Day 29 - Baby Anne
MUMMY and daddy were given a lesson in resuscitation today.All parents on the Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU) are taught how to resuscitate their babies - just in case.
The lesson involves Baby Anne - a bald plastic doll dressed in what appears to be a pink Edwardian bathing costume.
At £290 for a pack of four, the hospital says Baby Anne dolls are really quite expensive.
But they do come "complete with a free step-by-step book explaining how to simulate injuries realistically".
On this occasion, mummy and daddy were shown how to resuscitate a baby that has stopped breathing.
You can see the sort of thing by clicking here.Once they are allowed home, premature babies are no more likely than full-term babies to stop breathing.
But the SCBU teaches all parents this lesson, together with ways of minimising the chance of cot-death.
This all sounds rather gloomy, but the lesson did end on a good note.
Millie gained another 28 grammes over the past 24 hours and now weighs 1.646kg (3lb 10oz).
And nurse told mummy and daddy that Millie might be able to come home after just two more weeks.
posted by Johann @ 8:56 PM
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