{"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-28f84493 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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"464\" src=\"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/maternity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2022\/09\/incubator.jpg\" alt=\"Baby in incubator\" class=\"wp-image-1192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/maternity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2022\/09\/incubator.jpg 700w, https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/maternity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2022\/09\/incubator-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div 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-28f84493 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>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>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 class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-light-accent-grey-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide has-2-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading colourtextbold\">Neonatal Unit Virtual Tour<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Simpson&#8217;s Special Babies has 360\u00ba tour of the Simpson Neonatal Unit to provide families with an insight to the neonatal unit, the levels of care your baby may be admitted to and staff members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sscb.org\/parent-care-in-neonatal-unit\/virtual-tour-simpson-neonatal-unit\">360\u00ba tour<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/maternity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2025\/05\/pexels-vidalbalielojrfotografia-4005601-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"pexels vidalbalielojrfotografia 4005601\" 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