Category: Premature babies

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 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 …

Zavannah was born on July 29th at just 23 weeks’ gestation, weighing in at a mere 1 pound and 2 ounces, making her the second most premature baby born at the medical center. Although just over halfway to full term, a preborn baby of Zavannah’s gestational age is remarkable in her development, able to hear …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …