What is Premature Birth
Premature birth (also known as preterm birth, or premie) is defined medically as childbirth occurring earlier than 37 completed weeks of gestation. Most pregnancies last about 40 w...
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I posted a memory blog on the March of Dimes website honoring my twin sons Andrew Michael and Reginald Walter. Check it out at www.marchofdimes.com
Posted on 11/29/07, 06:11 pm |
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ok, what are they doing exatly? March of Dimes that is... I've seen there ads... are they just raising money for research? 
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The March of Dimes is the organization that created the vaccine for polio. Yes they do fundraise for research, and being theparent of a preemie born at 23w1d, I thank god for them. They developed a drug called surfacten, (its the lubricant that allows are lungs to expand upon inhale and deflate upon exhale so to speak). At 23 weeks gestation a baby does not make that on its on. But for this drug, my daughter would not have survived as her lungs would have been too stiff for the ventilator to breath for her.
You can visit their site and learn more info about them. Have a great day! Yolonda
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