding to social services, financial assistance, and support groups, Your Premature Baby provides essential information and peace of mind.

"You want to know what treatment your baby will require . . . what her development will be like, and what special care she will need. All these topics are addressed in this helpful book . . . inspirational." —American Baby.

"This book gives you all the information you need to help you cope with the ordeal of giving birth to and caring for a premature baby." —Mother & Baby

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Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; Revised and Expanded Edition edition (March 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471239968
• ISBN-13: 978-0471239963
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #954,517 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful information in layman's terms, February 1, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Your Premature Baby: Everything You Need to Know About the Childbirth, Treatment, and Parenting of Premature Infants (Paperback)

This book was an excellent reference book writtern on the parents level, but some of the stories can strike the emotions hard. Be cautious when reading stories similar to your own situation too soon after they occur. The information, however, can help a parent deal with the NICU without feeling overwhelmed

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Informative about the confusing time in the NICU., July 9, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Your Premature Baby: Everything You Need to Know About Childbirth, Treatment, and Parenting (Paperback)

This was a wonderful book. After getting home each night from the NICU I'd read up on what they told me about my son (born at 33 weeks). It is very important to read ONLY the sections that apply to your baby. Otherwise you'll worry about things that do not apply. I do not agree with Jenny William's review above. Sometimes while baby is NICU it CANNOT breast feed because sometimes preemies need special formula due to digestive problems. And many (as mine did) have alot of trouble learning to suck and need to be tube fed for awhile. This book covers the NICU from soup to nuts in a manner that the parent can understand.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not bad, for a reference book, January 5, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Your Premature Baby: Everything You Need to Know About the Childbirth, Treatment, and Parenting of Premature Infants (Paperback)

When my ten week early preemie came back to the hospital of his birth, the nurses loaned me this book, as well as one on Kangaroo Care. This is a good REFERENCE book, meaning that it gives clear information on different things to expect from infants born within certain gestational periods, but does not seem to have a supportive emotional tone. Frankly, I am glad I read the loaner on Kangaroo Care first. It was informative as well as comforting during this very stressful time. I am thankful that my hospital not only loaned both books, but strongly advocates Kangaroo Care. I would recommend this reference book be used in ADDITION to an emotionally uplifting book, which would cover all the bases for parents.