Category: Premature babies

1 in 200 million odds By Right to Life UK A couple from Worcestershire have defied odds of “between one in 200 million to one in two million” and welcomed one of the most premature sets of identical triplets into the world. Lauren, 28, was rushed to Worcestershire Royal Hospital on 16 January this year …

By Right to Life UK A baby born two weeks before the abortion limit, and given less than a ten percent chance of survival, is going strong after more than five months and is expected to be able to go home by her first birthday. Charvi Matthews was expected to be born on 24 February …

By Right to Life UK Twins born prematurely have been reunited for the first time after being separated at birth. The twins, Neve and Louie were born prematurely at 30 weeks’ gestation. Neve weighed just 1lb 7oz (652g) when she was born and it was thought that she might not survive. However, it was her …

A tiny premature baby who was one of the UK’s youngest people to catch COVID-19 has fought off the virus and celebrated his first birthday. By SPUC—the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children Baby Theo Stobbs weighed just over two-and-a-half pounds when he was born three months prematurely at the height of the pandemic during 2020. …

A tiny premature baby who was born weighing less than a loaf of bread has beaten the odds and is now thriving. By SPUC—the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children Baby Charvi Matthews weighed just 14oz after being born more than three months prematurely at just 22-weeks-old. Parents Millisa Matthews and Daniel Golding, from Greenwich …

By SPUC—the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children Mother Loren Lyon, from Falkirk, was unable to hold her precious twins until many weeks after their births. Billie and Bonnie arrived four months early and weighed just 2lb 2oz combined. They were Scotland’s smallest twins. After being born, the two girls were placed in special …

By Cassy Fiano-Chesser  A Minnesota family is celebrating the surprising arrival of their twins. These amazing babies were conceived at the same time, but have two different birthdays — days apart and in different months. Heather Perry was expecting to deliver her twins in May. But in February, she went into labor early. She was 25 weeks …

From the Desk of Mary Hahn Beerworth, Vermont Right to Life Executive Director It was exciting to read the recent online account of the triplets who survived their premature delivery thanks to the care they received by a team of dozens of medical personnel at the University of Vermont Medical Center (UVM MC) in Burlington, …

By Nancy Flanders  Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital in Stanford shared the remarkable story of Haven Greyson Smith, who was born at just 25 weeks gestation in 2019. He was the tiniest baby born at the hospital that year and was nicknamed ‘Mighty Peanut.’ He has overcome countless obstacles, including a battle with COVID-19, and is now two years …

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 baby born at 22 weeks weighing only 500g has just gone home after four months in hospital. Baby Sofia Viktoria Birina was due on the 1st February 2021, but instead was born in University Wishaw Hospital on the 2nd October 2020. Her mother, Egija, said: “Everything was fine at …