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But little Osian Jones has defied the odds and is finally on his way homeWhen little baby Osian was born on November 9, 2021, at only 23 weeks his mum Georgina was told he only had a 20% chance of survival. But "warrior" Osian has defied the odds and will soon be discharged after spending the first year of his life in hospitals. Though he still has a lot of challenges ahead of him, his family have said they are very excited to bring him home to live with his siblings. Mum Georgina Jones, who is originally from Swansea, said:...

David Caldwell and Lissa McGowan recreated the original photo from 1986 with Caldwell's son, Zayne.Provided by Renata Freydin When David Caldwell pulled his own baby book out from storage, a week after his son Zayne was born, he never expected to see a familiar face in the old photo: his son’s NICU nurse. Lissa McGowan, a nurse in the neonatal intensive care unit at Saint Peter’s University Hospital in New Brunswick, had helped take care of Caldwell when he was born in November of 1986, six weeks early.Decades later, she also helped take care of Caldwell’s son, who was...

Last week, an article on CNN reported that, at three years old, the “most premature baby” ever born is now thriving. Born at just 21 weeks and four days gestation (possibly the earliest any baby has ever been born and survived), baby girl Stensrud is now a “fun-loving, spunky” little girl who shows no ill effects from being born so early. Her premature birth and subsequent survival without any noticeable ill effects is giving doctors hope that, as Dr. Kaashif Ahmad, baby Stensrud’s doctor, says, they will be able to push the boundaries of “how premature a baby can be...

My grandson was born Wednesday, October 8, 2014 and needs prayer

ESSEX, UK, April 16, 2014 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A UK hospital has apologized to a woman four years after doctors and staff let her 22-week premature son die in her arms within an hour of being born, despite the mother’s urgent pleas for help. Tracy Godwin, who in 2010 held her newborn son Tom for 46 minutes before he ceased breathing, said she was never told about the hospital’s policy stating that babies born before 23 weeks would be left to die. But the hospital has not indicated that it has changed its policy, only that it now has new guidelines...

My cousin's wife was pregnant and due in August. She had the baby last night, so he is about three months premature. He weighs only 1lb 9oz. If you could be pray, we'd be very grateful. Thanks, and I'll send them this thread via email.

A proud Florida couple is taking their record-setting miracle child home today - a 4-month-old girl who is the most premature baby to ever survive. Amillia Sonja Taylor was only 9 1/2-inches long when she was delivered by C-section on Oct. 24 - 21 weeks and six days after in-vitro conception. Full-term babies spend 37 to 40 weeks in the womb. "We weren't too optimistic," Dr. William Smalling, of Miami's Baptist Hospital, said yesterday. "But she proved us all wrong." There is no known baby born after less than 23 weeks who has survived. Amillia was the world's fourth-smallest baby....