• Rumaisa Rahman, born prematurely in Chicago on September 19, 2004, was 8 inches (20 cm) long and weighed 8½ oz. (244 g) at birth?
• neonatal nurses are in high demand in the United States because the number of nurses has not kept up with the 27 percent rise in premature births (premature infant pictured) over the last 20 years?
• 18th century English obstetrician Thomas Denman (pictured) was an early advocate for inducing premature labour in cases involving a narrow pelvis or other conditions which endanger the mother's life?

Facts on topics related to Premature birth

Birth

• according to the U.S. NIH, elective c-section and natural birth have "similar degrees of risk" for most women?

Cerebral palsy

• Ruth Sienkiewicz-Mercer, who was affected with cerebral palsy and was unable to talk or use her limbs, became an author and prominent disability rights advocate?
• Virginia Shehee, Louisiana's first woman state senator, once bought a pig at a 4-H show, the proceeds of which helped a boy with cerebral palsy to learn how to walk?