Emotions after discharge: When you bring your baby home - 08/2019

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Emotions after discharge: When you bring your baby home

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Abstract

This handout is for parents of a baby who has been in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). It explains the unexpected feelings that may arise when the baby is finally able to come home, and talks about anxiety, bonding and attachment, chronic sorrow, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Author

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)

Publisher

University of Washington Medical Center

Date Published (original date)

2015

Revision Date

08/2019

Print Abstract

General Subject

Hospital Stay

Pregnancy, Childbirth, & Infant Care

Specific Subject/Keyword

Emotions

Premature Infants

Parent Education

Languages

English

Record ID

4352