Table of Contents

Contents

Anatomy
Bereavement – dealing with the loss of a baby
Bottle feeding 
Breastfeeding 
Calculating feed requirements
Changing stools
Contraception
Cord care
Developmental care
Discharge
Drugs for neonates
Emergencies 
Fluid balance
Hand expression
Hypoglycaemia in the newborn
Lochia
MEOWS - Modified Obstetric Early Warning System
Neonatal examination
Neonatal jaundice 
Neonatal screening 
Phototherapy
Post birth care
Postnatal examination
Postnatal complications
Skin to skin
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
Thermoregulation of the newborn
Transient tachypnoea of the newborn
General abbreviations
Support groups

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