When a mom-to-be needs to deliver her baby 6 months into her pregnancy the date doesn’t come with anything but fear. For Caroline Lefebvre that apprehension was compounded by the fact that her baby was only less than a pound.
When Luz Milagros was delivered 13 days ago, doctors made no attempt to resuscitate her, but instead told her parents she was stillborn and handed them a death certificate.
By some amazing miracle she survived in a refrigerated box for 12 hours, but now the tiny fighter has taken a turn for the worse.
On April 3rd, a mother in Argentina grieved the loss of her infant. She was told that she had delivered a stillborn who displayed no signs of life. Before the grieving mother could see her “deceased” daughter, doctors placed the tiny infant into a small coffin and whisked away to the morgue. The parents, Analia [...]
Born a preemie at 26 weeks was difficult enough for Maci Van Riesen but what the baby girl also suffered from was a rare disorder that made it impossible for her to swallow food. From being a handful to fitting snugly in her mother’s arms, this miracle baby has come a long way thanks to her doctors and BOTOX.
There isn’t much in the world more depressing and gut-wrenching than discovering that you have cancer – except being pregnant and discovering that you have cancer.
A Redwood City, CA couple looking to just have one baby is now prepping to bring home 4!
After naturally conceived, on the first try, mom Samantha Weng was told something different everytime she went for an ultrasound. At first, they were told they would be having twins, then triplets and finally quadruplets!
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 this important cause.
Mom Amanda shares the story of her two sons that were both born premature over four years apart.
Everyday, all around the world, doctors are doing everything they can to keep extremely premature babies alive. The treatment of these babies has often been called experimental because they are so fetal, it sometimes takes unconventional methods to help them thrive.
An RACQ-CQ rescue helicopter recently completed its fourteenth year in service, on September 1, 2010. Just three days later on a routine pickup another milestone occurred.
When Emily Thomlinson gave birth to her baby at only 26 weeks, the paramedics knew they had to act fast to save the tiny baby’s life. That is when paramedic Rob Dalziel thought to use a medical waste bag and a few towels to keep the premature baby warm and alive until they could get to the hospital.
An Ohio baby made his first trip home yesterday after spending 3 months in the hospital following his very early arrival.
Carmine Yannitti made his entrance into the world at 26 weeks gestation weighing just 13.2 ounces.
Exciting news in the UK! A mom has defied the odds to give birth to the first sextuplets born in England for more than quarter of century.
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 eighth profile is of a gorgeous little guy named Emery.
