World Prematurity Day 2024: Becoming a mother brings a different feeling in a woman's life. A new life begins with the desire to have a child. In many cases, children are born after completing nine months, while sometimes children are delivered by operation around the 7th or 8th month. These babies are known as premature babies.
It is for this special kind of babies that every year November 17 is known as World Premature Baby Day. The purpose of this day is to make people aware about the care of premature babies.
Here Dr. Saroj Kumar, Gynecologist of Swastik Maternity and Medical Center has given information regarding the birth of premature baby, hence let us know about these reasons…
maternal history
genital infection
hypertension
depression
diabetes
renal disease
Apart from all these reasons, there is a possibility of the baby being born prematurely.
Kangaroo care is the best here to take care of premature baby. Just as a kangaroo makes a pouch in its body to hide its child, this type of care is considered beneficial for the health of the child. Kangaroo care is good for premature babies here. In this, it is important to keep your child close to the chest. If you adopt this type of care, your child does not suffer from the problem of hypothermia. In this, the bonding between mother and child becomes strong and even feeding is not done properly.
Here, to take care of a premature baby, you should take care of these special things which are as follows..
1- Method of feeding
Premature baby needs good nutrition and for this mother's milk is essential. During this period, the child should not be fed with a bottle or anything like that. You can use a milk pump to give a bowl or a spoon to the mother's milk, so that energy is not wasted in this, care should be taken while breast feeding.
2-It is important to keep the child warm
Here it is very important to keep some things in mind while taking care of a premature baby. According to the doctor, it is important to provide warmth to the child. A premature baby should not be bathed every day. Keep it in a warm room only. The room temperature should not be cold.
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3- Know the time of feeding milk
Here, it is necessary to give equal quantity of milk for the health of the child. For this, doctors advise to feed milk to the child every 1.5 to 2 hours, but this can also be changed. Urination output can be checked to check whether the child is able to feed properly or not. With the help of which feeding pattern can be known.
4- How often to see a doctor
Here you can show your child on doctor's advice, for this, after discharge, doctors give different advice to everyone for this. Some take a week, some 4 days. This may be different for everyone. Here the child should be taken for examination after one month. It is good if all his body parts are examined because it is important for the child to get treatment on time.
