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Topic Index - Newborn

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Normal Newborn Home

Preparing for Your New Baby

Choosing a Pediatrician

Getting Ready at Home

Preparing the Family

Baby's Care After Birth

Baby's Care in the Delivery Room

Baby's Care After a Vaginal Delivery

Baby's Care After a Cesarean Delivery

When a Baby Has Difficulty After Birth

Newborn Care

Common Procedures

Eye Prophylaxis/Vitamin K Injection

Newborn Screening Tests

Childhood Immunizations

Hearing Screening Tests for Newborns

Newborn Health Assessment

Measurements

Physical Examination

Gestational Assessment

Newborn Warning Signs

Newborn Appearance

Normal Newborn Behaviors and Activities

Newborn - Reflexes

Newborn - Sleep Patterns

Newborn - Senses

Newborn - Crying

Bathing and Skin Care

Umbilical Cord Care

Diapers/Diaper Rash

Circumcision

Breastfeeding Your Baby

Breast Milk Is the Best Milk

Getting Started

How Milk Is Made

Effective Breastfeeding

Effective Sucking

Breastfeeding Difficulties - Mother

Sore Nipples

Insufficient or Delayed Milk Production

Low Milk Production

Flat or Inverted Nipples

Plugged Milk Ducts

Mastitis

Breastfeeding Difficulties - Baby

Ineffective Latch-On or Sucking

Slow or Poor Infant Weight Gain

Mismanaged Breastfeeding

Over-Active Let-Down

Breastfeeding and Returning to Work

Maternity Leave

Your Workplace

Childcare

Introducing a Bottle

Breast Milk Expression

Helpful Equipment

Getting Ready

At Work

Breast Milk Collection and Storage

Using a Breast Pump

Storing Your Breast Milk

Thawing Breast Milk

Taking Care of Your Breast Pump and Collection Kit

Maternal Nutrition and Breastfeeding

Bottle-Feeding

Infant Feeding Guide

Newborn Complications

Birth Defects

Birth Injury

Jaundice

Hypoglycemia

Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn

Thrush

When to Call Your Physician

Fever in a Newborn

Measuring a Baby's Temperature

Behavior Changes

Skin Color Changes

Breathing Problems

Gastrointestinal Problems

The New Mother - Taking Care of Yourself After Birth

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