Premature Birth

• N.S. couple grieves baby after ‘traumatic’ birth, calls for more sympathetic care

  A Yarmouth couple is calling for change after losing their baby in a traumatic early birth. They say they would like to see more sympathy for parents of micro-preemies.

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  Dec 2, 2025
  
• Major new Calgary study tackles ‘really big problem’ of premature births

  Researchers hope a new blood test will identify risks in pregnant women.

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  May 5, 2021
  
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• NICU nurse cares for baby, finds out dad was patient 30 years ago

  While looking through old baby photos, the new parents discovered the shocking similarity.

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  Feb 19, 2020
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• Baby born 117 days after stroke leaves Czech mother brain-dead

  Czech doctors believe they have set a new record. having delivered a healthy baby girl nearly four months after a stroke left her mother brain-dead.

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  Sep 3, 2019
• Gardens of Grace fills gaps for grieving parents, advocates for better support

  The non-profit aims to offer community-led peer support and information for parents who lost their children.

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  Mar 21, 2019
• Faith-healing parents plead guilty to negligent homicide in baby’s death

  It marked the fifth criminal case in Clackamas County, south of Portland, involving the death of a child from the religious community known as the Followers of Christ Church.

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  Jul 10, 2018
• ‘Dad’s Night’ planned to help fathers of premature, sick babies at IWK Health Centre

  The event brings together new dad's who presently have children at the NICU with other fathers who have gone through the same experience.

  Canada

  Jun 15, 2018
• World Prematurity Day: 1 in 10 babies born prematurely in Quebec

  The birth of a baby is one of the most joyful times in a family's life but for some, life hangs in the balance if the baby is born prematurely.

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  Nov 17, 2017
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• Women with insomnia more likely to deliver premature babies: study

  The study found women with sleep disorders were about twice as likely to deliver babies more than six weeks early.

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  Aug 10, 2017
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• Preemie Power spreading message in Moncton

  Moncton's Preemie Power is spreading premature birth awareness ahead of World Prematurity Day

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  Nov 14, 2016