16 years ago, at the height of my career at a high-tech company, an unexpected event happened, and it changed the world for me and us as a family. Just like that! My premature baby was born at 26 weeks, she weighed only 730 grams. Weight is not perceived. Third daughter after 2 children who were born on time and at a normal weight (we were with them for a day
Seeing the Newborn is a rare glimpse behind the scenes of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. He describes and demonstrates events, experiences and moral dilemmas that Mullen faced while dealing daily with premature births, birth defects, multiple pregnancies, questions of life and death, and critical moments where difficult decisions are required. Prof. Michael
Premature birth, breastfeeding and maintaining breast milk Having a baby before the due date is a unique, different and often more stressful birth. An intense period is expected for the parents, with more challenges compared to parents of a baby born on time. The road to establishing breastfeeding is also longer. There are mothers who are not enough to establish breastfeeding
Sherry Stoler, the physiotherapist, is a guest and tells about the experience of premature families - when a baby is born prematurely, the family begins a different journey from the original, partly scary and unknown. On the experience of a family in Fegia and later in life. From the podcast series - Chen and Kobe talk about parenting - the podcast that will think with you about the transition
Background - Prematurity Day 2018 approximately 10% 7% - of all babies in Israel are born prematurely (premature). This is about 14,000 babies every year*. "Premature", according to the definition of the Ministry of Health, is any baby born before the 37th week of pregnancy. Premature babies are at risk of severe morbidity and medical complications. Some do not last and die
On the occasion of International Prematurity Awareness Day, the "Forum for Premature Infants" notes the 2019 State of Prematurity Report: MK Orli Levy-Abacsis, chairman of Gesher and co-chairman of the Forum for Premature Infants in Israel: "The last few days shook the earth under The feet of the residents of Israel, all the more so under protective parents
Despite the danger of rocket fire and the escalation of the security situation, most premature babies in Israel are still not protected and a multi-year national plan for their protection has not yet been formulated. The Forum for Premature Babies calls on the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Finance to immediately budget about half a billion NIS, which are urgently needed to protect premature babies, before a disaster occurs. Also, the forum reader
A presentation for the "Maccabi" nurses from Tifata Halab, clinic nurses, dieticians and Maccabi's child development team. At the end of the presentation, the sisters heard the song "Hero" and were really moved. To watch: Maccabi conference presentation (1)
After last year's great success, we organized a variety of lectures for you this year on various topics concerning our lives as parents of premature babies. Participation in lectures is free! For links to lectures join our silent WhatsApp group. So what awaits us this month? More details on the Facebook page of the Lehav association and the parents' group on Facebook
From an article in "Haaretz" Who are we? "You can't prepare for a premature birth. At the age of 28, I went through a traumatic pregnancy with my first daughter. She was born against all odds at 29 weeks premature, weighing 768 grams, and for three months my daughter was in the Ichilov hospital. She was in an incubator and I wasn't allowed to
The Lehab Association - For Premature Infants in Israel (AR) is a nationwide association established by parents of premature infants and former premature infants for the purpose of promoting and improving the condition of premature infants in Israel, their families, and premature infants in Israel and to reduce the number of premature infants born each year and increase awareness of the dangers of miscarriages.
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