The leading cause of death for girls 15 to 19 worldwide is not accident or violence or disease; it is complications from pregnancy. Girls under 15 are up to five times as likely to die while having children than are women in their 20s, and their babies are more likely to die as well.
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.
Prenatal care is one of the most effective ways to reduce maternal mortality because it identifies complications or high risks before emergency situations.
When my babe was born, they said it was premature. It weighed only four pounds; but God let it live.
Many premature babies are never given a chance to make it out of the hospital.
I was born two months early, and everyone had given up on me. But my mother insisted on my life.
When my little son, Prince, had health issues as a baby, we were told that he had a 20 percent chance of survival.
They are very healthy. Yes, they were sucking and breathing on their own and everything when they came out. So there was no need to stay in the hospital. So we took them home the next day.
Anybody who knows about having a premature baby, it's horrific. He was part of a twin, and I lost his sister.
I know that I have this platform with our fans and with social media and all of that good stuff. I really hope that people become more aware of premature birth, and I hope there's more that can be done to prevent this.
I was born on the eighteenth of December, 1935, in the town Bourg-en-Bresse, about thirty miles northeast of Lyon, the second of three sons of Jeanne and Jean-Victor Pepin. Weighing only two and one half pounds, I nearly died at birth.
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.
He was born early. But he was born within a safe range of premature.
I get pregnant pretty easily, but I have a hard time keeping them.
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 encourage my fans to get involved, whether it's just educating yourself on premature birth, or you can donate or volunteer.
Gautham was a premature baby. I remember when doctors said that his health condition was critical, I was tense. I could afford the treatment, but a lot of commoners can't. I believe more children's lives can be saved if we work towards it.
I nearly missed the births of both of my children, and both were around international weeks.
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.
Hi, I'm Bill. I'm a birth survivor.
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.
So we were doing this scene, and the kids get 20 minutes a day, um, so, all I had to do was pick him up out of the incubator and take him out, and that was the whole shot.
And I remember that the editors wanted to have a witness to say that this was really the case, because it was a very sharp picture of the just the face, the head of the fetus inside the womb.
With River's birth, nothing went according to plan. My water broke three weeks early, and after 12 hours of labor and Pitocin, I was in incredible pain and still only one-centimeter dilated.
