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The Importance Of Low Birth Weight
Margaret, You and your twin sister are so lucky, especially your twin sister. So many children with low birth weight do not have such privilege and lucky and it depends on the immediate intervention that was incorporated during your birth. There is one of my church members that had her daughter when she was at 29 weeks of pregnancy. Though she had an accident then and the doctor had to do the emergency C-section for her to rescue the baby. The baby survived, but had multifaceted disabilities. There was another family friend of mine, that also had her daughter at 28 weeks, the child spent almost two months plus at the NICU, she survived it and do not have any disability of any kind. This particular child is very healthy, smart and intelligent,

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