“We just got off the phone with your doctor. We’re going to induce you.” At 34 weeks pregnant, these were the last words I wanted to hear from the nurse as my husband and I waited in the tiny cubicle in the Labor and Delivery ward at the hospital. My back had been bothering me ...
My first and only child was born at 28 weeks gestation. It was a very scary time for me because I did not know what to expect and wanted my daughter to be ok. I am trying to put together information so parents can have an idea of what to expect if they are in ...
According to xomba.com, Joe Scarborough took a few weeks away from the Morning Show to care for his wife and premature baby. Although there are still a few medical issues, both the baby and Joe’s wife seem to be in stable condition. Prematurity happens in approximately ten percent of all births, so it is not ...
Sleep apnea is described as a condition in which breathing ceases to occur, momentariliy, while sleeping. For children born prematurely, sleep apnea can become a significant health complication and is one of many concerns for children in a neonatal intensive care unit. For these children, born prematurely between 28 and 33 weeks of gestation, sleep ...
Most pregnant women never know this, but many hospitals have a cut-off date at when they will attempt to deliver and save your baby. The term some women use for this date is called V-Day, or Viability Day. Other hospitals go by the situation, but determining when they should attempt to deliver and save a ...
Maddalena Douse is literally a miracle baby. She was born at just 23 weeks, and is said to be one of the youngest premature babies ever to survive in Great Britain. It’s not Maddalena’s birth that is the miracle, but that she survived the guidelines. According to Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper, under current ethical guidelines ...
