Category: Premature babies

By Right to Life UK A baby born at 23 weeks and two days went home after 14 weeks in the hospital and had “miracle” written on her discharge papers. Madelyn Mire was born in Texas last year weighing only 1lb 4oz. For her mother Jennilee, everything was fine until she had a medical appointment …

By Right to Life UK A 22-year-old American footballer who has been selected to play for the NFL team Seattle Seahawks was given a 1% chance of survival at birth.  Derick Hall was born in 2001, four months before his expected date. The now six-foot-three linebacker weighed just 2lbs 9oz at birth and was so small that …

By Right to Life UK A baby born at 23 weeks and two days went home after 14 weeks in hospital and had “miracle” written on her discharge papers. Madelyn Mire was born in Texas last year weighing only 1lb 4oz. For her mother Jennilee, everything was fine until she had a medical appointment when …

By Right to Life UK Baby Isla was born 18 weeks early and given only a 10% chance of survival. A year on, she’s thriving and has just celebrated her first birthday. Lauren Ormston and Oliver Dewey were expecting their first child together in July last year. But their daughter, baby Isla, had different plans. …

By Maria V. Gallagher, Legislative Director, Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation It was one of those Facebook posts which breaks your heart. A young mother who had just given birth to twins found out that one of her newborn baby boys was in medical trouble.  He was flown to a distant children’s hospital where he could receive …

By Right to Life UK A premature baby, born at 22 weeks and 5 days, is now a healthy five-year-old. Benson Artman was born in 2017 weighing just 1lb 2oz, less than a loaf of bread.  His mother, Megan, suffered from a subchorionic hemorrhage and delivered Benson at just 22 weeks. He was considered a …

By Kim Schwartz, Texas Right to Life Guinness World Records has officially recognized Adiah and Adrial as the world’s most premature twins, born at just 22 weeks gestation (126 days early), who are now celebrating their first birthday and getting stronger every day. Born in Toronto in March of last year, Adiah weighed only 11.6 ounces, …

“Most of us went in to this field because truly babies are the most miraculous creatures in the world.” By Dave Andrusko “Probably the size of my hand, just tiny,” said Sandy Fournier, the primary nurse for Maine’s tiniest baby ever to survive. “Eyes fused like a kitten.” Todaym Winner was born at 22 weeks gestation and weighed …

By Right to Life UK Doctors said baby Amaya-Rae, who was born at 23 weeks and weighed just 680g [l.5 pounds], would not survive, but after a long battle in hospital and a visit from the Princess of Wales, she is now at home with her parents. Amaya-Rae was born a week before the abortion …

By Kim Schwartz, Texas Right to Life A video of a Texas father singing to his premature son, who was given a low chance of survival, has gone viral on TikTok. The footage shows Daniel Johnson singing “Hallelujah Here Below” by Elevation Worship to his son, Remington Hayze Johnson. “Born 4 months early and given …

By Right to Life UK A baby who was born the size of a cookie at 25 weeks gestation spent 115 days in hospital and was able to spend his first Christmas at home. Baby Wells was born at just 25 weeks gestation in November 2021 with his twin, Ezra. Sadly, because the pair were …

By Right to Life UK A baby born 14 weeks early has gone home after four months in hospital. Baby Marta was born at the City Hospital in Ruda, Silesia, in southern Poland at just 26 weeks gestation. She weighed less than 400g when she was born in September last year but after she was …