Lacey Turner has revealed her son Trilby Fox’s premature birth influenced her decision not to breasfeed. The EastEnders star, 33, told how Trilby was rushed to a specialist unit after he was born a week premature, meaning she had to prioritise getting him fed, rather than how he was fed. Speaking to The Mirror’s Sunday … Read more
A premature baby who was smaller than her mother’s hand has survived being born 13 weeks early after quick-thinking medics saved her life with a sandwich bag. Orla-May Rospo-Hughes weighed just one pound when she was born last month after just 27 weeks of pregnancy. Her parents Emily Rospo and Samantha Hughes, from Hitchin, Hertfordshire, … Read more
NASA have traced the cause of the premature shutdown of the Space Launch System‘s engines during a demo firing on Saturday to its hydraulic system. Engineers said that overly ‘conservative’ test parameters had been introduced that caused the mega-rocket’s systems to go into shut down after just over a minute. Despite initial concerns, the core … Read more
Smart mattress built for premature babies tracks the body temperature of newborns to prevent health issues Experts at Nottingham Trent University worked on the project to monitor babies The smart mattress keeps track of how cold the baby is wit medical accuracy It then can alert healthcare staff and warm up to limit dropping temperatures Premature … Read more
Smart mattress built for premature babies tracks the body temperature of newborns to prevent health issues Experts at Nottingham Trent University worked on the project to monitor babies The smart mattress keeps track of how cold the baby is wit medical accuracy It then can alert healthcare staff and warm up to limit dropping temperatures Premature … Read more
Singing to a premature baby during a visit to the hospital can help reduce mum’s anxiety and help them bond with their child before they come home, study found. Researchers from the University of Helsinki observed 24 mothers who sang or hummed to their baby while holding them during skin-to-skin contact in hospital. When a … Read more
Tana Ramsay has shared a touching throwback snap to the first time she held ‘all three of her babies’ when twins Holly and Jack, now 20, left intensive care. After they were born seven weeks early, the twins were on ventilators for nearly 24 hours and stayed in hospital for a month before going home. … Read more
An NHS consultant whose premature twins were delivered by caesarean while she lay a coma battling Covid-19 is finally back home safely with her family. Perpetual Uke gave birth while on a ventilator in an induced coma and did not see her newborn babies until she came round sixteen days later. The twins, Palmer, a … Read more
A miracle baby is lucky to be alive after being born premature at just 24 weeks old and weighing less than a bag of sugar during his parents’ babymoon. Megan Kelly, 23, and her partner Michael Mcglinchey, 22, took a ‘relaxing’ coastal break in Ballyoonan, Ireland, on July 6 last year when she went into … Read more
Chris Hoy and his wife Sarra were hit with an ‘urgent grief’ after their son Callum was born 11 weeks premature. The couple discussed their difficult experience on Tuesday’s Morning Live to mark World Prematurity day, admitting they should have asked for support while their son fought for his life in intensive care, after weighing … Read more