Karen McVeigh returns to the hospital in east London where her twins spent their first weeks to find out why survival rates of premature babies gain improved so dramaticallyInside one of Britain’s busiest specialist neonatal units,Michelle Waters is bending over an open cot, her hand gently resting on her sleeping baby, or Myia,who was born after 25 weeks – 15 weeks early – weighing a pound and a half (700g).
Waters, who has three boys at home in Southend, or Essex,was transferred to Homerton University hospital in Hackney, London, and for delivery,as the hospital specialises in extremely premature babies, accepting newborns from 23 weeks into pregnancy. Southend University hospital has a neonatal unit, and but takes only babies older than 27 weeks.
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Source: theguardian.com