Stories about Kangaroo kids

Having a hard cry of birth, Kangaroo babies (premature babies) face a high risk of death. These little creatures grew up in incubators day by day with the hope of the mother.

In preterm neonatal department, Hanoi Obstetrics Hospital, premature babies have a very special care regime. Children are put into an oxygen incubator as soon as they are born. Doctors closely monitor the activity of the brain circulatory system, gastrointestinal tract, and heart rate.

At the beginning, the children were fed by the way to the stomach, then started to eat gradually by bottle, breast-feeding. After being able to breathe on their own without oxygen support, the babies are released to their mother to be cared for. At this time, the heartbeat, respiratory rate, and mother's body temperature will help her to catch up with the life outside the incubator.

Doctor Nguyen Duy Anh, deputy director of Hanoi Obstetrics Hospital said that the risk of cross-infection among children is very high, so it is necessary to treat antibiotics, after treatment, children can eat normally and breastfeed. . The mother actively takes care of her child at home with Kangaroo method combined with a warm, clean environment. This method is always to keep the child warm by the warmth of a mother or a family member such as grandfather, grandmother, father . holding the baby in front of the chest, abdomen continuously in the first months because the child has a premature month body temperature is very low even in hot weather. This method of care is scientific and effective but simple.

Kangaroo babies are being kept in glass cages.
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The risk of preterm birth increases

On average, about 50 newborn babies are born every day in the hospital, but one day, the preterm neonatal department receives up to 10 premature births. Premature babies are very light-weight, with babies weighing only 900 gr.

Doctor Phan Thi Hue, head of the preterm neonatal department, said that the biggest cause of the increasing number of premature babies is air pollution. The current working environment is adversely affected by human technology and machinery used."The women who give birth prematurely are the ones who are doing the stressful work of the brain, the exposure to computers, the toxic chemicals or the negligence of pregnancy during pregnancy. Also, the fetus may have malformations. , pathology was not detected early, " Ms. Hue said.

The case of Mrs. Kim Anh, an employee at the Postal Economics Institute, Hanoi is an example. She had just given birth to her first son, weighing 1.7 kg when she was 7.5 months pregnant. In the first three months of her pregnancy, Kim Anh was working on a master's thesis, often stressed out, when going back to work or having to climb stairs at the office. Feeling unstable, after that time, she was determined to rest, rest and wait for her birth but still could not avoid premature birth."Fortunately, my child has overcome the most dangerous days. Now I know that the subjective health of birth is extremely harmful," she said.

Feeding Kangaroo, mothers need extraordinary energy

Doctors and nurses in the preterm neonatal department call babies by birth codes, some mothers are also given intimate nicknames for " overcoming " in special circumstances. People always " solicited " the nurses on duty to watch their children increase the number of flowers as the mother of 12705, nicknamed the " mother of pepper " Trang name on Hoang Hoa Tham street, Hanoi. In the early days, the nurses encouraged her forever, she dared to carry her baby for fear of dropping her baby. Her birth only weighs 1.4 kg and is nicknamed " tiny ". Although premature, underweight but " tiny " progress very quickly. After two weeks, the baby was awake, quit eating, and drinking. Each time hungry is " tiny " stirring, crying to make tight diapers still slipped off. At one point, the baby greedily sucked on her friend's glass and forehead and nose.

Together with doctors, nurses, and nurses, mothers in the preterm infant department persistently take care of their tiny children. In addition to special types of milk provided by the hospital, doctors recommend that children give more breastmilk to give them good antibodies. Therefore, Kangaroo's mothers are very active in expressing milk and sending in a nurse to feed their children. Regularly every 3 hours during the day, they bury their plastic bags with milking tools to carry out " tasks ".

Mai Huong just milked and asked someone to transfer it to her child. She stood outside the viewfinder door drunk with the red son lying in the oxygen breathing and illuminated with jaundice in the incubator in the middle of the room. Quickly wiping the tears rolling on her cheekbones, she turned back with an optimistic smile: "Looks like your child is naked and closed. No more axes are Thach Sanh guys."