Newborn babies require the gentlest care even at full-term, yet those born just a few weeks premature can be terrifyingly delicate for new parents, which is why one organization decided to run a campaign showing preemies all grown up.
A premature baby is defined as any baby born before 37 weeks, and the less time the baby gets to spend in the womb, the more the baby is at risk for a slew of health complications like hearing and vision impairments, learning disabilities, and even neurological disorders.
Instead of spending those first few days at home enjoying normal milestones with their newborn, parents of preemies spend every second worried about their baby’s life.
L’il Aussie Prems Foundation, which is an organization that provides support for parents of premature and sick babies, started a #foot4prems project where parents of now grown preemies pose with pictures of themselves as infants.
The campaign hopes to give new parents of sick and premature babies hope by giving proof that their babies won’t be so tiny and fragile forever, and that they will have a life outside of the NICU.
Some of the babies included in the campaign, like Quinn who was born at 29 weeks, were born severely premature, yet you’d now never guess their life got off to such a complicated start.
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[Featured image credit: Facebook/L’il Aussie Prems Foundation]
Kids Born Premature Pose With Pictures Of Themselves As Newborns To Give New Moms Hope is an article from: LifeDaily