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I BELONG TO THE "BUSY BEES" CLUB. WE CROCHET AND KNIT THINGS FOR THE BABIES AT THE WOMEN'S HOSPITAL. I ESPECIALLY LIKE TO MAKE THINGS FOR THE PREEMIES SINCE MY GREAT-GRANDSON WAS A PREEMIE. HE IS DOING GREAT AND I AM SO THANKFUL. THANK YOU FOR THE FREE PATTERNS.

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My little gril was born at 31 weeks weighing 3lbs 15oz 17-1/2" long. She is now 7 months old and weighes 21lbs and is 28" long (WOW). She is doing great.

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My Daughter Alexis Liberty was born on December 26th at 35 weeks with a Hypo Plastic Right Ventricle. Weighing 5 lbs 1 oz and at less than 36 hours old she had her 1st of 3 open heart surguries! At 3 Months old she endured her second open heart sugery! Today she is less than a month away from being a happy and heathly One Year Old! She now weighs 20 amazing pounds! )She sure didn't end up with any of the eating problems most Cardiac babies and up with!:) She has one more surgery when she is three! It scaries me like only a mother could understand! But I am confident she will make it through as well as she did the first two!

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i had my twin boys dec.26,2003.i wasn't due until jan,25 they are in hunstville nicu unti.my oldest one was 1'14 oz and my second was 2'3 oz.they are both on they vent,but doing well.i can't wait to bring them home.please everyone who reads this keep us in your prayers.i will pray for every story i have read. thank you amy,jody(daddy), j.r and a.j mccormick

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I was born in New Mexico, USA in 1952 just 2 weeks after that hospital received the 1st isolete incubator in the state. I am intrested in problems with underdeveloped or weak cartilage . I have chronic pain in the teeth on my left side. Lots of problems in the dental chair. Type >bernie + mercury into google . That's something! I had all those fillings taken out in 1982 .My blood sugar levelled out. I have a 120 IQ but i test 8% on math! I fell of the wagon at "busy beavers" in 3rd grade! I have a 99% vocabulary but I cannot do math at all! I just need some math credits to finish 2 degrees! So even at 51 I am still stuggleing to catch up. When I went to karate' it felt like my joints were flying apart so I quit even though i was in the DOJO 9 hours aweek . Just on an intuitive hunch, I just quit one day!. I also did gymnastics, water skiing( really a baaad idea!) and rope climbing and 30 years of belly dance. All of that was doing damage to my joints and I did not realise it! So now I am takeing glucosamine for degenerative joint disease . I take vitimin E and a full comlement of supplements and I have the joint pain under control. I would like to talk to an MD or any other preemie whose intrested in this weak cartilage problem. I have had every retinal surgery known to man...er woman and I thank all the brilliant surgeons who saved my vision. Listen! whatever your limitations are just keep working and learning . Take good care of your nutrition and health and keep that stress down! I read Adelle Davis at 19 and I am now more healthy than many of my contemporaries who were born with no problems. So make health a #1 priority, it will pay off for you when you are my age, 50 .

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After trying to conceive for 10 years, we got pregnant after 1 cycle of IVF. However at 28 weeks, I developed high blood pressure, preeclampsia and HELLP syndrome. I had an emergency c-section on 10-9-03 and delivered a 1 lb 13 oz. baby girl whom we named Savannah. She is still in a NICU and doing well at this time. She now weighs 3 lbs and 2 oz. She sure is a little fighter and has surprised the doctors on well she has done. We expect her home in time for Christmas. She is truly a miracle.