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Some babies are at risk of having brain injury, since they did not receive enough blood supply and oxygen to their brain and other body organs around the time of their birth to keep them healthy (asphyxia). For these babies, the risk of death or long-term neurological sequelae such as cerebral palsy is high. Total body cooling is the new standard of care for these babies to prevent the development of brain damage. After talking with many parents of babies who needed hypothermia or cooling treatment after birth, we realized that they had a lot of important questions and were looking for more information. Unfortunately, the medical team may not be able to answer all their questions immediately, since their baby's progress needs to be evaluated over time. Furthermore, information available on the Internet on this topic is far from being parent-friendly, and so we wanted to help. We wanted to let these parents know what to expect over the few next days after their baby is born, and to direct them to useful information that they could read over the next days/weeks/months about what they should know and can do to help their baby. These were our motivations for creating this video and the related website.