#premature-birth

#premature-birth

"It sounds probably cuckoo, but I just I knew that she was going to be OK," Plemmons tells TODAY.com. "As I would leave these appointments, I was being told, 'We'll probably lose a heartbeat before you're back at the next appointment,'" she shares. "I just kept telling my husband, 'I don't accept that. That's not going to be our story.'" Prayer gave the young mom a sense of peace,

We were told that they're probably never going to be able to walk, they probably will never regain their neck strength, so they will be disabled, and so the best thing we can do right now is to get them treatment, and then just hope for the best, she said. Thankfully, the girls have had their treatment, which you know, I'm so grateful for because if they don't have it, they will die.

PA Media Princess Beatrice has said premature birth can be "incredibly lonely", as she reflected on her own experience for a podcast ahead of World Prematurity Day. Her words are part of a campaign for premature birth research charity Borne, of which she became a patron months after her daughter was born several weeks early. "I think so often, especially as mums, we spend our lives, you know, feeling we have to be perfect to do this," Beatrice told the podcast.

Grayson Porter, born premature at just past 23 weeks gestation in December 2023, is finally home in July 2025 after overcoming numerous health challenges.

"I'm really, really, really enjoying my time with Nash and just not taking a single moment for granted. Celebrating him and watching him grow has been the greatest joy of my life, honestly."

That day was so special to me, I just soaked in that moment and just I cried, of course.

The Perrotta twins returned to Staten Island University Hospital’s NICU to celebrate their 12th birthday, surrounded by the team that saved their lives.