premature infants

"When a baby is born early, an incubator helps the child keep growing. At first, some medical experts were skeptical about these special cribs. But trailblazing doctors' "incubator exhibits" showed people how incubators save lives"--.

"In the late 19th century, there wasn't much hope for premature babies-- until Dr. Couney developed the incubator. The device was so new and strange, hospitals rejected it. So Dr. Couney set up a sideshow at Coney Island, taking care of the tiniest newborns as part of a display to convince the public that incubators worked. Thousands of babies grew into healthy children as Boardwalk Babies, including Dr. Couney's own premature daughter"--OCLC.

A biography of Doctor Martin Couney and how he revolutionized prenatal care over one hundred years ago and saved thousands of premature babies.

The authors detail the fight for their daughter, Juniper, who was born four months early, and weighed 1 pound, 4 ounces.

When baby Gabriel's health takes a turn for the worse, the lives of those involved are forever changed.

When baby Gabriel's health takes a turn for the worse, the lives of those involved are forever changed.

In an Ohio hospital neonatal intensive care unit, a friendship develops between two volunteer grandmothers, Martha and Nettie Lee, who come from very different backgrounds.

Relates the experiences of parents who have had a premature baby and responds to questions and concerns that arise when dealing with a premature birth, providing information on how to deal with emotions, the appearance of the baby, health problems of prematurity, nursery parenting, and other topics.