In a world-first initiative, the recruitment for the Protect Me trial targeting fetal growth restriction (FGR), a condition in which an unborn baby is smaller than expected, has now been completed. This trial, which began...
Am I doing this right? Am I producing enough milk for my baby? Are they still hungry? These are just a few of the questions swirling in a first-time mother’s head, on top of trying...
Are you a parent of a newborn baby?Monash Health’s Murrumbek Casey Early Parenting Centre has just launched a Newborn Parenting Program for families, with children 0-3 months old, looking for additional parenting support.The day program...
New mum Alex has a simple but special day planned for Mother’s Day. ‘We will come into the NICU first thing in the morning to spend the day with our daughter, Grace. There will be lots...
Mira weighed a mere 532 grams when she was born – less than a loaf of bread. Her legs and arms were thinner than her father’s little finger. After spending the first 14 weeks and 5 days...
We are proud to announce that three of our nominations have been selected as finalists in the 2024 Victorian Public Healthcare Awards!...
Thanks to Monash Health’s maternity and neonatal teams, premature babies now have access to their mother’s Expressed Breast Milk (EBM) quicker after birth. EBM has long been identified as the best form of nutrition for newborns,...
At just three weeks old, twins Aurelius and Etienne are contributing to global clinical research that aims to improve the health and development of premature infants. They are participants in the CIRCA DIEM Study, which aims...