The thought of your newborn spending their first few weeks or months in an incubator is heartbreaking for any parent. And for parents of premature babies, they often can't have much, if any, physical ...

Premature babies are extremely vulnerable and often too fragile to be held in the first few days of their lives. To make the often heartbreaking experience a little easier for new parents, an ...

NURSING and midwifery student Courtney Norman from Strelitzia Park in Uitenhage recently started a project in which she donates crocheted octopuses to premature babies at various hospitals in ...

Inside neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) incubators at one United Kingdom hospital, premature babies have an unlikely companion – colorful, crocheted octopi. These cuddly toys are used as a form of ...

Kokkola nurse Johanna Kuoppala spends all of her free time crocheting octopuses for her patients at Central Finland's central hospital. She says the hospital's need for the colourful companions is ...