3. The brain, interrupted: Babies are increasingly surviving premature birth — bu...

The brain, interrupted: Babies are increasingly surviving premature birth — but researchers are only beginning to understand the lasting consequences for their mental development.

I am a natural triplet. We were born I believe at 30 weeks. Of my triplet sisters, one died at birth from a nuchal cord, and the other was ELBW. I was VLBW. I believe we spent a few weeks in the NICU, before being discharged. It was also no picnic for my mother, she barely made it out alive. This is all anecdotal evidence from my parents, so I can’t guarantee 100% accuracy. My sister has had constant learning disabilities growing up, but our family created an environment to foster the skills which she excelled at. She ended up being a very talented artist, not only getting into some of the top art school in the country, but receiving scholarships from a few! She is now a photographer in NYC who regularly has photo shoots with major publications and modeling agencies. I found school extremely difficult, and I always felt like I was a year or two behind most of my peers. I was not given any special education like my sister, because I had no outright learning disabilities. I hated being in class and was disruptive, but I never tested poorly enough for the school system to single me out. In fact for some reason they put me in an accelerated class for math and reading in elementary school. I felt like an idiot until they took me out in middle school. After having a horrible academic experience most of my life, I did eventually learn to cope with my learning style and I now have a 3.7GPA taking some very rigorous premedical hard science courses. It takes me a very long time to digest the material, but when I do it is there for good. There is no disputing premature births have higher rates of neurological disorders, but it is not a death sentence. SOOO...I believe even for the babies at the far end of the premature spectrum who may end up with lasting difficulties in life, there is still a wealth of opportunities for success in life for them. So parents out there who are reading this right now and have just had pre-mature babies, stick with it and give your child a chance.

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