Personal stories from our members
Stories from parents with babies...Read about our own preemies of all ages. If you would like to share your preemie's story email us one or two pictures and a short description of your preemie experience to Read about our own preemies of all ages. If you would like to share your preemie's story email us one or two pictures and a short description of your preemie experience to info@preemiestoday.org.
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Personal stories about preemies born at 25 weeks gestation or less
Nathaniel's Story - 24 Weeks
I planned on having a holiday a baby since Nathaniel was due on the 4th of July. But, I didn’t know he’d arrive on another holiday altogether – St. Patrick’s Day!
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Jack's Story - 24 Weeks
"You would never guess!" is what most people say when they meet Jack for the first time. That's a wonderful exclamation to hear when people learn about his very rocky beginning.
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Alex's Story - 25 Weeks
In Sept 2002 we found that we were pregnant. Two months later my problems began.
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Personal stories about preemies born between 26 and 30 weeks gestation
Ethan's Story - 26 Weeks
Already raising two healthy sons, who are growing like weeds, we were so excited to find a third was on the way. Little did we know that he would be here much sooner than we expected.
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Madison's Story - 26 Weeks
I loved being pregnant and couldn’t wait for the day that I would meet my beautiful baby. I never knew that day would come so soon.
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Jake's Story - 27 Weeks
There was almost no amniotic fluid and Jake only measured at the size of a 24 week old fetus despite the fact that he was 27 weeks gestation.
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Personal stories about preemies born from 31 to 36 weeks gestation
Will's Story - 33 Weeks
We stayed in the NICU for nearly 50 days. Those 50 days seemed like forever to me.
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Jamie and Brenna's Stories
Due to one nurse not giving me a single shot when my son Connor was born, I have had two children fight for their lives in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU's).
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I was 36 when I gave birth to my second child, Jason. And this pregnancy was nowhere near normal. I had been diagnosed with gestational diabetes, placenta previa and was hospitalized twice for pre term labor.
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