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If advances in medical technology now allow babies to be born earlier and survive premature birth, what of the psychical impact of this emergence into the world? What consequences can premature birth have for babies, for their families, and for the medical staff around them? In this exciting and inspiring study, the author describes the work she has undertaken over the past twenty years in a neonatal intensive care unit. She shows how a sensitivity to the subjective experience of all concerned can have dramatic effects, and how a psychoanalytic ear can allow us to understand both the problems and the progress of prematurely born babies in a new way.

Parent and infant. --- Premature infants --- Premature infants. --- Birth, Premature --- Infants (Premature) --- Preemies --- Preterm infants --- Newborn infants --- Birth weight, Low --- Infant and parent --- Infant psychology --- Parent and child --- Care.

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While there are many studies and books regarding preterm birth, both the obstetric and in the neonatal/pediatric literature, what is missing is the integration of data from obstetrics through neonatal course and into pediatrics as the neonate transverses childhood. A continued dialogue between specialties is essential in the battle against preterm birth in an attempt to relieve the effects or after-effects of preterm birth. For all of our medical advances to date, preterm birth is still all too common, and its ramifications are significant for hospitals, families and society in general.

Premature infants. --- Premature labor. --- Labor, Premature --- Preterm labor --- Labor (Obstetrics) --- Pregnancy --- Birth, Premature --- Infants (Premature) --- Preemies --- Preterm infants --- Newborn infants --- Birth weight, Low --- Complications --- Duration --- Medicine --- Maternal-Fetal Medicine --- Health Sciences --- Obstetrics and Gynecology

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Pregnancy Narratives examines the stories of women who undergo complications during the reproductive process such as difficult conception, miscarriage, still birth, premature labor, and premature delivery. Hall calls attention to how the stories of pregnancy and birth that women hear prior to their pregnancy shape the narratives they later tell of their own traumatic experiences.

Pregnancy --- Premature infants. --- Labor (Obstetrics) --- Birth, Premature --- Infants (Premature) --- Preemies --- Preterm infants --- Newborn infants --- Birth weight, Low --- Complications of pregnancy --- High-risk pregnancy --- Pregnancy, Complications of --- Pregnant women --- Obstetrical emergencies --- Complicated labor (Obstetrics) --- Labor, Complicated --- Labor complications (Obstetrics) --- Complications. --- Diseases

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This book synthesizes and analyzes research on early vocal contact (EVC) for preterm infants, an early healthcare strategy aimed at reducing the long-term impact of neonatal hospitalization, minimizing negative impacts of premature birth, and promoting positive brain development. Chapters begin by examining research on the maternal voice and its unique and fundamental role in infant development during the fetal and neonatal period. The book discusses the rationale for EVC with preterm infants, the underlying neurobiological mechanisms, and the challenges for infants’ development. Subsequent chapters highlight various EVCs that are used in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), including direct talking and singing to preterm infants. In addition, the book also presents and evaluates early family-centered therapies as well as paternal and other caregiver voice interventions. Topics featured in this book include: Early vocal contact and the language development of preterm infants. The maternal voice and its influence on the stability and the sleep of preterm infants. Parental singing as a form of early interactive contact with the preterm infant. Recorded or live music interventions in the bioecology of the NICU. The role of the music therapist to hospitalized infants. The Calming Cycle Theory and its implementation in preterm infants. Early Vocal Contact and Preterm Infant Brain Development is an essential reference for researchers, clinicians and related professionals, and graduate students in developmental psychology, pediatrics, neuroscience, obstetrics and nursing.

Psychology. --- Neurosciences. --- Pediatrics. --- Developmental psychology. --- Developmental Psychology. --- Brain --- Premature infants. --- Infants --- Growth. --- Development. --- Infant development --- Child development --- Birth, Premature --- Infants (Premature) --- Preemies --- Preterm infants --- Newborn infants --- Birth weight, Low --- Neural sciences --- Neurological sciences --- Neuroscience --- Medical sciences --- Nervous system --- Paediatrics --- Pediatric medicine --- Medicine --- Children --- Development (Psychology) --- Developmental psychobiology --- Psychology --- Life cycle, Human --- Diseases --- Health and hygiene

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Premature infants --- Infant, Premature --- Infant, Premature, Diseases --- Neonatal Prematurity --- Premature Infants --- Preterm Infants --- Infant, Preterm --- Infants, Premature --- Infants, Preterm --- Premature Infant --- Prematurity, Neonatal --- Preterm Infant --- Gestational Age --- Obstetric Labor, Premature --- Premature Birth --- Birth, Premature --- Infants (Premature) --- Preemies --- Preterm infants --- Newborn infants --- Birth weight, Low --- Diseases --- Paediatrics --- Gynaecology. Obstetrics