Small Gain, and another hold
We held her for the third time today in an experiment to see if she really does calm down with our presence. She does a little. this is going to be an ongoing experiment where we will try to help hold her on sort of bad days, and of course good days but not REAL bad days.
She was having a sort of bad moment and so I asked the doctor could we try it. We are not stupid parents who MUST hold baby no matter what...we know to watch her and make sure it is something that she wants.
As I held her she fell asleep, so then we would get the skin to skin contact on mommy's chest called "kangaroo". That went very well as she laid on mommy and slept for nearly an hour. Her oxygen and pressure are up a little from yesterday, however, we might have staved off another increase by getting her in a deep sleep for over an hour. We hope so.
The history of kangaroo is below. I for one, only think that this care is beneficial to create a bond. If an infant, such as we were, was in such bad shape, a stimulus such as even holding her, cannot be beneficial in all cases. I do not believe in holding an infant on critical life support. That is just stupid.
But she is a little more stable. So we are testing holding her for calming reasons, as we have seen her calm down when we hold and/or talk to her. Like yesterday, I held her head and held in her pacifier and she laid there eyes open content for about an hour.
So we held her and it went well. She went into a deep sleep for quite some time, at least for an hour or so. Then needing a diaper change.....boy howdy a big time present, she got fussy. We have watched that she does not like a dirty behunkus.
So maybe later on, we will try to hold her again when she gets fussy, but we are not going to push it. She lost 3 grams of weight from all the excitement. That makes us mad. So holding will take a backseat in only the best of cases until we get some age and meat on our bones.
Remember to visualize that balloons surrounded by pink lard.
I myself, did not understand the term kangaroo. They have fur, why do you call skin to skin contact "kangaroo". Well it seems that a kangaroo is born not fully developed. So it must stay close to mother until it is mature. Welcome to the exact definition of a "preemie". That is where the term comes from.
Now I shall describe it further for you.
They call it "kangaroo care". Kangaroo care is a way of holding a premature baby so that there is skin-to-skin contact. The baby, wearing only a diaper, is held upright against the parent’s bare chest.
Where did it start?
According to Katie Brietbach, R.N.C., N.C., of the Pediatric Nursing Division at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, kangaroo care began in South America, where premature babies were sent home snuggled between their mothers’ breasts, being fed only breastmilk. This was done because of high infection rates in the dirty nasty hospitals. Needless to say, those that were sent home did not die as much. Thus bred a reason to believe that it was the best thing for a baby when in fact, the hospitals were gross. The method spread to countries in Europe and then to the United States, where an estimated 200 neonatal intensive-care units practice kangaroo care, up from about 70 in the early 1990s.
Why is it used?Kangaroo care is often used with premature babies because the close contact with the parent can stabilize the baby’s heartbeat, temperature and breathing. Premature babies have a hard time coordinating their breathing and heart rates (often called coupling). As the baby’s heart rate increases, there could be an increase of apnea, which is a temporary loss of breathing. Studies have shown and many medical professionals agree that kangaroo care can help the baby better coordinate its breathing and heart rate. However, some doctors believe premature babies are too fragile to be held, and that close contact with parents can increase the risk of infection.
She was having a sort of bad moment and so I asked the doctor could we try it. We are not stupid parents who MUST hold baby no matter what...we know to watch her and make sure it is something that she wants.
As I held her she fell asleep, so then we would get the skin to skin contact on mommy's chest called "kangaroo". That went very well as she laid on mommy and slept for nearly an hour. Her oxygen and pressure are up a little from yesterday, however, we might have staved off another increase by getting her in a deep sleep for over an hour. We hope so.
The history of kangaroo is below. I for one, only think that this care is beneficial to create a bond. If an infant, such as we were, was in such bad shape, a stimulus such as even holding her, cannot be beneficial in all cases. I do not believe in holding an infant on critical life support. That is just stupid.
But she is a little more stable. So we are testing holding her for calming reasons, as we have seen her calm down when we hold and/or talk to her. Like yesterday, I held her head and held in her pacifier and she laid there eyes open content for about an hour.
So we held her and it went well. She went into a deep sleep for quite some time, at least for an hour or so. Then needing a diaper change.....boy howdy a big time present, she got fussy. We have watched that she does not like a dirty behunkus.
So maybe later on, we will try to hold her again when she gets fussy, but we are not going to push it. She lost 3 grams of weight from all the excitement. That makes us mad. So holding will take a backseat in only the best of cases until we get some age and meat on our bones.
Remember to visualize that balloons surrounded by pink lard.
I myself, did not understand the term kangaroo. They have fur, why do you call skin to skin contact "kangaroo". Well it seems that a kangaroo is born not fully developed. So it must stay close to mother until it is mature. Welcome to the exact definition of a "preemie". That is where the term comes from.
Now I shall describe it further for you.
They call it "kangaroo care". Kangaroo care is a way of holding a premature baby so that there is skin-to-skin contact. The baby, wearing only a diaper, is held upright against the parent’s bare chest.
Where did it start?
According to Katie Brietbach, R.N.C., N.C., of the Pediatric Nursing Division at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, kangaroo care began in South America, where premature babies were sent home snuggled between their mothers’ breasts, being fed only breastmilk. This was done because of high infection rates in the dirty nasty hospitals. Needless to say, those that were sent home did not die as much. Thus bred a reason to believe that it was the best thing for a baby when in fact, the hospitals were gross. The method spread to countries in Europe and then to the United States, where an estimated 200 neonatal intensive-care units practice kangaroo care, up from about 70 in the early 1990s.
Why is it used?Kangaroo care is often used with premature babies because the close contact with the parent can stabilize the baby’s heartbeat, temperature and breathing. Premature babies have a hard time coordinating their breathing and heart rates (often called coupling). As the baby’s heart rate increases, there could be an increase of apnea, which is a temporary loss of breathing. Studies have shown and many medical professionals agree that kangaroo care can help the baby better coordinate its breathing and heart rate. However, some doctors believe premature babies are too fragile to be held, and that close contact with parents can increase the risk of infection.
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