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EXHAUST PIPE.
BABIES WHO ARE BORN PREMATURELY
ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE SERIOUS
HEALTH ISSUES OR EVEN DIE EARLY.
22NEWS REPORTER JACKIE BROUSSEAU
IS LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM ...WITH
A LOOK AT HOW THE MARCH OF DIMES
IS DRAWING ATTENTION TO THIS
SERIOUS ISSUE.
RICH, TOMORROW THE MARCH OF
DIMES WILL HONOR THE MORE THAN
ONE MILLION BABIES WHO HAVE DIED
AROUND THE WORLD THIS YEAR
BECAUSE THEY WERE BORN EARLY
DURING WORLD PREMATURITY
DAY...AND THE GOAL IS TO BRING
AWARENESS TO THE IMPORTANCE OF
HEALTHY PREGNANCIES AND CARRYING
A BABY FULL TERM.
ONE OUT OF 8 BABIES ARE BORN
PREMATURELY, MEANING BEFORE 37
WEEKS OF PREGNANCY. MOST OF
THESE BABIES SPEND TIME IN THE
NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
WHICH IS STRESSFUL, NOT ONLY FOR
THE BABY, BUT THE PARENTS AS
WELL. BABY BOY JAEDEN IS ONE
OF THOSE BABIES...BORN AT JUST
32 WEEKS TO CORY AND JASON
MALINOSKI FROM ORANGE. JAEDEN'S
MOM, CORY, HAD A PREEXISTING
HEALTH CONDITION THAT LED TO THE
PRETERM BIRTH.
I WAS TERRIFIED, ABSOLUTELY
HE WAS 3 LBS 8 OZ AND I'M NOT
TOO EMOTIONAL, BUT YEAH, I LET
IT GO.
IF YOU'RE OVERWEIGHT, LOSE
WEIGHT, IF YOU'RE SMOKING, GOOD
TIME TO STOP SMOKING IF YOU'RE
TAKING MEDS FOR HEALTH..DURING
THE PREGNANCY.
JAEDEN IS A HEALTHY BABY AND IS
PROGRESSING QUICKLY IN SPITE OF
COMING 8 WEEKS EARLY, BUT OTHER
BABIES AREN'T SO LUCKY.
PRETERM BIRTH CAN LEAD TO A
LIFETIME OF HEALTH PROBLEMS,
INCLUDING CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE,
BLINDNESS, DEVELOPMENTAL DELAYS,
CEREBRAL PALSY, OR EVEN DEATH SO
THE HEALTH OF THE MOTHER IS
CRITICAL TO MAKING SURE THIS
DOESN'T HAPPEN. WE'LL HAVE
MUCH MORE ON WHAT NEEDS TO BE
DONE ABOUT THE ISSUE STARTING AT