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more about #prematurebabies more comments → VelmaDinkley: I had my son at 35 weeks (after being put on bed rest at 32 weeks because I was having Braxton Hicks contractions). I have awesome health insurance, w... more » DoctorJezebel: Oh, and, be happy we're in America. Viability is defined as about 22 weeks here. In Europe and Asia, it's several weeks more than that. Maybe the f... more » theKP: I'm not sure that I understand Neergaard's statement that "different factors fuel prematurity in rich countries and poor ones." That's followed in the... more » morninggloria: I place the blame on general infant assholery. Hold your fucking horses, babies. Quit being born super early! more » Theacracy: My twins were born at 28 weeks and we did kangaroo care every day that they were in the hospital (one for 6 weeks, the other for 7)... we would sit in... more » Cimorene: So, at first I was like--wouldn't 36 weeks (9 x 4 = 36) be 9 months? Then I remembered to add the extra days for non-February months, which is about ... more » Ms Meghan: I was born nearly 2.5 months premature! Holla at me preemies!!!! Seriously though, it still shocks me that this is as much of a problem. Is it mayb... more » curiousgeorgiana: I was a preemie-- 27 weeks (Mom has Type 1 diabetes). Mom was in labor for 36 hours. I was breech and in a really bad position making an emergency c... more » HannahBethD: Every single one of my sister-in-law's pregnancies have been early. The last one by a full six weeks. And yes, a lot of this has to do with shitty p... more » yvanehtnioj: I do not have children, but three of my good friends and my sister have had babies in the last 18 months, and one is due in 2 weeks. In every. single... more » badmutha: I'm guessing that lack of pre-natal care has something to do with this. more » SkokieGuy: Since anti-choicers always use the horrible aborted fetus pictures to twist the argument in their favor, why can't pro-choice develop a visual respons... more » sciencerules: I feel like there's a finer point here that's not being made--the difference between what's *morally* right and what's *legally* possible. Is it mora... more » SarahMC: As much as anti-choicers proclaim to REALLY REALLY oppose later-term abortions, they sure do their damndest to ensure that more occur. more » If_I_Had_a_Poodle: three points 1. late term abortions for conditions of the fetus that are incompatible with life are discovered late due to a lack of good prenatal car... more » -
#babyblues
13 Million Babies Born Premature Each Year
According to a study by the World Health Association and the March of Dimes, one in ten babies worldwide is born premature, with roughly 13 million babies being born each year before reaching 37 weeks in the womb. More » -
#roevsworld
When Viability Starts Earlier, When Does The Right To Abortion End?
The BBC says a Swedish study of premature infants finds 70 percent of infants born between 22 and 26 weeks (the latter part of the second trimester) survive past the age of 1. This has implications for abortion rights here. More »
