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- 29 Weeks Pre-eclampsia
After being found having a seizure by next-door neighbors I was off to the hospital. Within an hour I had a baby boy. - Twenty-six-week-old Baby Girl Born
This is my first child. She was born at 26 weeks. - My Preemie Baby at 20
I was about 20 years old when my first baby was told to be born. I was to turn 21 in three weeks, so this was the best birthday present I could get. - 31 Weeks and He Was Here
After five long years of infertility treatment, my husband and I found out I was pregnant. We were thrilled, and looked forward to welcoming our new baby in March 2006. - Our Little Miracle
I was having a normal pregnancy until I was about 23 weeks along and my hands and feet started to swell really bad and I didn't feel right. So I had my mom take my blood pressure and she did and it was very high. - Our 27-week Miracle Baby Boy
I kept every appointment with my doctor, ate all the right food groups, played a Mozart for Babies CD for my baby, read to my baby, went on the mobile concept at work to have a stress-free pregnancy. I had the perfect pregnancy! - Seventeen and Mom of a 26-weeker
Here's my story. I started having sharp back pains Thursday night and didn't know what is was, so I waited till Saturday and went to the hospital. - Zoey May, 24-weeker
My husband and I were married on December 9, 2005. I became a wife and a mother in the same day (my 2-year-old stepdaughter). - My Premature Miracle Baby
I was 28 weeks pregnant when I had my son. It was 4:30 in the morning when I was awakened by the feeling to go to the bathroom; I stood up and there it was my water broke. - Pre-eclampsia
I got married on July 9 of 2005. My husband and I had been trying for four years to get pregnant and nothing happened. - Shelby James 32-Weeker
On December 11, 2000, I was 32 weeks pregnant. I had a pretty uneventful pregnancy till that day. - Twenty-four-weeker Miracle
Hello! My son's name is Hayden Anthony and he was born at 24 weeks, 6 days. - Thirty-two-week Delivery
Two weeks after my 19th birthday I was happy to find out I was pregnant with my first child. - Healthy Boy Born 34 Weeks, 3 Days
My pregnancy had been fairly straightforward. I was due October 3, 2002. - Birth at 33 Weeks
I was 32 weeks on August 12 – a happy pregnant women. All of a sudden I started feeling some cramps in my abdomen.
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