Women's bodily experience of antenatal breastmilk expression from 34 weeks of gestation: Qualitative results from the Express-MOM study.

Introduction: Breastfeeding establishment can be challenging due to several factors including women's emotional and physical perception of breastfeeding. This study examines the bodily experiences of healthy women performing antenatal breastmilk expression (aBME) from gestational week 34 until term and whether aBME can support women during breastfeeding establishment.

Methods: A qualitative phenological-hermeneutic approach was applied.

Health professionals' presence and attributes in connecting with parents of children with cancer: A qualitative study through the lens of compassion.

Purpose: Throughout a child's cancer treatment, health professionals (HPs) constitute an important source of support for the entire family. However, the understanding of their presence and essential attributes is unclear. This study explored HPs' presence and attributes in connecting with parents and identified facilitators and barriers for connectedness.

Who is supporting the parents during their child's cancer treatment? A qualitative study through the lens of compassion.

Purpose: Parents of children/adolescents with cancer are placed in a state of severe suffering due to serious concerns, fears, and radical daily life changes. Human support is an important source of support for successful coping. This study explored fundamental aspects of parents' daily, social, and personal life during their child's treatment to deepen our understanding of 'who' plays a significant role in supporting parents, and how, and to what extent this support is provided.

Father Groups in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Supportive Intervention.

Background: Parents' participation in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) reduces length of stay and positively affects infants' psychological, cognitive, and behavioural outcomes. Healthcare professionals in the NICU focus on both parents, but tend to have the main focus on the mother and the infant. Therefore, fathers may experience a lack of support and feel that they are being disregarded in the NICU.

Feeding Practice, Nutrition, and Growth in Infants with Abdominal Wall Defects and Esophageal Atresia: A Retrospective Case-Control Study.

Introduction:  Infants born with abdominal wall defects and esophageal atresia (EA) are at risk of impaired growth. Little is known about the optimal nutritional strategy and its impact on growth for these infants. This study aims to explore nutrition, focusing on breastfeeding, and the presumed impact on infant growth during the first year of life.

How to support fathers of preterm infants in early parenthood - An integrative review.

Problem: Preterm birth is a stressful event. Paternal experiences of having a preterm infant indicate a need for tailored support. However, it is unclear which interventions work best.

Central line-associated bloodstream infection in infants admitted to a level lllneonatal intensive care unit.

Introduction: Central line (CL)-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) is one of the most common and yet preventable hospital-acquired infections in infants admitted to neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) and is associated with significant morbidity. The objectives of this retrospective study were to 1) determine the incidence rates of CLABSI in infants admitted to a level lll NICU and to 2) identify independent CLABSI risk factors in high-risk infants.

Methods: Data were collected from patient medical records, and incidence rates were calculated per 1,000 CL days and per 1,000 patient (PT) days.

Association between neonatal homecare for preterm infants and incidence of severe postpartum depression in mothers.

Background: Understanding the association between neonatal homecare and postpartum depression could contribute to the design of evidence-based interventions to prevent postpartum depression. We aimed to determine whether the change from inpatient stays in neonatal intensive care units to offering neonatal homecare was associated with a reduced incidence rate of severe postpartum depression among mothers who gave birth prematurely.

Methods: We conducted a register-based population-wide study of all mothers who gave birth prematurely 1994-2017 to live-born infants and spent at least one night in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Growth and breastfeeding of preterm infants receiving neonatal tele-homecare compared to hospital-based care.

Objective: Neonatal tele-homecare implies that parents of clinically stable preterm infants can manage tube feeding and establishment of oral feeding in the home. Support is provided from the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) through a telehealth service. The aim of this study was to compare growth and breastfeeding rates amongst infants being managed in the NICU (conventional care) and by neonatal tele-homecare.

Parent perspectives of neonatal tele-homecare: A qualitative study.

Introduction: Neonatal homecare for preterm infants is a method of supporting families and monitoring infant growth in the home setting. Telehealth may be used to deliver specialist neonatal care remotely, using online communication methods. This study explored parental experiences with neonatal tele-homecare (NTH).

Participatory design methods for the development of a clinical telehealth service for neonatal homecare.

Objectives: Neonatal homecare delivered during home visits by neonatal nurses is a common method for supporting families of preterm infants following discharge. Telehealth has been introduced for the provision of neonatal homecare, resulting in positive feedback from parents of preterm infants. While the benefits are beginning to be realised, widespread uptake of telehealth has been limited due to a range of logistical challenges.