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| Foreword | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| What is Kangaroo Care? | |
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| Today's Revolution in Premature Care | |
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| What Is a Premature Baby? | |
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| The Kangaroo Care Revolution | |
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| The Benefits of Kangaroo Care | |
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| Why Kangaroo Care Works | |
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| Can Twins Be Kangarooed? | |
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| What Is the Proof That Kangaroo Care Works? | |
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| A Mother's Story: Mary Kangaroos Ben | |
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| Kangaroo Care Promotes Bonding | |
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| What Is Bonding? | |
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| Premature Birth Alters the Bonding Process | |
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| Bonding in the NICU | |
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| Bonding During Kangaroo Care | |
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| How Kangaroo Care Reduces Parents' Anxiety | |
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| The Short- and Long-Term Benefits for Parents | |
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| The Birth of Kangaroo Care | |
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| How I Became Involved | |
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| Life in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit | |
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| An Early Arrival | |
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| The Medical Team Works on a Premie | |
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| So Many Tubes and Wires | |
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| Under the Warming Lights | |
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| Inching into the Incubator | |
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| Graduating to the Open-Air Crib | |
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| Transitions | |
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| Your Premie's Tumultuous New World | |
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| Nursery Shutdown | |
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| Understanding Your Premie's Messages | |
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| The Parent Gender Gap Is Real | |
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| How Your Premie | |
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| "Talks" to You | |
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| Physiological Changes | |
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| Behavioral Signs of Distress | |
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| What to Do If You Recognize Signs of Distress | |
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| Behavioral Signs of Happiness | |
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| Why You Should Use Kangaroo Care | |
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| Body Temperature | |
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| Heart Rate | |
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| Respiratory Rate | |
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| Respiratory Distress | |
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| Weight and Growth | |
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| Behavioral States | |
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| Emotional States | |
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| Early Discharge from the Hospital | |
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| Why Kangaroo Care Works | |
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| The World Within the Womb | |
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| A Deja Vu of the Womb | |
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| Why Kangaroo Care Works for Fathers | |
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| Kangaroo Care Protects Premies | |
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| The Contribution of the Prone Position | |
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| Kangaroo Care Empowers Premies | |
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| Is Your Baby Eligible for Kangaroo Care? | |
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| Is My Baby Ready? | |
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| Using APGAR Scores | |
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| Requirements for Sicker Babies | |
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| Minimal Handling | |
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| Ask the Nurse or Doctor | |
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| How to Kangaroo Your Premie | |
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| The Best Times to Use Kangaroo Care | |
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| Your Baby's Feeding Intervals | |
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| Treatments Planned for the Day | |
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| Your Baby's Diurnal Rhythm | |
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| Before, During, and After Kangaroo Care | |
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| Get Yourself Ready | |
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| Controlling the Hospital Environment | |
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| Get into the Right Position | |
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| What to Expect During Kangaroo Care | |
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| Keeping Your Infant Flexed | |
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| Helping Your Baby Regulate Her Temperature | |
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| Taking Care of Yourself | |
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| Kangarooing Twins | |
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| What to Expect After a Kangaroo Care Session | |
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| "Compliant Children" Your Own Reactions | |
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| Breastfeeding During Kangaroo Care | |
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| Why Breast Is Best | |
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| Your Breastmilk Is Even More Specialized | |
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| Breastfeeding a Premie | |
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| Kangaroo Care to the Rescue | |
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| The Advantages of Breastfeeding During Kangaroo Care | |
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| Getting Started | |
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| Sucking Patterns | |
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| Cues to Watch Out For | |
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| Regulating Fluids and Calories | |
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| Maintaining Your Milk Supply If Your Baby Is Not Ready to Nurse | |
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| Ask for Help | |
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| Breastfeeding If You've Had a Cesarean | |
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| Fathers and Breastfeeding | |
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| Nonnutritive Sucking | |
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| Especially for Dad: Paternal Kangaroo Care | |
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| My Research with Fathers in Latin America | |
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| Paternal Kangaroo Care Research in the United States | |
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| Fathers' Reactions | |
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| Fathers' Chest Temperatures | |
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| What to Do | |
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| Shaping the Intensive Care Nursery Experience | |
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| A Mother Becomes Empowered; A Baby Gets Well | |
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| Kangaroo Care at Home | |
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| 4,000 Babies Can't Be Wrong | |
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| When Is My Baby Ready for Home Kangaroo Care? | |
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| How to Kangaroo at Home | |
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| How Long Should I Kangaroo at Home? | |
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| Kangarooing in Bed | |
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| Regression and Sibling Rivalry | |
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| Everyone Joins In What to Do If You Must Go Back to Work | |
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| Weaning Your Infant and Yourself | |
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| Epilogue. Kangaroo Care: Caring and Curing | |
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| Introducing Kangaroo Care to Your Hospital | |
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| Current Research on When to Use Kangaroo Care | |
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| Birth Kangaroo Care | |
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| Very Early Kangaroo Care | |
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| Early Kangaroo Care | |
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| Intermediate Kangaroo Care | |
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| Late Kangaroo Care | |
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| Metric Conversions | |
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| Glossary | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |