You know how we are always saying how much every day we keep them in counts? (might be sensitive for

urbanflowerpot

Well, I found some stats that I thought were really interesting during my read-every-baby-book challenge

This one comes to you from The Baby Whisperer by Tracy Hogg who is a real-life preemie mom! Her babe was seven weeks early so it was nice to read her [too] short chapter on prems. I wish I'd known this when DS was in NICU - I would have felt comforted - however, I can also see this alarming other parents.

It's especially cool to know how very much every day counts!!

She includes the following table on page 244:

"A baby's chances for survival increase 3-4 percent per day between 23 and 24 weeks and 2-3 percent per day between 24 and 26 weeks. After 26 weeks, because survival rate is already high, the daily rate of increase is not as significant."

Survival Rates for Preemies (based on infants in NICU)

23 w 10-35%

24 w 40-70%

25 w 50-80%

26 w 80-90%

27 w more than 90%

30 w more than 95%

34 w more than 98%

 

AlwaysSunny925

Yes, I've seen this somewhere before...maybe online.  I was also told by one of the neos that the statistics that you read about are actually much lower than IRL.  So the chances of survival are much better than what you see here. 

haziedaze

The statistics are impressive- we've come a long way in the last 10-15years. I think the statistics are also better, esp. at major institutions. It's neat how much every day counts!

Kiki11

I remember reading that somewhere.  And it aligns with what we were told when our little guy was born.  On his birthday they gave him 50-70% odds of survival at 25 weeks 2 days gestation. 

njdcgirl

We heard similar stats too. We were given a 30% survival rate for 23w4d (he was born just after midnight on 23w5d. However, later I found that the NICU where we were transferred (before birth) had a much better survival rate than that.

JeepersWife

Wow, that is amazing. It really sheds light on what tiny miracles our LOs are, and how resilient they can be!

hunt2005

I'd think that each month and year that those stats are out, the IRL stats get higher too as they learn how to handle PTL better, find drugs to help lung development, etc. You have to figure those stats are at least a year (if not more) old, so it's probably even better than that by now!

Mrs. Alice

Interesting information.  The thought that every day counted is what kept me going when I was in the hospital.  I was admitted at 24w0d and was told by the neo that they had about a 10% chance at that point because my dumba$$ peri thought they were only measuring 22 weeks in size (he was wrong).  It seemed all along that 28 weeks was the magic number we were aiming to get past.