LaMarcus Aldridge Quotes

When I was born, the umbilical cord came wrapped around my neck, so when I came out, I wasn't breathing. The cord had cut off my oxygen - not the entire time, just at the end, when my mom was giving birth. When I came out, I wasn't conscious, so they had to work on bringing me back. It was a crazy moment.

When I was born, I was effectively dead. Weird, I know. The doctors couldn't get any reaction from me, so I had to be brought round, and although it seemed like I was okay, there were underlying problems.

An emergency on the labour ward needs to be addressed within minutes or else lifelong disability or even death can follow for the baby or mother.

I was born dead. Yeah, the umbilical cord was like, floppy baby, the whole thing. Yeah, it was bad.

My obstetrician was so dumb that when I gave birth he forgot to cut the cord. For a year that kid followed me everywhere. It was like having a dog on a leash.

Around 20 million premature and low-birth weight babies are born every year and are at high risk of death or disability because of hypothermia.

I had a really scary pregnancy and a very difficult delivery. My daughter and I are lucky to be alive.

I was born nine months premature.

I am the father of twin sons that were born in Philadelphia at Pennsylvania Hospital in 1983. They were 13 weeks premature. Gerry weighed 1 pound 14 ounces, and Zachary 1 pound 11 ounces. They were the first male twins to ever survive at Pennsylvania Hospital.

If birth matters, midwives matter. In Europe, there are hospitals where the cesarean rate is less than 10%, and you'll find midwives in these hospitals, you'll see a lot less re-admissions with infections and complications, and you'll see a lot less injury to mothers.

Anybody who knows about having a premature baby, it's horrific. He was part of a twin, and I lost his sister.

Hi, I'm Bill. I'm a birth survivor.

I couldn't breathe. I - I went into - literally, my kidneys stopped functioning. They stopped, you know, processing the fluid that was starting to build up in my body.

As a premature baby myself, my family faced many challenges in ensuring that I had a healthy start at life. There are so many obstacles for these babies and their families that each new day is a milestone.

On social media, we have a lot of fans. It's so important to me to spread awareness of premature babies and premature birth.

My father cut the umbilical cord for my son, because I wasn't actually there.

Everyone has an image of a premature child, but until you live it and experience it, you just don't know how bad it is.

I might not be here if it wasn't for the research and the technology that March of Dimes provided for my family and me.

I came into the world weighing one pound, 14 ounces. My family knows what it's like to go through the struggle of not knowing if your baby is going to be OK.

The leading cause of death is birth.

Hey birthers, wanna hear my theory? My theory was that Obama was born in America and you were born with the umbilical cord around your neck.

Don't think she can breathe over there, chief." drawled Shaun. "Pretty sure she hasn't kicked the oxygen habit yet.

Priapism is what happens when someone gets strangulated to the point of hypoxia.

... I started to die 36 hours before I was born, so dying was a way of life for me.

There is nothing like tasting the grit of fear for rediscovering that the umbilical cord is made of piano wire.