Amazing Micro-preemie Defies Odds By Surviving Without A Pancreas

When tiny Sarah Innes was born, doctors struggled to believe what they were seeing, let alone determine how to save the remarkable girl.

Preemie Profile: Drayton’s Story

This story was sent to me by one of our readers Heather.
I became pregnant with identical twin boys in January of 2008.
At 23 weeks and 2 days my water broke and though the doctors held off contractions just long enough to get the steroid shots in me. Drayton and his identical twin Phoenix, were [...]

24 Week Baby Kept Alive With Bubble Wrap

I am always amazed at the lengths that doctors will go to to keep a micro-preemie alive.
When Gregor Craig arrived at just 24 weeks weighing a tiny 1lb 14oz, he was so small that his father’s wedding ring fitted over his arm.
His chances of survival were slim, but doctors wanted to give him every chance.
So [...]

The Amazing Journey Of A 22 Weeker

In most of North America, a baby under the age of 24 weeks may not be resuscitated if delivered before that gestation.
Doctors in Missoula, Montana must have seen something that made them think that this baby was different because on April 27 at 1 pound, 1.7 ounces, Sasha is the most premature baby born at [...]

24 Weeker Born In Toilet Is Thriving After Low Odds Of Survival

If is not traumatic enough to be born at 24 weeks, little Latiya arrived 16 weeks early while her mom was going to the bathroom.
On arrival, Latiya’s mom thought the little fighter, who weighed just a pound, was not alive.
Reliving the dramatic moment Marie, 38, said: “Latiya wasn’t breathing and her body was blue. “My [...]

23 Weeker Beats The Odds To be Home For Christmas

This holiday season is filled with many micro-preemies that have fought their way through the NICU in order to be home with their families this Christmas.One baby caught my attention so I thought I would share his exciting beginning.
Samuel Hugh Westcott was born at 23 weeks gestation weighing a meager 500 grams (just an ounce [...]

Parents ‘Last Good Bye’ Saved Their Baby’s Life

Sometimes a preemie doesn’t need to be hooked up to 10 different machines to be given the chance to survive.

When Carolyn Isbister put her 20oz baby on her chest for a cuddle, she thought that it would be the only chance she would ever have to hold her. Doctors had told the parents that baby [...]