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You are welcome to personalise your baby's space. You may like to bring in some photographs, small toys, books, clothes and linen for your baby.
Chairs are available and can be pulled up to the bedside so you and any visitors can be closer to your baby. There are special reclining chairs and footstools for skin-to-skin care.
We want to encourage you to spend as much time as possible with your baby, space can be sometimes be limited, particularly in HDU rooms. Please be mindful of the need to share space with other families in those rooms.