11/17/2021
November is Prematurity Awareness Month and November 17th is World Prematurity Day.
For parents of premature babies the beginning can feel like their child is in a constant cycle of struggles, victories, and set backs, while they themselves are navigating the world of neonatal intensive care. When families finally get to bring their tiniest member home from the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), there is lots of joy and excitement along with relief that the NICU is behind them. Unfortunately, parents of NICU graduates can also experience fear and anxiety for the what ifs and unknowns. For many NICU graduates, the medical struggles are not completely over when they come home. Life after NICU discharge can require specialist follow up appointments, thorough developmental screenings, and careful monitoring by their primary healthcare provider.
Holistic Baby House Calls is not a typical pediatric primary healthcare practice. The providers with Holistic Baby House Calls have NICU experience and are specially trained in managing the care of medically complex babies. Parent's of NICU graduates who choose Holistic Baby House Calls for their child's primary healthcare can feel reassured that their child's provider fully understands the journey that their child has been on and will be able to coordinate all their child's unique healthcare needs.