Newborn

Little Vanessa Ella was brought into the newborn photographer studio when she was just 6 days new. It's the perfect age for newborn photography. I need to pose her without waking her, and Vanessa was the perfect model. She never made a peep! Vanessa was born on May 2, 2017 weighing 7.5 pounds and measuring 21.1 inches. I adore the name Vanessa, which isn't heard very often for new, little ones. I have never photographed a baby named Vanessa before, so this is a first! Her parents, Ankita and…

diapers and a steady, reassuring rise on the growth chart. I found out the hard way, a breastfed newborn often loses weight in the beginning until milk production begins in earnest. Some trimming down is to be expected, A type of jaundice. A normal range of quickly and long the weight loss lasts has been fully know. A team of researchers have developed the newborn weight tool, or newt, which compares a newborn weight in the first few days of life against those of other babies.The free tool…

symptoms begin with signs of respiratory distress, crackles, increased respiratory rate, dyspnea, retractions, and possible expiratory grunting. the patient may also have signs of pulmonary edema, such as frothy pink secretions. those patients who have conditions that predispose them to the development of ARDS should be carefully monitored for early recognition of the syndrome. initially hyperventilation causes hypocapnia and respiratory alkalosis. as the disease progresses, arterial oxygenation…

Syndrome (NAS) occurs in newborns and develops prenatally when the mother participates in opioid abuse during pregnancy1. After birth, the child is also dependent on the drug and suffers from withdrawals. The implications of NAS are both short term and long term in the offspring’s life, ranging from light sensitivity to birth defects. The primary method of treating this syndrome is delivering doses of methadone or morphine into the neonate’s system allowing the newborn to ween off the drug.…

Little Matthew was brought into my newborn photographer studio by his parents, Joseph and Raymond. Matthew Lewis was born on June 20th, so he was just 6 days new at the time of his shoot. That's the sweet spot for taking the best newborn pictures in the studio. The couple has been together since they met in 2002. They were able to legally marry last year on their 13th anniversary. They now have a beautiful son together and an amazing story to tell. They were able to have him through his own…

the glans of the penis, and the excess foreskin is clipped off. If this is done in the newborn period, this procedure takes about five to ten minutes. Adult circumcision takes about one hour. After the circumcision it usually heals in about five to seven days. Circumcision may be recommended in older boys and men to treat phimosis or to treat an infection of the penis. Approximately 55% to 65% of all newborn boys are circumcised in the United States each year. Some health benefits of…

shaped, which makes it easy to move around small blood vessels and deliver oxygen throughout the body. According to cdc.gov, “The U.S. incidence estimate for sickle cell trait (based on information provided by 13 states) was 73.1 cases per 1,000 black newborns,…

defective CF gene, a copy from each parent as a carrier. When screening infants for cystic fibrosis, the most effective way to prevent serious lifelong complications is to diagnosis the disease early. In a study that surveyed parental support for newborn screening, the results revealed that almost half of the parents wanted to know their carrier status prior to having a baby…

These measurements were appropriate for gestational age (AGA) of 40 weeks. During the first period of reactivity and alertness, the newborn was placed on the mother’s chest where she breastfed for several minutes. Approximately 24 hours post-delivery, I assessed the newborn and her heart rate, respirations and temperature were within normal limits. A temperature of 36.8 C, apical pulse of 126, unlabored respiratory rate of 40 breaths per minute, and…

The Neonatal Nurse and How They Care for Newborns Nursing has many different specialties. The specialty I am most excited for is neonatal. Neonatal nurses work with the newborn babies, otherwise known as neonates. There are different types of nurses for different types of care the babies may need. Premature infants may need a certain type of nurse, while other infants may be fine without the critical care. Like adults, babies need to be cared for and need to be assessed very carefully.…