The Premature Baby Book: A Parents' Guide to Coping and Caring in the First Years

The result of 7 years of intense research into med. lit., & of interviews with neonatologists, intensive care nurses, social workers, therapists, & hundreds of parents of prematures. From her research & personal experience, Harrison knows exactly what parents want & need to know to deal with the emotional, med. & practical issues facing them after the birth of a premature baby. Chapters: 2 births; coping with a birth crisis; why me?; bonding & attachment; at first sight; the problems of prematurity; the death of a baby; the premature nursery; nursery parenting; feeding your baby; the 1st year; will my baby be normal?; & another baby?