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A mother whose baby was delivered by emergency C-section at only 25 weeks while she was unconscious and on ventilator support for COVID-19, was overjoyed to meet her baby boy for the first time in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Netcare N1 City Hospital in Goodwood, Cape Town.  …

Having a baby in the NICU can be overwhelming. Here’s some advice from a former Labor & Delivery nurse on how to get through it. The experience of having a premature or sick baby can be extremely stressful, and the NICU environment can seem very overwhelming. Parents often find themselves …

When I found out I was having triplets, I was shocked, I’d never been pregnant before, so I really didn’t have any idea what things to expect in pregnancy.  I’d trained as a nurse, did my bit on the obstetric wards and delivery suite but to be honest, whilst it was part of …

I met my partner Shaun in the year of 2011. I was 26 years old at the time, who would have thought that less than 4 months later I would fall pregnant and not just any pregnancy but with twin girls… My name is Natacha Williams and here is my …

After being told many times by my mother that I need to be super careful while pregnant as my mother and grandmother experienced pre-eclampsia, it finally happened to me at 33 weeks. I went in to my gynae for my 33 week scan, he informed me that I was not …