Twenty-Four Plus Six: A Family Journey Through Neonatal Care

The story of Amy Brett's baby girl, who is born prematurely and becomes a morphine addict, is a tale of medicalized motherhood and the need for greater compassion and family integration in the neonatal setting. It is also a love story between a mother and her child who defies the odds and is a testament to the human spirit's courage and endurance.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 364 pages
Publication date: 24 October 2023
Publisher: Cranthorpe Millner Publishers

Never before had I felt such a profound sense of desperation to provide solace to one of my children, and never had I felt so utterly powerless, confined, and incapable of taking action. This is the tale of a newborn who develops an addiction to morphine before even being born; a story of medicalized motherhood, replete with cannulas, feeding tubes, and surgery consent forms. When Amy Brett's baby girl is unexpectedly delivered at just twenty-four weeks and six days into her pregnancy and is promptly rushed to intensive care, Amy and her family find themselves embarking on the most harrowing rollercoaster ride of their lives. Amy's account of her journey through neonatal care is filled with impossible choices and heart-wrenching moral dilemmas. It serves as a stark reminder of the urgent need for greater compassion, sensitivity, and family integration within the neonatal setting. Yet, it is also a poignant love story between a mother and her child, who repeatedly defies the odds; a heartfelt testament to the courage and endurance of the human spirit in the face of adversity, and a living demonstration of our boundless capacity for hope even in the most bleak of times.

Weight: 394g
Dimension: 127 x 197 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781803781389