Groups mark World Prematurity Awareness Day
today is happening before the 9-month mark. that’s one in eight babies. abc-seven’s stephanie valle spoke with a mom whose baby needed intensive care for weeks: nats little manar del valle had a rocky start to life. 7.23 all of a sudden my placenta just covered my cervix. so that’s when i was hospitalized on bed rest to try and keep me from going into labor. 7.33 but mom amira ended up delivering manar — two and a half months early. she weighed less than 4 and a half pounds. 9.01 i was taking good care of myself, and it’s just something that happened that i wondered, was it something i did. 9.07 the sadness and self- doubt — unusual feelings for this experienced mother of four. 10.31 and going from home all the way here, and visiting her for maybe an hour, then going back home, it was pretty emotional. 10.39 amira couldn’t do anything to prevent her early delivery. the unexpected — why medical professionals stress the importance of prenatal care. 10.03 – 10.17 not only are you caring for yourself, but you’re caring for your little one. and that does take awareness and education. bad habits need to be put aside not only while you’re pregnant — it’s all part of living a healthy lifestyle. 13.21 if we didn’t have all these advances, maybe i wouldn’t be sitting here with you. 13.25 medical advances — and love — reasons why baby manar is thriving, four months later. 1.24 we’re always holding her. i can’t stop holding her all the time. my other three kids always want to hold her, they want to feed her. 1.31 i’m always taking pictures. i’m like the parrazzi 1.35 the del valles, grateful to be whole — and at home — with their tiniest family member. sv, abc-7. with today being world prematurity awareness day … the el paso march of dimes held its annual awards breakfast el paso march of dimes held its annual awards breakfast this morning. it’s a way to thank all the sponsors, corporate teams and families for their hard work in making this spring’s march for babies a huge success. i’m on the march of dimes board and served as the emcee today. this year more than 250-thousand was raised … which will be used to educate and assist moms in having healthy babies, provide care for preemies and screen newborn babies for diseases. “you never know when adversit is going to strike … giving back helps you thrive from those situations ” in the latest premature birth report card the u-s and texas scored a “c” with the ultima goal to have a prematurity rate of less than 6%. right now it’s above 10%. also, i’d like to encourage everyone to wear pink in november in support of prematurity awareness month. thanksgiving
