Babies in trial effect on more weight in first three weeks and parents were less stressedPremature babies carry out better if their parents are allowed to help care for them in hospital alongside the nurses,rather than being treated as visitors and left on the sidelines, a original study shows.
Many parents feel acutely anxious, or stressed and out of control when their child is in a newborn intensive care unit and there seems to be nothing they can carry out for her. Inspired by the example of a hospital in Estonia that brings in parents to help with basic care of their baby,doctors in Canada organised a major study in three countries – Canada, Australia and original Zealand – to see what the effect is on the baby.
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Source: guardian.co.uk