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What Expecting Parents Should Know About Micro Preemies
Parents via Yahoo News· 1 month agoA micro preemie is a baby born weighing under 1 pound, 12 ounces (800 grams) or before 26 weeks...
I was born at 24 weeks and pronounced dead 3 times in the NICU. I'm lucky my premature birth left me...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe author when she was born in 1995.Courtesy of the author I was born premature in June 1995, three...
A baby was born at 22 weeks and weighed 14 ounces — lighter than a can of beans. He's now 6 months...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOliver now, with his parents, Cat Gomez and Tom Longstaff.Courtesy of Cat Gomez Cat Gomez had a...
Canadian babies set record for being most premature and lightest twins ever born
The Independent UK via AOL· 1 year agoA pair of Canadian babies have set a record for being the most premature and lightest twins ever...
6 Things I Wish I'd Known About Having a Premature Baby
SheKnows via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDuring my 33rd week of pregnancy, my water unexpectedly broke. Two days later, I’d given birth to a...
Lower abortion limit from 24 weeks, 700 doctors urge MPs
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 months agoCaroline Ansell has tabled an amendment to cut the maximum time allowed to terminate a pregnancy -...
Premature baby weighing just over 1 pound at birth goes home from hospital
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMar. 27—When she was born in July after 22 weeks gestation, she weighed 1 pound, 2 ounces. Her chances of survival were less than 30%. But the infant named Winner beat the odds and on March ...
Skin-to-skin contact significantly reduces death rates for premature babies
Washington Post via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEarly implementation of a type of skin-to-skin contact called kangaroo mother care appears to significantly improve the odds of survival for premature or low-birth-weight babies, according to ...
How Do You Diagnose a Nonviable or Viable Pregnancy?
Parents via Yahoo News· 1 month agoLearn what a viable pregnancy is, and how health care providers use strict ultrasound criteria to diagnose a nonviable pregnancy. Medically reviewed by...
How ‘kangaroo’ care is saving the lives of thousands of babies every year
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoDr Sheila Oyella’s fourth child was born 11 weeks premature. Weighing just three pounds and...