The newly opened Holistic Birth Place at Nebraska Medical Center is ideal for families seeking a low-intervention, natural birth in a setting that feels more like home than hospital.
If your baby is born premature or with medical challenges, Nebraska Medicine’s NICU team is specially trained to care for these fragile babies in a developmentally supportive environment to help them grow and thrive.
We all know that eating right is a good thing. During the postpartum period, your body needs time and energy to heal. Nutrition helps the healing process.
HELLP syndrome is a life-threatening, but treatable, form of preeclampsia that can occur in late pregnancy. Preeclampsia-related conditions like it cause 15-20% of pregnancy-associated deaths in the United States.
Mothers who have premature babies or newborns with medical complications, may think they are not able to breastfeed. But with a little encouragement and instruction, it is very doable.
Speech language pathologist Hanna Mueller, MA, CCC-SLP, who works in the Nebraska Medical Center NICU, explains that her role goes beyond helping children learn to speak.
Kangaroo care is the practice of holding your baby skin-to-skin against your bare chest. This quiet, connected time mimics the warmth and safety of the womb, and offers significant benefits for you and your baby.
It’s normal to feel uncertain or overwhelmed when your baby is in the NICU. But even if you can’t hold or feed them right away, there are still several meaningful ways you support them.
Expectant families will soon have a new option for welcoming their babies at Nebraska Medical Center. A new birthing suite is set to open this fall, offering a home-like environment within the hospital setting.
