Category: premature

‘Our Biggest Blessing, Our Greatest Reward’: Triplets Graduate As Co-Valedictorians and Salutatorian of Their Class

Triplets from Ohio, who were born prematurely, are looking toward a bright future after graduating as co-valedictorians and salutatorian of their high school class. Eighteen-year-old siblings Gage, Sadie, and Caydin Barker were born at 34 weeks gestation on Sept. 30, 2004, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Youngstown, Ohio. Currently, they live in Sebring, Ohio. On…


‘Our Biggest Blessing, Our Greatest Reward’: Premature Triplets Graduate As Co-Valedictorians and Salutatorian

Triplets from Ohio, who were born prematurely, are looking toward a bright future after graduating as co-valedictorians and salutatorian of their high school class. Eighteen-year-old siblings Gage, Sadie, and Caydin Barker were born at 34 weeks gestation on Sept. 30, 2004, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Youngstown, Ohio. Currently, they live in Sebring, Ohio. On…


Premature Baby Whose Hand Was Smaller Than the Size of His Mom’s Wedding Ring Is Thriving

A premature baby who was given just a 10 percent chance of survival at birth is now thriving. Reggie Sturgess, aged 2, weighed just 2 pounds, 1 ounce when he was born via emergency cesarian section at 26 weeks. Newborn Reggie’s hand was smaller than the size of his mother’s wedding ring. He had to be…


Baby Born Weighing Less Than a Loaf of Bread and Given Only 10 Percent Survival Chance, Celebrates First Birthday

A baby born weighing less than a loaf of bread and given only a 10 percent chance of survival is thriving now and has celebrated her first birthday. Lauren Ormston, 27, from Hartley Wintney, Hampshire, in southeast England found out that she and her fiance, truck driver Oliver Dewey, 32 were expecting their first child…


Preemie Who Looked Like a Tiny Doll at Birth Turns 2—Here’s How This Little Miracle Is Doing Now

A premature baby who was so tiny that he looked like a little doll has defied the odds to celebrate his second birthday—after spending 144 days in the hospital. Cole Rosenburg turned two years old on March 19, and he weighed just one pound and 10 ounces when born 16 weeks early in 2021. He was…


Mom Was Told Baby Died in the Womb, Gives Birth to Son 4 Weeks Later: ‘My Christmas Miracle’

A British mom is hailing her Christmas miracle baby who was born after she was told he’d died in the womb. Hannah Cole, 27, from Wibsey, West Yorkshire, England, was admitted to Bradford Royal Infirmary (BRI) in West Yorkshire after her waters broke at 20 weeks. The following day, after the doctors couldn’t detect a…


Baby Born 16 Weeks Premature With 10 Percent Survival Odds Is Now a Happy 2-Year-Old

The parents of a toddler who beat 10 percent survival odds after being born 16 weeks premature and weighing just over a pound are sharing her incredible story of surviving and thriving. Troy and Jasmine Tobias from Norwich in Norfolk, England, are parents to 2-year-old Isla. Troy builds Lotus cars for a living while Jasmine is…


Preemie Born at 23 Weeks and 4 Days Saved by Mom’s Cuddles Defies Odds and Survives

An extremely premature baby that was born at 23 weeks and 4 days—just three days before the legal abortion limit in the United Kingdom—was saved by her mother’s cuddles. When Elsie Dutton was born on Dec. 2, 2021, weighing 1 pound 2 ounces—slightly more than a tin of baked beans, the little girl wasn’t expected to…


Baby Born 14 Weeks Early Is Now a 6-Year-Old Learning Entrepreneurship Skills From Grandma

A baby girl born 14 weeks early, weighing under 2 pounds, has beaten the odds by surviving without any lasting health issues. Today, she is a happy, curious 6-year-old who has become an entrepreneur alongside her grandmother, who owns a “slice of paradise” on Earth: a working farm. Kai Ferguson’s original due date was Christmas Eve…


World Record-Holding ‘Most Premature Twins’ Are Now Happy, Thriving 3-Year-Olds

Identical twins from Iowa who broke a world record for most premature twins after they were born at just 22 weeks and one day have defied the odds and are now 3 1/2 years old and loving life. Mom of four Jade Ewoldt welcomed her twins, Keeley and Kambry, on Nov. 24, 2018. Her original…