Neonatal Care

Newborn infants under the care of the paediatrics service will receive a comprehensive physical check-up within 24 hours of birth.

The nursery has obtained international standards. It is designed so that visiting family can view the babies while keeping them protectively isolated.

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Obstetric Packages

Our Obstetric Package covers for Normal Vaginal Delivery and Cesarean Section for Hong Kong Residents.
Please read the Obstetric Package Brochure for more.

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Infant Feeding

Infant receives nutrients either by breast feeding or bottle feeding with infant formula or both. We will help and support mothers with their preferred mode of feeding.

Breastfeeding is more than supported. The practice is actively promoted by the Tsuen Wan Adventist Hospital, in accordance with current-best medical practice.

While mothers are encouraged to breast feed their infants, both breast and formula feeding are taught and supervised throughout the infant's stay.

Anticipatory guidance and general care of the infant are given to parent lectures before the birth. Maternity and Neonatal Ward staff are always readily at hand to assist.

Breast Feeding (BF) Facility

The BF Room is equipped with comfortable arm-chairs, nursing pillows and foot rests for breast feeding mothers.

A variety of breast pumps (electric and manual) are available to stimulate milk supply. Other breast feeding products and accessories such as nipple shield, cup feeder, syringe feeder and Haberman feeder are available for mothers and babies with nursing difficulties.

Breast Feeding Counseling Clinic operates every Friday except public holidays. The aim is to support nursing mothers and to provide information and solution to breast feeding problems. The clinic is conducted by an International Board of Certified Lactation Consultants.

Breast Feeding

Human milk is the best source of nutrient for the infant. It is more than a simple collection of nutrients. It not only constitutes living substances of great biological complexity but it also provides a unique protection against diseases and stimulates the baby's own immune system. Therefore our hospital has established an on-going program to promote, support and protect breast feeding mothers.

Promote breast feeding during antenatal period

• Expectant mothers and families are informed of the benefits and management of breast feeding thus dispelling breast feeding myths.

Support breast feeding during hospitalization

• Staff will help mothers to initiate breast feeding soon after delivery.
  
• Staff will show mothers how to breast feed and to maintain lactation even if they are separated from their infants.

Protect breast feeding after being discharged from the hospital

• A 24-hour breast feeding hot-line at (852) 2276 7401 is available for nursing mothers who encounter problems at home.
  
• The Breast Feeding Counseling Clinic will follow up and support nursing mothers. This is to provide accurate information and provide solutions for breast feeding problems.

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Cord Blood Screening

All babies born at the Tsuen Wan Adventist Hospital have their cord blood tested for common Chinese congenital diseases such as G-6-P-D Deficiency and thyroid hormone deficiency. Caucasian babies are in addition offered the phenylketonuria (better known as PKU) test. This is normally carried out after a few days of milk feeding.

Blood grouping is also routinely done on cord blood.

Infants born at the Hospital are automatically given a voucher for free after care of the umbilical stomp at the Child Care Services Department.

Umbilical Cord Blood Collection and Long Term Storage

Cord blood has recently been postulated to be useful in bone marrow transplantation since it is rich in stem cell.

Parents can request for umbilical cord blood storage by a commercial firm, independent of Adventist Health. The birthing room staff will collect cord blood as an additional service. This is a very safe procedure and has been used for almost a decade.

However, Tsuen Wan Adventist Hospital cannot be held responsible for providing long term storage facilities.

Mothers will need to sign a statement declaring having been fully counseled by the commercial company responsible for the cryogenic storage, before the Hospital will provide the umbilical cord blood collection service. The latter procedure is not part of the Hospital obstetrics package.

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Newborn Immunization

All babies born at Tsuen Wan Adventist Hospital receive all necessary immunizations as required by the Department of Health in Hong Kong before discharge. These include polio, hepatitis B and BCG for tuberculosis.

Babies born to hepatitis B mothers are also given Hepatitis B Immunoglobulin during the first 24 hours of life.

Parents are free to choose to continue government recommended immunization at either our Hospital or at any local Government run Maternal Child Health Clinic or in overseas countries.

Parents will be given a record of the immunization received in the Hospital.

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After Discharge

A free umbilical care service is provided for all babies delivered at our hospital. Additionally, babies referred by their physician to the Child Care Service receive their initial child care consultation free of charge.

Our Food and Dietetics Department provides advice on pre and post-natal nutrition to optimize the fitness of both mother and baby.

Advice and programs are also available to assist new mothers in returning to their pre-pregnancy weight.

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