All Posts Tagged With: "Premature Babies"

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Nov
2009

Preemie Profile: 24 Weeker Johann

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 second preemie profile is an amazing little boy named Johann.

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Oct
2009

Coast Guard Rescues 28 Week Baby Born On A Ferry

A car ferry in the English Channel headed for Spain was the scene of an exciting airlift this morning after a baby girl arrived much early than planned.

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Oct
2009

Preemie Survived To 94 Years Old!

Agnes “Babe” Fuller thrived in the Florida sun. She was born on August 12th 1915 at her parents home in Clermont weighing a mere 2.5 pounds.

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Jun
2009

25 Weeker Fitted With An External Pacemaker

In a world first, tiny Taylor Gardner has been fitted with a pacemaker bigger than her fragile body.

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Jun
2009

Music Beneficial for Premature Babies

A Canadian team reviewed nine studies and found music reduced pain and encouraged better oral feeding in premature babies, while helping them grow and thrive.

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May
2009

Amazing Baby Doing Well After Her Heart Was Repaired In The Womb

Called a first in Canada, doctors at Toronto’s Mount Sinai Hospital and the Hospital for Sick Children have successfully repaired a baby’s heart while she was still in the womb.

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Apr
2009

23 Weeker Defies Odds By Breathing Just One Week After Birth

Arriving last Monday at just 23 weeks of gestation, Berselia Hernandez Chavarri defies odds by breathing on her own inside her incubator.

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Apr
2009

Charlie and Brooke Talk About Max and Bob’s Early Arrival

Charlie Sheen and wife Brooke Mueller Sheen speak to Entertainment Tonite in a new interview airing tonight.
The Sheens open up to ET about the birth of their twin sons, Bob and Max, born 7 weeks premature.

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Apr
2009

Nurse Accidentally Feeds Baby Fabric Softener

Somehow, a nurse in the Special Care Nursery mistakenly fed a premature baby fabric softener instead of breast milk.

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Mar
2009

Preemie Born Weighing Under 1 Pound Goes Home

After arriving 14 weeks early and weighing 440 grams, Hailey Lynn Plaur has overcame many obstacles to be home with her mom and dad.

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Mar
2009

Study: Sleep Wedges Will Not Help Prevent Infant Flat Head Syndrome

Research has found that pillows and wedges designed to prevent or treat “flat head syndrome” in infants don’t appear to do much good.

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Feb
2009

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 [...]

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