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 we re 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 didn t realize that babies could come that early, much less survive. and she s so tiny there. and so you said something about much less survive the doctors didn t really
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 we re 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 didn t realize that babies could come that early, much less survive. and she s so tiny there. and so you said something about much less survive the doctors didn t really
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 we re 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 didn t realize that babies could come that early, much less survive. and she s so tiny there. and so you said something about
epicenter of the outbreak where a hard hit population is facing significant barriers to care. many of my friends ask me, you know, why are you working in atlanta? everybody works internationally. and i feel like we have a third world epidemic, in some ways, here. ifill: all that and more on tonight s pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: some say it s a calling. some say they lost someone they loved. many say it s to save lives, as many and as often as possible. there s 100 reasons why someone becomes a doctor, but at m.d. anderson, it s because there s nothing and we mean nothing we won t do in making cancer history. lincoln financial is committed to helping you take charge of your future. and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ifill: attorney general loretta lynch
epicenter of the outbreak where a hard hit population is facing significant barriers to care. many of my friends ask me, you know, why are you working in atlanta? everybody works internationally. and i feel like we have a third world epidemic, in some ways, here. ifill: all that and more on tonight s pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: some say it s a calling. some say they lost someone they loved. many say it s to save lives, as many and as often as possible. there s 100 reasons why someone becomes a doctor, but at m.d. anderson, it s because there s nothing and we mean nothing we won t do in making cancer history. lincoln financial is committed to helping you take charge of your future. and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ifill: attorney general loretta lynch