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Pre-Operative Care Testing

When your baby gets to the CTICU at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, he/she will have many tests.

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Meal Planning: Healthy Weight and Nutrition

MyPlate can help you eat healthy by showing which foods and how much of each should be on your plate at mealtimes.

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Lifelong Considerations

As a parent, you may have some concerns going forward. Here are some tips and tricks regarding stress, parenting, and future pregnancies throughout life.

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Feeding

For all babies, growth and nutrition are an important part of their care. Because all babies with congenital heart disease are unique, the medical team will allow your baby to eat as soon as he/she is stable and safe.

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Other Common Tests

With congenital heart defects, there are other common tests that can be performed to ensure that your baby's care providers are checking on many other functions of their bodies.

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Surgery

The decision about surgery is based on your baby’s heart problem. Some heart problems have to be fixed within the first several days to weeks after birth. Other problems can wait until the child is older.

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Discharge Planning

Depending on your baby’s heart condition, hospital stay after birth may be as short as a couple of days, or may be as long as weeks to months.

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Tests Before Going Home

Your baby will have to undergo a series of tests before going home to be sure that they do not require any more care at that time.

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During Pregnancy

Treatment for single ventricle heart defects during pregnancy

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Common Terms

Find definitions to terms you will commonly hear during your time at Nationwide Children's.

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