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Has anyone ever given birth to a premature baby?

Have you, or did someone you know, give birth before hitting 37 weeks? If so, how many weeks along were you/she?
Any medical problems with the baby?

I’ve you all "beat" lol so to speak

My son was born at 23 weeks at 1lb 2oz. he was 13 inches long. He wasnt breathing due to his lungs being underdeveloped, he had IVH (bleeding in the brain) and an open duct in his heart that was letting blood in the wrong area.

Im using laymen terms to describe the medical complications as not to confuse anyone.

my son is now 19 months old, growing strong. he walks, talks (limited vocab so far), runs climbs jumps, breaks stuff in the house, and is quite a manipulaitve little bastid hehe

im very blessed to have my boy alive and strong. good luck with everyone else’s child, preemie or not

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7 Responses to “Has anyone ever given birth to a premature baby?”

  1. my sister gave bith to all three of her kids before 37 weeks…
    all children happy and healthy….
    first one came at 35 wks, second at 36 and a day, and the third at 36 and 4 days…

    dont stress…
    the due dates arent 100% spot on… so dont stress…
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  2. I gave birth at 38 weeks and the baby was fine she weighed 5lbs 4oz and was 17 inches long.
    She is now 6 months and is 24 inches and 14lbs.
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  3. Yes, my brother was born at 30 weeks and he is fine (he’s 13). No problems, but he did have to stay in the hosp for about 2 -3 weeks until his lungs matured. But that was it.

    I know of another baby that came at 24 weeks. She is 12 now and is growing like a weed. No known problems, just normal stuff like - learning the sucking reflex, lung development, etc.

    Not saying there aren’t problems, but thank God for advanced technology, preemies have such a good chance of making it now a days.
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    33 weeks.

  4. my twins were 34 weeks
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  5. my sister had her daughter real early like, at barely 26 weeks, my niece was born 1 lb 8 ounces. she was in the hospital for 3-4 months after tho
    Thank GOD she made it and now is almost 3 years old. and a very smart little girl, sense of humor and all, loves food too!
    good luck
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    my sister, and im 20 weeks with 1st :)

  6. My niece was about 2 months early, and she has had some trouble. But she is 8 now and doing well! And I was born 2 months early and I weighed only 1 pound and 7 ounces! And that was in 1960 now!
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  7. I’ve you all "beat" lol so to speak

    My son was born at 23 weeks at 1lb 2oz. he was 13 inches long. He wasnt breathing due to his lungs being underdeveloped, he had IVH (bleeding in the brain) and an open duct in his heart that was letting blood in the wrong area.

    Im using laymen terms to describe the medical complications as not to confuse anyone.

    my son is now 19 months old, growing strong. he walks, talks (limited vocab so far), runs climbs jumps, breaks stuff in the house, and is quite a manipulaitve little bastid hehe

    im very blessed to have my boy alive and strong. good luck with everyone else’s child, preemie or not
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    life’s priceless experience

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