Baby the size of a cookie born at just 25 weeks home in time for Christmas

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 …

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Baby born in India weighing only 400g home after 94 days in hospital

By Right to Life UK A baby born in India at 24 weeks and weighing only 400 grams [less than a pound] has gone home after 94 days in hospital. Baby Shivanya was born in Pune, India, in May last year. Sadly, babies born before 28 weeks or weighing less than 1kg in India only …

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‘You could hold her with one hand’: Preemie born smaller than a ruler is now home

By Laura Nicole  The neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in Pomona, New Jersey-based AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center’s (ARMC) Center for Childbirth bade farewell to one of its smallest residents. After spending 35 weeks under the care of the NICU’s nurses and physicians, preemie Zavannah Rodriguez finally went home to her family.  Zavannah was born on July …

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Baby born 16 weeks early home in time for Christmas

By Right to Life UK A baby born 16 weeks early spent her first Christmas at home with her family after spending over 11 months in hospital Baby Ava was born in January this year in Portsmouth’s Queen Alexandra Hospital weighing only 1lb 4oz.  Being so premature and so tiny, she needed immediate care and …

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Premature baby helps save mum’s life after medics discover tumor during a hospital visit to see her daughter

By Right to Life UK A baby, born 12 weeks early, ended up saving her mother’s life after doctors discovered a cancerous tumor. Harriet Elsdon, 32, from Brentwood, Essex, gave birth to her daughter, Maddison Wilmshurst-Smith, 12 weeks before her due date. Medics told Harriet that if she hadn’t given birth so early, they might …

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A baby’s unexpected premature birth helped to save her mother’s life

By Cassy Fiano-Chesser A woman’s life was saved when her baby was born 12 weeks premature, allowing doctors to discover a cancerous tumor. According to the doctors, if the baby had arrived on her due date, it would have been too late to save the mother. 32-year-old Harriet Elsdon had an ultrasound when she was 20 weeks …

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Baby born before abortion limit and given 24 hours to live celebrates 1st birthday

By Right to Life UK A baby born a week before the abortion limit in the UK and thought to have only 24 hours to live has just celebrated his first birthday. Baby Hector was born in Scotland last November at the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People in Edinburgh, when his mum was …

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Premature baby who weighed the same as a loaf of bread heads home

By Bridget Sielicki  A premature baby who was so small at birth that she weighed the same as a loaf of bread has made a remarkable recovery. Now, her family is looking forward to celebrating their first Christmas together. When Sophie James was 25 weeks pregnant, her water broke, and she gave birth to her …

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‘Miracle baby’ thriving after tumour weighing twice her weight removed

By Right to Life UK A “miracle” baby, born in Australia, with a tumour weighing twice as much as she did, is now thriving. Baby Saylor Thomson was born with a rare tumour growing on her tail bone that affects about 1 in every 40,000 live births. She weighed just over a kilogram but her …

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Baby born at 23 weeks heads home with her family: ‘It’s a miracle that she survived’

By Bridget Sielicki  A baby born at just 23 weeks and weighing 535 grams at birth has finally gone home with her parents. When little Isla was born on March 4, her parents Lauren Ormston and Oliver Dewey were told that she had just a 10% chance of survival. “I was given the all clear on my …

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UK Mum gives birth to premature twins in different months

By Right to Life UK A mum has given birth to her premature twins in two different months. Hayley Burgess from Prenton, went into labour nine weeks early, on 30 September. Late that night she gave birth to her first twin, baby Charlie, at 11.30pm and, early the next morning, on 1 October, she gave …

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