Working to solve the mysteries of preterm birth. Joining me in the studio right now is wendy armstrong. She and her husband volunteer with the march of dimes board of directors, and their family has been a march of Dimes Mission family. Their daughter london was born premature at 25 weeks. We are very, very happy to have you here today. And you and i were both fans of the march of dimes, so tell us a little bit about that. Sure. The march of dimes is a leading organization that is trying to fight the battle against prematurity. As you mentioned, 1 in 10 babies is born premature. My daughter london was born premature, as well. A mircopreemie, right . Right, she was a mircopreemie. She was born under two pounds. I had a really easy pregnancy, and then all of a sudden at 23 weeks, which is roughly halfway through your pregnancy, my water broke. We were stunned. Cheryl, we didnt realize that babies could come that early, much less survive. And shes so tiny there. And so you said something
Mission family. Their daughter london was born premature at 25 weeks. We are very, very happy to have you here today. And you and i were both fans of the march of dimes, so tell us a little bit about that. Sure. The march of dimes is a leading organization that is trying to fight the battle against prematurity. As you mentioned, 1 in 10 babies is born premature. My daughter london was born premature, as well. A mircopreemie, right . Right, she was a mircopreemie. She was born under two pounds. I had a really easy pregnancy, and then all of a sudden at 23 weeks, which is roughly halfway through your pregnancy, my water broke. We were stunned. Cheryl, we didnt realize that babies could come that early, much less survive. And shes so tiny there. And so you said something about much less survive the doctors didnt really offer you much hope in the beginning. They didnt. In the beginning, they recommended that we induce labor and provide comfort care and let london die in our arms. The stati
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