Katrina Pugh, who went into early labour after suffering from back pains, says little George and Jennifer wouldn't be alive ...

Very premature babies Babies born at or before 25 weeks are at a higher risk of developing severe ... blindness or profound deafness 24% had moderate disability such as cerebral palsy (but walking), ...

Around 60,000 babies are born prematurely in the UK every ... Her youngest son Tom, now six, was born at 24 weeks. He spent 127 days in neonatal care before his family could take him home.

Most pregnancies last about 40 weeks ... If given at least 24 hours before birth, corticosteroids can help prevent some of the worst problems a premature baby faces, such as a severe lung disease ...

At 24 weeks, they just called me a miracle baby at the hospital ... making it impossible for me to touch my toes. Being born premature can have an effect in adulthood too. According to various ...

Giving them to women who are giving birth between 24 and 34 weeks has been standard practice for the past ten years,' he said. 'It has improved the survival rates of very premature babies because ...

A baby is considered to be premature if it is born before the 37th week of pregnancy. It is possible for a baby to survive when born at about 24 weeks of pregnancy - but the earlier it is ...

Meet the premature baby whose toy rabbit was bigger than his 3lbs frame - but is now double the size of the same toy and ...

Meet the premature baby whose toy rabbit at birth was bigger ... and Laura wasn’t able to hold him for the first 24 hours. But a week later, Laura and her partner Gareth Black, 38, were cleared ...

A full-term pregnancy is usually 40 weeks, making Curtis nearly 19 weeks premature ... Curtis shaved 24 hours off the previous record, which was held by Wisconsin baby Richard Hutchinson, who ...

Mr Elston showed that even if a handful of babies were below 1kg and under 24 weeks, the same mortality spike could be reproduced. The number of premature and low-weight birth babies included in ...

“My babies were 24 weeks and these nurses and doctors showed ... Mums will be left absolutely traumatised. “These premature babies arrive spontaneously. I can say categorically that Jennifer ...