In chapter 10, I read one concept which I think it's pretty attractive. It's Prematurity. My mother told me I was a preterm birth baby, so I have more interesting on this content. Premature infants are those born at fewer than 36 week's gestation. There is a positive correlation between infant survivability rate and gestation week, and it's negative between odds of fetal survival and the odds of developmental disorders. Unfortunately, babies who under 21 weeks are 0% survival rate now. According to the
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One thing from lecture I found was amazingly surprising was all humans are premature (Not in the definition you stated but in general compared to other animals.) which I think Professor Simpson stated in his first lecture. This was because of our vertical stance. I also wondered if we were not all premature babies then would we have a higher intelligence or more development of some sort (physical, cognitive). Would it be similar to what we call preterm babies today with underdeveloped organs or could our organs develop more or could it be something completely different.
I believe that stories of premature baby survivals are the absolute most amazing because they carry the message that miracles can and do happen. These events can truly test a family's will and faith, bringing people closer than ever. But recently after learning more about what life is like for these premature babies (having disabilities and difficulties with living a normal life), it just makes me wonder about the true long term affects that prematurity has on these small and precious humans and if life in the long run will only hold more hardships.
Whenever I hear about premature babies being born, and the struggles that they face so early in life I am astounded. I think that it is amazing that they can survive when being born underdeveloped. I think this entry would have been fantastic if it could have highlighted some of the psychological triumphs and troubles that premature babies have when they have grown into adulthood.
It is definitely a miracle that a premature baby could survive and live a normal life. However, nowadays, there are more and more premature babies fail to survive because their parents neither go to see doctor regularly nor pay attention to their diet structure. So I think pregnant mothers should be responsible for their own children as well as themselves in order to reduce the possibility of prematurity. In addition, more innovative technology is necessary to deal with this serious phenomena.
I was a premature baby as well and it is bad that nowadays premature babies are more common. I agree that some mothers are not attending regular doctor visits and healthy diets, but many don't have a choice. I think free health care should be offered to needing mothers.
I was kind of a pre-mature baby. Although I guess I wouldn't really be considered premature because I was born like a month or two before my "birthdate". But I guess it was dangerous enough, that my mom had a c-section. And I was sent to the ICU so it was a very scary situation. My mother told me that no one, not even my father could come see me because I needed the intensive care. I am interested in the baby that survived though, that just almost sounds too scary to be true.