re: baby born at 21 weeks

Quoting RonniG:" Not saying people aren't full of BS, but stranger things have happened. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17237979/ns/health-childrens_health/t/earliest-surviving-preemie-remain-hospital/#.ULw1lIP7L74"

your link describes an IVF birth after 22 weeks.
with natural births, we add 2 weeks to the date of conception
so, 22 weeks IVF = 24 weeks natural pregnancy

you aren't going to find successful 22 weekers....

my son was born at 23 weeks lived for 6 days. drs said if he was born any earlier they wouldnt have tried

My 16 year old cousin was born at 20 weeks gestation and was in NICU for 6 months. She is a healthy kid now.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Aaron andAshley Jones:</b>" My 16 year old cousin was born at 20 weeks gestation and was in NICU for 6 months. She is a healthy kid now."</blockquote>




You must have the weeks wrong.
Here is a site with the worlds smallest and earliest babies that survived.
http://preemies.about.com/od/readersstories/a/World-S-Smallest-Preemies.htm

If you are under 24 weeks they usually will not try to do anything to save the baby, sad but true. Unless they have the dates wrong and think you are 24 weeks when you may only be 22 weeks. Due dates are estimates.

A few years ago a fetus was aborted at 18 weeks and managed to live. I also had an uncle born at 20 weeks who lived a week. I don't think my ain't would get the dates wrong. It is her only daughter and her miracle baby. She was just born strong and had a will to live.

Quoting Aaron andAshley Jones:" A few years ago a fetus was aborted at 18 weeks and managed to live. I also had an uncle born at 20 weeks ... [snip!] ... ain't would get the dates wrong. It is her only daughter and her miracle baby. She was just born strong and had a will to live."

you're misinformed.

Quoting regina_margot:" you're misinformed."

very

My 25 weeker is 8 months and still doesn't breathe on his own!!!

Quoting ::1st:: Time Mommy:" My ex's son was born at 21 weeks. dont know if he had breathing issues. i know he was in the NICU for about 4 months. so if what your saying is true nice"

my son was born at 21 weeks and was so little (and was actually big) that he didnt make it through labor and his lungs were rock hard in almost every case it is impossible

My son was a 24 weeker and the hospital told me he barely made the cut-off limit...So yeah, most hospitals won't even try to save a 21 weeker.

The only 21 weeker I know that survived is one who was born at 21w6d. Her mom had to lie and tell them she was 23w6d so they would save her. She knows when she conceived. She was less than 10 oz and only 9.5 inches. She was in the hospital for many months. She is the youngest preemie to survive.

Anybody who says they know of a preemie born any earlier is lying or has their dates mixed up. They do not save them at that gestation. Especially many years ago they couldn't be saved.

My 32 weeker was on the vent. I know of babies earlier that breathe on their own however. But definitely not at 21 weeks

Quoting HopingforaMiracle:" The only 21 weeker I know that survived is one who was born at 21w6d. Her mom had to lie and tell them ... [snip!] ... My 32 weeker was on the vent. I know of babies earlier that breathe on their own however. But definitely not at 21 weeks"

this is that story about the woman with IVF in Florida, right?
here is the thing tho... it was IVF, so her 21w6d were measured from IMPLANTATION
which means, it's an equivalent of a 23w6d prenancy that's non IVF
it's a famous case, but actually, we would normally describe that as an almost 24 weeker

no one survives at 21 weeks or 22 weeks. i think the very earliest cases begin at 23 weeks, and even those are probably not counted correctly
until you have lungs that are capable to inflating, and being treated with surfactant, there is just no way at all to breathe, so no possibility of survival.


one final note. while technology has improved in the sense that the odds of a 26 weeker are much better than they were, the actual limit of viability - the very earliest that a baby can survive outside the womb - hasn't changed in a very long time, at least 20 years

<blockquote><b>Quoting regina_margot:</b>" this is that story about the woman with IVF in Florida, right? here is the thing tho... it was IVF, ... [snip!] ... viability - the very earliest that a baby can survive outside the womb - hasn't changed in a very long time, at least 20 years"</blockquote>



Didn't know that. But now I do thank you. But yes it was that case.

Exactly. Nobody survives so young.

Oh I know I was just replying to those who say they know someone who had a child at 21 weeks who survived. Or an 18 weeker. It just is not possible