{"id":554,"date":"2025-05-30T14:57:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T13:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/maternity\/what-happens-if-my-baby-gets-taken-to-special-care-or-the-neonatal-unit\/"},"modified":"2025-05-30T15:00:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T14:00:33","slug":"what-happens-if-my-baby-gets-taken-to-special-care-or-the-neonatal-unit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/maternity\/what-happens-if-my-baby-gets-taken-to-special-care-or-the-neonatal-unit\/","title":{"rendered":"What happens if my baby gets taken to Special Care or the Neonatal Unit?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><div 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class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center supplementary is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If&nbsp;your baby needs special care they may be cared for at the&nbsp;Special Care Unit at St&nbsp;John&#8217;s in Livingston or the&nbsp;Neonatal Unit at the Simpson Centre for Reproductive Health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you would like to see what our special care and neonatal units look like, you can watch our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/maternity\/virtual-tour\/\">virtual tour&nbsp;<\/a>which includes tours of these units or see below for a <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div 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