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Where Do Preemies Go?

Chloe Bennett • • 7 min read
Where Do Preemies Go?

Some premature babies need to spend time in a hospital's newborn intensive care unit

newborn intensive care unit
NICU stands for newborn intensive care unit. This is a nursery in a hospital that provides around-the-clock care to sick or premature babies. It has health care providers who have special training and equipment to give your baby the best possible care.
(also called NICU). This is the nursery in a hospital where sick newborns get medical care. Premature babies stay in the NICU until their organs develop enough to stay alive without medical support.

Where are premature babies kept?

When babies are born early, have health problems, or a difficult birth they go to the hospital's NICU. NICU stands for "neonatal intensive care unit." There, babies get around-the-clock care from a team of experts.

At what weight do preemies go home?

A premature baby needs to be able to maintain their body temperature in an open crib before they can go home. 1 The time at which your baby is able to do this will depend more on their weight than their gestational age. In general, preemies can maintain their own body temperature once they weigh about 4 pounds.

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