Preemies

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Nov
2009

Preemie Profile: 25 Weeker Elizabeth Ann

November is Prematurity Awareness Month. In honor of this, some parents who have had babies prematurely have offered to tell their stories to create awareness about his important cause.
Our sixth profile is of a beautiful little girl named Elizabeth.

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22
Sep
2007

Angel Guard-Infant Car Bed For Low Birthweight Infants

While our son was in the NICU, we met many parents who were able to bring their babies home at 4 – 4.5lbs .
Most car seats are rated for infants weighing over 5lbs, so I always wondered how these parents got their preemies home.
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11
Aug
2007

First Wilkinson Quintuplet Heading Home

Just 10 days after they arrived 6 weeks early, the first of the ‘record breaking’ quintuplets will be joining his parents at home.

Ryder Wilkinson, who was born weighing 3 lbs 15 oz, will be the first quint to come home according to dad Jayson’s blog.

Rustin and Kyndall will be following suit in the [...]

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5
Apr
2007

Nitroglycerin Patch Improves Preemie Health In Utero

In a five-year randomized trial on 153 women, researchers found that giving nitroglycerin to women in premature labour greatly improves their baby’s health.

Dr. Graeme Smith, principal investigator in the study, says that using a nitro patch on pregnant women helps to prolong pregnancy and improves the baby’s condition with fewer side effects than medication commonly [...]

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4
Apr
2007

Stress and Depression: Major Causes Of Premature Birth

Experts warn that stress and depression are the major causes of babies arriving too early.
Research shows that stress hormones – which play a crucial role in the development of the unborn baby – shoot up in women who are depressed during pregnancy.
High levels of these hormones are involved in triggering labour, leading scientists [...]

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26
Mar
2007

Another Miracle 23 Weeker

Everytime I read a story about the odds these babies have overcome, I am amazed at the strength such a small person has.
Kaven Simmons arrived at 23 weeks, weighing just over 1lb and doctors put his chances of survival at nil.

He was so fragile that his ribs broke with the effort of breathing, [...]

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16
Mar
2007

New York Newborns Potentially Exposed to TB

Hundreds of patients including newborn babies may have been exposed to tuberculosis by an infected hospital employee, city health officials said Thursday. The employee, whose identity was not disclosed, was diagnosed with active TB on Jan. 30, said Andrew Tucker, a spokesman for the city Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
The department was notified of [...]

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9
Mar
2007

Women’s College Hospital – NICU Closed

Toronto’s Women’s College Hospital has closed its neonatal intensive care ward because of a serious bacterial infection.

The ward handles premature babies, some weighing as little as 500 grams, who are extremely vulnerable to infections that are harmless to full-term babies.

Officials believe crowded conditions allowed the infection to spread. They say 41 babies currently in their [...]

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7
Mar
2007

After Scrutiny, Preemie Lung Treatments Turn Out To Be Safe, Effective

An interesting study was released yesterday concerning the long term effects of using steroids on preemies to strengthen their lungs. Most of the babies in our hospital received 1 or more courses of steroids to help them start to repair the damage and inflammation, the ventilator had done to their lungs.

My concern at the [...]

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7
Mar
2007

Pregnant With Triplets…Would You Chose A Reduction?

Today, over at momsquawk they are discussing this story where a mom found out she was pregnant with triplets after going through fertility treatments.

My mouth fell open. My husband had to steady himself against the wall. There was no jumping for joy at the tiny heartbeats. I continued to stare in disbelief at [...]

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28
Feb
2007

Home and Healthy, the 20oz baby

When Millie McDonagh was born almost four months premature, doctors put her chances of survival at one in a hundred.

Only 11 inches long and weighing a mere 20oz, Millie could fit in her father’s palm and her hands were the size of 10p pieces.

Millie is just a day older than Amillia Taylor, the baby born [...]

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22
Feb
2007

Amillia Taylor: Miracle 22 Weeker Finally Goes Home

Amillia Sonja Taylor, a miracle baby, who was born at 21 weeks 6 days has been released from a Miami hospital today.
She spent 4 months in the NICU after being born weighing 10 ozs and is believed to be the smallest micro-preemie to survive.

“The baby is healthy and thriving and left Baptist Children’s [...]

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