Product Description
The result of 7 years of intense research into med. lit., & of interviews with neonatologists, intensive care nurses, social workers, therapists, & hundreds of parents of prematures. From her research & personal experience, Harrison knows exactly what parents want & need to know to deal with the emotional, med. & practical issues facing them after the birth of a premature baby. Chapters: 2 births; coping with a birth crisis; why me?; bonding & attachment; at first sight; the problems of prematurity; the death of a baby; the premature nursery; nursery parenting; feeding your baby; the 1st year; will my baby be normal?; & another baby?

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 3.5 based on 8 reviews)

An excellent tool for the Preemie baby journey by V. Woods (Douglasville, GA)

5 Stars
January 11, 2009
As a mother of two micro-preemies (1 pd 11oz & 1 pd 14oz), this book helped to educate me, and it helped me through the emotions. Becuase it was such an asset to me I have recommended it or purchased it for other preemie moms for the past 17 years. It details all of the preemie medical language; identifies the ominous equipment and assisted me with the myriad of emotions that accompany this journey. It is an excellent book, well-written and easy to follow.

Nursery Nurse Speaks Out by Linda S. Cole (Walnut Creek, Ca. United States)

1 Stars
July 22, 2003
As a Intensive Care Nursery Nurse, as well as the parent of a former premature baby, Helen Harrison's book is extremely outdated. It was a bible when it was first published in 1983, but the field of neonatal medicine is constantly changing and any book written over 5 years ago is probably outdated, not to mention 20 years ago. My hat is off to Helen Harrison for her pioneering the field of premature parenting,but there are many other more recent books which will be far more useful to premature parents than this one. Linda Cole RN

Mom to a former preemie that was one pound, eleven ounces

5 Stars
December 10, 2002
I am a Mom to a former preemie. My daughter was born nine years ago and this book helped me understand with what was going on with our little girl. This is a great book and I give a lot of credit to Helen Harrison, Ann Kositsky for writing such a great book.

Good info if your baby was born 20 years ago! by Kathleen S. Crettier (Front Royal, VA USA)

2 Stars
October 01, 2001
This USED to be the bible of premie books. Twenty plus years later we have made tremendous strides in saving babies. Even 15 years ago I found many of the scenarios to be too depressing and no longer realistic. I do hope the author will come out with an update since so many people are directed to this book. In the meantime, I highly recommend (and use often when helping parents understand the crisis of their babies premature birth)Newborn Intensive Care: what every parent needs to know by Jeanette Zaichkin and published by NICU Ink. In 1983 we were just beginning to involve parents in their babies care and seeing them as an integral part of "the team". This newer book (1996) focuses on those things that parents can do to maximize their babies outcomes. Don't distress yourself over medical problems that are more easily treated today. Instead, empower yourself with positive information!!!

Laurel's Primer for Parents of Micro-Preemies by Lawrence J. Gist II (Palos Verdes, CA)

5 Stars
November 16, 2000
As the father of two identical twin girls born at 26 weeks andaveraging 2 pounds each -- I found The Premature Baby Book to be veryhelpful in gaining an understanding of premature care and treatment. Iordered the book written by Helen Harrison and Ann Kositsky (as wellas several others) and found their book to be the most comprehensiveof books on the market addressing premature birth. My only criticismof the book is that many of the statistics utilized within the bookare out-dated and present a somewhat pessimistic view regardingpremature survival and disabilities. I highly recommend this book ifyou have a premature child. Note that my daughter, Laurel, did notsurvive. After 24 days of making steady improvement, Laurel contractedNEC and rapidly deteriorated. Laurel's identical twin sister, Caitlin,is now 2 1/2 years old and is both health and happy. However, in manyways my mind and feelings still live the trauma of my children beingmicro-preemies. In Laurel's memory I wrote a booklet (distributed forfree) just for parents of micro-preemies. The booklet is not intendedto replace the book length treatment of the issues addressed in ThePremature Baby Book, rather the booklet is designed to give parentssome basic information pending the arrival of their Amazon order...that you have the need to order The Premature Baby Book. You and yourfamily will be in my thoughts.Laurel's Dad

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