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Re: premature survival rates

From: anon (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 13 Sep 2002 12:20:56 -0500 (CDT)

At Fri, 13 Sep 2002, Kristi wrote: >
>At Thu, 12 Sep 2002, Alicia M. Lapidus M.D. wrote:
>>
>>At Thu, 12 Sep 2002, anonymous wrote:
>>>
>>>Just out of curiosity i was wondering how early a baby can be born and
>>>have a good chance of living, with not many complications. Thanks.
>>
>My hubby is a neonatal nurse and this is what he says. Like the doctor
>said, 1000 grams is about where they like them to be to have a good
>chance at a healthy outcome. This would be approximately 28-29 weeks or
>over 2 pounds in weight. The typical cut-off for a premie is 500 grams.
>If a baby is born under 500 grams, typically it will not survive. This
>would be the ones born in the 24-25 week stage or that weight right at a
>pound.

Actually, there have been some that have survived at 20-23 weeks but the key word is "survive"- they have extensive mental retardation and physical disabilities.

My nephew was born at 27 weeks, and he is a completely normal teenager.



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