SWB Neonatal Unit

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SWB NHS Trust on TikTok We’re feeling the love in our Neonatal Unit this Valentine’s Day! 🥰

Thanks for all the support

It’s world Prematurity Day and our neonatal staff are raising awareness by holding a bake sale - thanks to Manila Artisan Breads - with other food and knitting goods donated by Asda and Pheasey Knit and Natter.
Pick up a tasty treat before 3.30pm.

It’s World Prematurity Day 🙌
Go little rockstars 🥰

Can anyone help us?

Update: Thank you for the amazing response we have received from this post! The neonatal unit now have plenty of squares to keep them going and do not need any more.

Update: To confirm the size required is between 5 to 10 cm square. If you have any further questions please contact 07976499507.

Are you a knitter or seamstress? Our neonatal unit urgently need your help to make bonding squares. When a tiny baby arrives on the unit, a bonding square is placed close to them, whilst its match is given to mum. The squares get swapped over so that baby has mum’s safe, familiar smell and mum can smell her baby when they are not together. This also helps mum express her breast milk.

We are looking for simple pairs of matching squares made from soft, clean, new fabric with hemmed edges (muslin fabric is good for these), knitted or crocheted but with no large hole that can trap little fingers or toes. Size between 5 to 10 cm square please.

Please address them to: The Infant Feeding Team, Maternity Department, City Hospital, Dudley Road, B18 7QH or drop them at the neonatal unit and mark for the attention of the infant feeding team.

Here they are again x our amazing NCOT team xx xx

The Partnerships with the Community Award, sponsored by SWBH NHS - Your Trust Charity shows how teams have been working with our communities to make a difference. Step forward Ladies fighting breast cancer, the Integrated Discharge Hub, the Living Well Team & Neonatal Community Outreach.
The winner will be revealed on 7 Oct.

Our amazing Carmen x is defo our rising star 🌟

Stepping forward into the Star Awards spotlight are our finalists for the Rising Star Award.

All these staff members have demonstrated outstanding ability, talent, communications skills and leadership, showing great promise for the future.

Good luck to the following:

• Carmen Nuttall – Neonatal Community Outreach Team Leader
• Jason Yap – Consultant
• Scott Shenton – Infection Prevention and Control Support officer
• Simon Lines – Matron
Find out who wins on 7 October when we hold our staff recognition event.

Check out our finalists for the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion award - Amber Markham, Afrah Muflihi, Corrine Dacosta, and the Women’s Clinician Network.
They're all shortlisted for the Star Awards, our staff recognition event which is being held on 7 October.
All are worthy contenders - we wish you the best of luck!

Repost: The Breastfeeding Network (UK) If you're breastfeeding your little one in this heat, remember:
☀️ In hot weather, your baby may want to feed more often or for longer than usual.
☀️ If they're under 6 months and exclusively breastfed, there's no need to give any additional water - just feed on demand to keep them hydrated and make sure you're getting plenty of fluids yourself.
☀️ Your body will generally continue producing enough milk for your baby's demand (except if you get extremely dehydrated), but keep on top of your water and ice lolly intake for your own wellbeing!
☀️ Babies over 6 months who have started eating solid foods should be offered water in a cup with meals, and throughout the day in hot weather.
More info on keeping your baby safe in the sun can be found here:
https://www.nhs.uk/.../first.../safety/safety-in-the-sun/

Can anyone help??

UPDATED: Calling all knitting enthusiasts - we need your help in creating some b***s - see pic!

If you're able to assist us, then please send in your creations to the Infant Feeding Team, Maternity Department, at City Hospital, Dudley Road, B18 7QH
For more information call Louise Thompson on 07976499507.

For those asking here’s a link to a pattern:
https://www.breastfeedingnetwork.org.uk/wp-content/pdfs/Knitted_Breasts.pdf

Please note: The Dudley Road entry and exit point to City Hospital will be closed off completely over the next weekend (28-29 May) for essential road works.

If you are attending City Hospital on these days please use other entrances and factor in additional travel time as appropriate.

To our amazing, dedicated, kind, compassionate, hardworking nurses xx Thanks for everything u do for our tiniest humans x # # #

Wowsers our NCOT team are doing amazing! Well done to all # # #

Poorly West Bromwich mother and baby first to get help from new NHS service A tiny West Bromwich baby and her seriously ill mother were some of the first people to get help from a new service from the NHS.

Our lovely Carmen x smashing it 🤩

We're long overdue another Star of the Week, so congratulations to Carmen Nuttall, Neonatal Community Outreach Team (NCOT) Team Leader.

Carmen has taken on a new role, completely different to that which she was doing before, developed a service and team, which comprised of procuring new equipment, writing guidelines and SOPs, learning new data capture techniques, interviewing colleagues, writing patient leaflets, scoping out other services, both established and relatively new, and much much more.

The service, known as NCOT (Neonatal Community Outreach Team) recently launched - it has a Twitter account here: https://twitter.com/NcotSwbh - and will be a fabulous addition to neonatal services, enabling our babies to be cared for in the community by their parents/carers through facilitating special care treatment at home, empowering them in the care of their child/children.

Bye Phil, u will be missed by us all x enjoy your next chapter xx

Remember … if you need support over this bank holiday weekend, the lovely volunteers from National Breastfeeding Helpline UK are there to listen every day of the year 9:30am-9:30pm ☎️ 0300 100 0212
Our B.E.A.R.S virtual groups will be resuming on Wednesday, and Sandwell parents and families can still get in touch via DM or by calling 07505 775357 to arrange phone/text support for next week 💜

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Wow! The people in our local community are amazing xx we asked for help with our Xmas pressies for the babies and they have delivered xx thanks so much 🎄🎄🎅🏼

On World Prematurity Day we would like to take an opportunity to thank all the amazing staff we have in the region
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Cases of respiratory illness in children are higher than usual for this time of year. If your child becomes breathless or has difficulty breathing, contact NHS 111 or your GP immediately. Find out more about the symptoms here https://bit.ly/3wPHiPb

Lots of excitement today x we had a visit to
our brand new neonatal unit in our brand new hospital 🤩🤩

Looking beautiful for a special reason

As part of we have lit up the outside of our maternity building blue and pink to pay tribute to babies who have been lost to miscarriage, stillbirth and neonatal death.

You can read more here: https://www.swbh.nhs.uk/media/maternity-building-turns-sky-pink-and-blue-to-mark-baby-loss-awareness-week/

Fabulous opportunity to come and join our Neonatal Community Outreach Team

http://swbh.healthjobsuk.com/vacancy/3484959

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NHS Jobs - Neonatal ODN Lead Care Coordinator Location: Birmingham Women’s Hospital, Salary: £45,753 to £51,668

If you're planning a trip away this summer and will be travelling by car, you might find it useful to familiarise yourself with our top tips for car seat safety 👇

We often get questions about hammocks and other baby products that pop up on Facebook and Instagram.

We do not recommend hammocks as they are not a firm flat surface for babies to sleep on. The safest place for your baby to sleep is on a firm, flat and waterproof mattress in a clear cot or sleep space.

Our bodies are amazing 🤩

It’s 💋😘!! Have you ever wondered why we have a biological urge to kiss our babies? While it may not be safe for other people to kiss your baby, for parents, it can be irresistible! 💜⁣
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Admiring and kissing your baby is actually a natural response to parental instincts. Not only are you performing "claiming behaviours" (much like an animal licks their newborn to become familiar with their baby), but if your baby is breastfed, you are providing them with the EXACT antibodies needed to keep them healthy. ⁣
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By kissing baby, the body analyses any pathogens that baby may have come into contact with, then creates the antibodies to fight that pathogen, creating a custom breastmilk 'recipe' to treat it, even if baby is not nursing directly from the breast. These antibodies are specifically tailored to bacteria and viruses found in your environment. Just 20 minutes after being exposed to an infectious agent, the body produces the matching antibody in the milk. Amazing!⁣
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For more information about cold sores and herpes in a baby visit https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/neonatal-herpes/⁣
For more information and links to scientific breastmilk research articles visit; http://www.newbaby101.com.au/motherbaby-sharing-pathogens-goes-viral-on-facebook/ and www.laleche.org.uk/amazing-milk/ ⁣
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Safe sleep Q&A over The Lullaby Trust today!

Safer sleep Q&A.

Our Safer Sleep Advisers are available to answer your safer sleep questions between 11am - 1pm today.

Pop your questions in the comments!