The lactation team at Children’s Minnesota identified a lack of breastfeeding support specialized in the needs of preterm infants after they are discharged from the NICU. To bridge the gap from hospital to home, the team developed a program that allows families to connect virtually to lactation consultants from the comfort of their own home.
It isn’t every day that a newborn’s heart reaches 320 beats per minute, requiring the life-saving collaboration of two hospitals’ staff, and leading to a 155-mile helicopter ride from Duluth to Minneapolis. But that was how Baby Bennett spent some of his earliest days.
While most babies already leave the NICUs at Children’s Minnesota on their mother’s milk, the goal is to get the numbers even higher. To do just that, Children’s Minnesota began a new initiative in December 2022 called Project HOME (Home on Milk Every Time).
It isn’t every day that a newborn’s heart reaches 320 beats per minute, requiring the life-saving collaboration of two hospitals’ staff, and leading to a 155-mile helicopter ride from Duluth to Minneapolis. But that was how Baby Bennett spent some of his earliest days.
Twins Rania and Amina are “nothing short of a miracle.” While the journey to the twins’ birth had its ups and downs, the twins are now 10 years old and thriving.
As a baby, Vincent required life support to survive using a special machine called extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).
The Collective for Community Health has partnered with NACC on its First Gift program making baby moccasins for expecting parents. More than 30 pairs of moccasins were given out at NACC’s annual Community Baby Shower this month.
Eli’s journey is one of countless inspiring stories created at Children’s Minnesota over the last 100 years; his started in what has become the region’s largest neonatology program.
NICU nurse Sammy Warwick’s journey with Children’s Minnesota started as a NICU patient. Now she’s caring for the next generation of vulnerable newborns.
These precious patient pictures are from the neonatal intensive care units at Children’s Minnesota and The Mother Baby Center, a partnership between Allina Health and Children’s Minnesota.