Protect the Preemies - November 18th Is Premature Baby Awareness Day

healthnews.com — My mother always tells the story that my brother and I didn’t want to be Fall babies as predicted and were stubborn enough to be born in the Summer months. Although my older brother and I are three years apart, we were both born three months early, the preemie-preemies. Hospitals have come a long way since the 1980s but premature birth is still a huge risk for babies and for those that survive, just the fact that the babies weren’t fully developed in the womb before birth can cause health and mental problems down the line. One in every 8 babies born in the United States are premature. (Premature is defined as delivery prior to 37 weeks of gestation.) A lot of babies are kept in the hospital weeks or months after delivery until they are able to go home, throwing families into turmoil waiting for their little one to get released, hopefully without any lingering health problems.

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