Iseluleko kubazali be-Preemie Twins kwi-NICU
Ukuba amawele akho okanye ukuphindaphinda azalwe ngaphambi kwesikhathi, bangadinga ukulaliswa esibhedlele kwiNICU (iNyunithi yokuNakekelwa kweNonatal Intensive) ngenkqu zabo iinkqubo ezifayo zingabanjwa. Kungaba yinto ebangela ukwethusa nokukhathazeka kubazali kumanqanaba amaninzi. Hhayi nje kuphela ukukhathazeka ngeentsana zakho ezixabisekileyo, kodwa unokuba uzive ungenakunceda. Oogqirha, oongikazi kunye nabasebenzi bezonyango baphethe iintsana zakho, kwaye unganakukwazi ukulawula imeko.
Kusenokwenzeka ukuba ufumane imvume yokuphatha abantwana bakho.
Nangona kunokuba ngumngeni ukwenza umtshato kunye neentsana phantsi kwezi meko, kubalulekile ukwenza konke onokukwazi ukuthatha inxaxheba ekunyamekeleni kwabo. Akuzuzisi nje kuphela iintsana, kodwa kuya kunika ingqondo yokulawula imeko, ukuvakalelwa kukuba wenza okuthile ukunceda. Oogqirha bakho kufuneka bakukhuthaze kule migudu, njengoko uphando luxhasa ukubaluleka kokunyamekela kwabazali.
Kukho izinto ezininzi ongayenza ukuze uhlakulele umva wokubambisana neentsana. (Khangela abasebenzi basebhedlele ngaphambi kokuqhubeka.)
- Beka imifanekiso yabathandekayo kwiincubators zabantwana. Le ndlela yindlela enobomi okanye ootata nomkhulu ukuba bazive besondelene neentsana.
- Yenza i-crib okanye ibhedi okanye izilwanyana ezixutywayo okanye ezinye izinto zokuthuthuzela.
- Thatha imifanekiso eninzi yeentsana. (Nangona ucinga ukuba awuyi kufuna ukujonga emva kweli xesha elilukhuni, uya kuwuqonda imifanekiso kwixesha elizayo, xa ubona ukuba bafike ngaphaya kangakanani.
- Yenza ukurekhoda kwezwi lakho ukuthetha, ukucula okanye ukufunda kwiintsana.
- Yazi iintsana zakho njengabantu ngabanye. Ngaba umntu uyaqhiphuka ngeezwi elikhulu? Ngaba omnye uthanda ukuchukumisa xa ubanjwa?
Ngokuxhomekeke kwimigaqo-nkqubo ye-NICU, unakho ukufaka isandla ekunyamekeleni iintsana ngeendlela ezithile.
Xoxa ngeendlela ozikhethayo nabasebenzi. Abaninzi baya kuvumela abazali abangabantwana abangabalulekanga ukuba bancede, batshintshe i-diapers yabo, okanye bancedise nezinye iinkqubo ezifana nokuguqulwa. Nangona iintsana zakho zingenakulungele ukuphathwa, unokunceda ngezinye iindlela, njengokuthatha ekhaya ukuhlamba iimpahla zokuhlamba.
Enye yezona ndlela ezibaluleke kakhulu oomama abanokufaka isandla kwiinkqubela zabo iintsana kukunyusa ubisi lwebele. Ininzi ye-NICU ineendawo zokupompa, okanye unokrazula okanye uthenge umpompo wokusetyenziswa ekhaya okanye emsebenzini. Naluphi na umthamo wobisi lwebele lubuncedo. Nangona iintsana zakho zingenako ukufumana ubisi lwebele ekuqaleni, ungazifakela ubisi obumpofu ukuze ulisebenzise kamva. Ubisi oluveliswa ngumama linezakhiwo ezikhethekileyo ezifumana inzuzo kubantwana abancinci ngezindlela ezininzi, ukunceda ukukhusela intsholongwane nokukhuthaza ukukhula.
Ekugqibeleni, qaphela izibonelelo zokuphindaphinda kunye nokuthetha nabasebenzi bezhedibhedlele ngemigaqo-nkqubo yalo mcimbi. Emva kokuba behlangene esibelethweni, iintsana zinokufumana induduzo kunye namandla okuba sisondelene ne-twin yabo emva kokuzalwa. Uninzi lwezibhedlele zifuna ukuba i-multiples ihlukane ukuze kuphuculwe ubungozi bokusuleleka kunye nokuxuba, kodwa banokuzimisele ukuqwalasela ezinye iindlela, njengokubeka iifubators eziseduze okanye ukulinda de ukuba iintsana zikhulile kwaye ziphilile.