The majority of babies born with medical or surgical problems need to get admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) after they are born. There’s a common belief that NICUs are full of preemies, which makes total sense, since 1 in every 10 babies born in the U.S. is premature. But the reality is that many NICU patients are full-term (≥ 37 weeks’ gestation). On any given day in the NICU in which I work, about half of my patients are preemies and the other half are born right around their due dates.
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Jessica Maddenhttps://aeroflowbreastpumps.com/blog/aeroflow-breastpumps-medical-director
Dr. Madden is a board-certified pediatrician and neonatologist who has been taking care of newborn babies for over 15 years. She is currently on staff in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. She also provides in-home newborn medicine and lactation support to new mamas and is currently working to become an IBCLC.