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[2] Preterm delivery (prior to 37 weeks gestation). [2] The baby may be deprived of oxygen and thus develop asphyxia. [2] Placental abruption may also result in death of the baby, or stillbirth. [2] The newborn infant may have learning issues at later development stages, often requiring professional pedagogical aid.
Infant respiratory distress syndrome (IRDS), also known as surfactant deficiency disorder (SDD), [2] and previously called hyaline membrane disease (HMD), is a syndrome in premature infants caused by developmental insufficiency of pulmonary surfactant production and structural immaturity in the lungs.
He was 128 days premature, 21 weeks 5 days gestation, and weighed 624 g (1 lb 6 oz). He survived. [210] [211] In 2014, Lyla Stensrud, born in San Antonio, Texas, U.S., became the youngest premature baby in the world. She was born at 21 weeks 4 days and weighed 410 grams (less than a pound). Kaashif Ahmad resuscitated the baby after she was born.
Post-maturity syndrome is the condition of a baby born after a post-term pregnancy, first described by Stewart H. Clifford in 1954. [1] Post-maturity refers to any baby born after 42 weeks gestation, or 294 days past the first day of the mother's last menstrual period. Less than 6 percent of all babies are born after this time. [2]
[1] [2]: Overview tab, [8] It results in a baby born without signs of life. [9] A stillbirth can often result in the feeling of guilt or grief in the mother. [10] The term is in contrast to miscarriage, which is an early pregnancy loss, [11] and sudden infant death syndrome, where the baby dies a short time after being born alive. [10]
A premature baby who was not expected to survive after being born at 22 weeks is thriving and "incredibly determined", her family has said. Wren was the smallest baby the neonatal intensive care ...
The third trimester is defined as starting, between the beginning of week 28 (27 weeks + 0 days of GA) [36] or beginning of week 29 (28 weeks + 0 days of GA). [4] It lasts until childbirth . Timeline of pregnancy, including (from top to bottom): Trimesters, embryo/fetus development, gestational age in weeks and months, viability and maturity stages
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