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I was born at 24 weeks and pronounced dead 3 times in the NICU. I'm lucky my premature birth left me mostly unscathed.
I was born at 24 weeks, which had a survival rate of 40% in the 90s. My premature birth didn't leav…
Hayley Folk
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Woman says she 'feels great' after using IVF to give birth to twins at 70 years old. Doctors say the birth was irresponsible.
A 70-year-old woman in Uganda gave birth to twins using IVF. Many doctors say IVF is not recommende…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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A 26-year-old Stanford grad student created a simple test to predict which pregnancies are likely to become premature deliveries
Mira Moufarrej won a $15,000 award for her invention of a series of blood tests detecting preterm l…
Anna Medaris Miller
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The world's most premature baby who was given 0% chance of survival has just celebrated his first birthday
Weighing 11.9 ounces at 21 weeks, Richard Scott William Hutchinson, of Minnesota, broke the Guinnes…
Kelsie Sandoval
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Skin-to-skin contact between mother and newborn significantly improves outcomes for premature babies
Kangaroo mother care, a type of direct skin-to-skin contact between moms and newborn babies, may re…
Jennifer Beck Goldblatt
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My triplets died within hours of their birth. It changed how I parent my 3 living children.
His triplets were born at 6 months gestation and shortly after died. He says the experience changed…
Kelly Burch
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‘Early diagnosis of retinopathy of prematurity can save 5,000 babies from going blind’
ROP is said to be responsible for 20% of childhood blindness.ROP is an eye disease that can occur i…
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There's even more evidence premature birth rates are dropping during the pandemic
Research indicates that fewer preemies are being born during COVID-19. Doctors say this could lead …
Kelly Burch
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One couple packed up an RV and drove 1,300 miles to give birth in Virginia to escape the high Black maternal mortality rate in Texas
As the maternal mortality crisis continues to worsen in the US, some Black women are crossing state…
Brianna Holt
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'90 Day Fiancé' star Loren Brovarnik admits she's 'freaking out' before her son's premature birth via C-section: 'Did I do something wrong?'
"I know it doesn't seem like it, but I've been crying for the last hour," "90 Day Fiance" star Lore…
Esme Mazzeo
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I was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer shortly after my son's birth. 13 years later, I'm still here.
Elizabeth O'Connor was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer, which has a notably low survival r…
Jane Ridley
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All my children were born not breathing, and 2 didn't survive birth. I buried myself in work to avoid my grief and it backfired.
Two of Mark Hopkins' children were stillborn, and one had a traumatic birth. It took him years befo…
Nicola Prentis
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I lost one of my twins 3 days after his birth. I never got to tell him I loved him.
The author shares how she expected to have her whole life next to her children, so she never told h…
Rebecca Vijay
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An Alabama baby born at 21 weeks has been certified the most premature in the world
Curtis Zy-Keith Means weighed 14.8 ounces at birth, seven times less than an average full-term newb…
Sinéad Baker
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The US is the second-most expensive country to give birth in — here's what you'll pay and tips to save
Your insurance, location, birth plan, and labor complications can all affect the cost of childbirth…
Rebecca Strong,Alissa Erogbog…
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COVID vaccines do not trigger pre-term birth, according to a large CDC study
When looking at more than 46,000 new moms, researchers found vaccine status didn't affect rates of …
Anna Medaris Miller
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I gave birth in Ukraine during the war and fled when my baby was 7 days old
Galina Diakonenko was eight months pregnant when Russia invaded Ukraine. The mom was evacuated when…