Your baby is now officially an embryo and is about the size of a poppy seed.
Please visit www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/4-weeks-pregnant/ for more information.
Neonatal care provision in Humber and North Yorkshire
Hull neonatal service which operates from Hull Royal Infirmary is one of four NICUs within the Yorkshire and Humber Neonatal Operational Delivery Network (ODN) and as such also accept referrals from lower level units within the region and from other units that are experiencing capacity problems.
Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Grimsby and Scunthorpe Hospital have LNUs. Both units provide care for sick and preterm babies, born at 24 weeks gestation and above. They provide care at special, high dependency, intensive and transitional levels.
York Hospital has an as an LNU and provides local care for babies weighing more than 800gms at birth, or those born at 27 weeks gestation and above (more than 28 weeks for multiple pregnancies).
Scarborough Hospital has a SCU which provides care for babies who need that little bit of extra care. Where necessary these babies can be moved to other units from this having been stabilised there.
Sometimes mums, birthing and pregnant people are moved out of the Yorkshire and Humber area due to a lack of local maternity beds or neonatal cots. This only happens when absolutely necessary as we appreciate most people want to stay as close to home as possible whilst receiving the right level of care. It can happen when there are a lot of poorly babies born at the same time or if there is a problem in one of our local units; we have had a flood in one Yorkshire unit recently which meant a number of babies needed to be moved quickly.
