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App for new and expecting parents launched

21 March 2019 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) and other healthcare professionals have teamed up with the national charity Best Beginnings to launch a mobile app that will support parents and parents-to-be during pregnancy, birth and the initial first six months of a baby’s life. The free app, called ‘Baby Buddy’, has been created with parents and [...]

App for new and expecting parents launchedClaire Dunn2019-03-21T11:01:01+00:00

Mums enjoying skin-to-skin contact with newborn babies

2 November 2018 Almost every mother at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has had skin-to-skin bonding with their newborn babies, the latest figures show. Immediate skin-to-skin contact between mother and baby has "lasting benefits" for both, according to experts, including protecting babies from infection and encouraging them to breastfeed. The latest year-to-date figures show that 2,327 of [...]

Mums enjoying skin-to-skin contact with newborn babiesClaire Dunn2018-11-02T11:23:18+00:00

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