Today, November 17 2013 is World Prematurity Day. Every year, 15 Million babies around the world are born too soon. 2007 saw 3 preemie's for our family. In January 2007, my niece and nephew were born at approx 32 weeks; they spent 3 weeks in the NICU of a local hospital and then came home with their parents.
6 months later, Mr. J was born at approx 36 weeks. My mom mentioned that having 1 premature grandbaby would have been more than enough, but after 3 in 6 months she never needed to see another incubator again.
However, we are SO fortunate to have the medical care we do. In high income countries, 10% of premature babies die. Which is incredibly sad, and my heart goes out to those families. In low income countries, that number is not 10 %. It is higher, much higher. That number rises to 90%.
To read some personal stories about Premature babies follow the links below:
Tanya's Stories
Avery's Act of Kindness
Julien's Story
Marcus' Story
Life on Manitoulin
My baby was premature. she was barely 5 lbs... but now she is 15 years old and healthier than any fully developed baby.
ReplyDeleteso glad that she is thriving!
DeleteMy brother was premature and suffered no effects from this.
ReplyDeletethat's great news!
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