Ten percent of children born in the world do so prematurely, before the 37th week of gestation. In Spain, the number of premature births is one in 13 births, being one of the European countries with the highest rates of premature births.
Today, November 17, we celebrate World Premature Day, babies who have come into the world too soon. According to data from the INE, 22,858 premature babies were born in our country in 2019 (the last year for which data are available); in other words, one out of every 13 babies is born in Spain before the 37th week of gestation, when a baby is considered full-term. This places Spain as one of the European countries with the highest rate of preterm births.
Kwek Yu Xuan was born at almost 25 weeks of gestation and weighing 212 grams, little more than an apple. Her hasty arrival in the world and her low weight made her survival very difficult, but after a year in hospital, this baby from Singapore has been discharged.
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