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After Your Baby is Born

Neonatal Care

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Neonatal Care Team

In addition to board-certified Yale Medicine neonatologists, the specialized newborn care team at Greenwich Hospital consists of nurses, neonatal advanced practice providers, clinical nurse specialists, a board-certified breast-feeding medicine specialist, respiratory care practitioners, social workers, dietitians, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists and lactation specialists in the unit to provide round-the-clock care. Our lactation specialists provide breastfeeding mothers lactation support seven days a week.

Yale Medicine pediatric specialists from Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital are available for inpatient consults and outpatient follow-up visits when appropriate. These pediatric specialties include gastroenterology, cardiology, urology, ear, nose and throat (ENT), endocrinology, and surgery, to name a few.

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)

The Level III NICU at Greenwich Hospital provides inpatient intensive care, consultative support for critically ill newborns in Connecticut and beyond. The expert medical team are specialists in the care of critically ill newborns.

The skylit unit is located next to the Maternity, and Labor and Delivery units. Our tiniest patients are monitored 24 hours a day by Yale Medicine neonatologists, advanced practice providers and specially trained nurses. The NICU contains the most sophisticated and up-to-date equipment to treat babies who need this specialized care.

Family-Centered Care

Our team is focused on providing family-centered care, which means parents/caregivers are encouraged to participate in their child’s daily medical discussions. Family-centered care recognizes and includes parents and caregivers as an integral part in the care our patients receive. Your questions and thoughts on your baby’s care are valuable to us.

Our child life specialist is available to help parents, caregivers and siblings cope with a baby’s stay which may be difficult. Our staff celebrates each small victory with families during their baby’s stay in the NICU, such as, first time baby has bath, was held, and ultimately has a graduation ceremony at discharge.

NICU to Home Program

Having an infant in the NICU can be one of the most difficult times in a family’s life. The transition from NICU to home can be even more stressful for a family regardless of the length of their baby’s hospital stay. Our NICU to Home Program provides family-centered, post-discharge medical and breast-feeding support to all NICU infants and their families as they transition from the hospital to home.

What to expect during a NICU to Home Program visit:

  • Neonatologists navigate medical care for the infant in coordination with the family’s pediatrician.
  • Ensure baby’s growth, development and nutrition is on track.
  • Coordinate follow-up visits with multidisciplinary providers or specialists.
  • An International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) provides full breast-feeding support.
  • Support both parents, for example, by providing a patient health questionnaire (PHQ9) depression screening.

The NICU to Home Program is located at Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital’s Pediatric Specialty Center at 500 West Putnam Ave., in Greenwich. To make an appointment, please call 877-925-3637 (877-YALE-MDS).

NICU GRAD Program

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit GRAD (Great Results After Discharge) Program is a follow-up program designed specifically for infants at higher risk for medical or developmental difficulties due to conditions that arise in the newborn period that required advanced care in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The NICU GRAD Program in Greenwich is located at Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital’s Pediatric Specialty Center at 500 West Putnam Ave.. To make an appointment, please call 877-925-3637 (877-YALE-MDS).

Learn more about the Program

To reach the NICU, please call 203-863-3513

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What To Expect From Your NICU Care Team

Nobody envisions their pregnancy will end with a stay in the neonatal intensive care unit or NICU. When it happens, the NICU teams at Yale New Haven Health are there to meet the needs of both the baby and their family members.

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