the mother of a very preterm baby is dependent on matters that the neonatal nurse can attend to .mother s comfort when holding and breastfeeding her baby when the nurse is sensitive to whatever emotional and information support the mother need and when she is appraising the mother and her baby . after week or months at the hospital the mother is longing to take he baby home . at that time the mother is overwhelmed with cocern for her baby and would gain from being gently prepared for discharge and home-coming