March of Dimes

World Prematurity Day

November 17, 2011

I didn’t realize until I opened twitter this morning that today is World Prematurity Day. Prematurity awareness is an issue that it dear to my heart. My first babies, twin girls, were born at just 30 weeks gestation….too early for any baby to be born. Their first days were frightening and as we rode the [...]

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Fight for Preemies…Our Premature Birth Stories Part 1

November 16, 2009

November 17th has been dedicated by March of Dimes as a day to fight prematurity by raising awareness of the premature birth crisis. Every year, 20 million babies are born premature and half a million of those are in the United States. It is estimated that one out of every eight babies is born premature [...]

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