NICU iPhone Apps

If you have an iPhone I found two NICU related apps that help parents:

NICU Words

This one is free, and a great resource. From the description on the app page:

Having a child that is born premature exposes you to the world of NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Units) and SCN (Special Care Nurseries) where it can seem like people are speaking a foreign language. This app created by the Australian premature baby support charity the Life’s Little Treasures Foundation provides easy explanations to the words, machinery and medical terms that you hear in NICU/SCN.

NICU Words is a glossary designed to provide clear explanations of what medical terms, medical machinery and what medical roles are in NICU and SCN.

Features of this app
-Concise list of medical terms and medical machinery
-Description of roles of medical personnel in NICU
-Search function to help you search for words
-Over 170 words and terms featured
Easy to use and a great tool for parents with a “little treasure” in hospital going through the NICU/SCN journey.

By the same makers is this next excellent app:

Premature Baby Journal

This one costs $2.99. I found it really useful for tracking all sorts of stats. Again quoting from the app page:

Having a child that is born premature can be a very traumatic rollercoaster ride and this app created by the Australian charity the Life’s Little Treasures Foundation provides a place to store all your baby’s medical progress as well as a journal section for you to record your feelings.

The Premature Baby Journal is designed to track your baby’s progress through hospital and beyond. This app makes it easy to also track your baby’s feeds and when you (the mother) need to express.

Features of this app
-Records baby’s birth details
-Keep journals for multiple babies
-Converts actual age into corrected age (weeks)
-Tracks weight, feeding and temperature in graphs
-Tracks milestones and allows you to upload photos
-Records number of feeds, time of feeds, amount of feeds and method of feed
-Records total feeds given to baby per day
-Records number of expresses and amount expressed by mother
-Set alarm for when next express is due
-Record your feelings of all family members in journal section
-Set reminder for questions to ask to match the doctor’s rounds in hospital
Easy to use and a great tool for parents with a “little treasure” in hospital .
This app can be used world wide with settings for both imperial and metric

Both of these apps are by Lifes Little Treasures. I’ve got no affiliation with them, but I applaud them for doing something to reach out to parents and to pay for the creation of these apps.