Premature birth gives the baby less time to develop in the womb. Premature babies, especially those born earliest, often have complicated medical problems.
The survival rates for a premature baby surviving rising the further along you are. Babies born at 23 weeks may survive with these specialists in a state-of-the-art NICU but the odds of survival are much lower”. A baby being born at 21 weeks survived and was reported to be a miracle. As the pregnancy progresses the chances …show more content…
A micro preemie is a baby weighing less than 1 pound, 12 ounces or born before 26 weeks of gestation. Most Micro preemies face long stays in the NICU, Some face no long term effects others face severe health problems throughout life. Micro preemies are very fragile, another day the mother spends being pregnant raises the chances of the baby surviving. Ten percent of babies survive being born at 22 weeks. Fifty to sixty six percent of babies born at 23 weeks survive. The survival rate goes up when the mother stays pregnant. Micro preemies skin is very thin with visible veins. It may look sticky. If you are visiting a micro preemie you should prepare to see the baby with tubes in its mouth helping it breathe. This means the baby has respiratory problems. ( http://preemies.about.com/). The survival rate of micro-preemies are increasing. Some key facts about premature birth are that every year 15 million babies are born premature before 37 weeks of gestation and this number is rising. Preterm birth complications are the leading cause of death among children under the age of 5 years old, responsible for nearly 1 million deaths in 2013. Three quarters of them could be saved with current, cost-effective interventions. Across 184 countries, the rate of premature birth ranges from 5% to 18% of babies being born. (www.who.int). In almost all countries with reliable data, the preterm birth rate is