Interview with…Doris Nginis, Maternity Nurse
3, July 2017
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Can baby massage techniques help with colic?
The similarity between working in a Neonatal Department and working in the private sector as Maternity Nurse is in the fact that you perform nursery duties, looking after newborns and you teach and support mums with the breastfeeding and both parents with taking care of their little ones.
What would you say to an expecting mum of multiple babies?
Don’t panic! It will be hard and there will be tears but there will also be lots of laughter, you are incredibly lucky – try and enjoy as much of the journey as possible!
“Touching is the first communication a baby receives,” says Frederick Leboyer, author of Loving Hands. “The first language of its development is through the skin.”
When I realized I wanted to become a maternity nurse I moved back to the UK I completed the Maternity Nurse Training course with Babyem.
Be positive and confident, those emotions pass on to their children and they in turn feel that new strength from their parents which aids good sleeping habits.