Neonatal ICU Baby-Friendly
As the NCR International Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, we support the breastfeeding of our most sensitive babies and serve in accordance with Baby-Friendly Neonatal Intensive Care standards.
Newborn Stomach Size
Your Baby's Stomach Volume and Nutritional Requirements by Day
Stomach capacity of newborn babies is very small in the first days. Therefore, taking small amounts of breast milk at frequent intervals is best for their development. Below you can see the scaled visual representations of your baby's stomach volume by day.
5 - 7 ml
22 - 27 ml
45 - 60 ml
80 - 150 ml
Cherry Size
First-day colostrum is gold for your baby. The stomach is cherry-sized, so a few drops of milk per feeding are perfectly sufficient.
Neonatal ICU Breastfeeding Policy
The key elements of our breastfeeding and breast milk policy applied in our neonatal intensive care unit are:
All health personnel working in our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit have received breast milk and breastfeeding counseling training and have the skills to provide this counseling. The training also includes babies with special conditions such as low birth weight and high-risk infants.
Neonatal ICU Contact & Counseling
Stay in Touch 7/24 with Our Baby Nurse and Intensive Care Unit
Neonatal ICU Policy (PDF)
You can download and review the printed policy document of our breastfeeding policies in our neonatal ICU.