The Facts on Premature Births
Recently, the United States received a "D" on the March of Dimes Premature Birth Report Card. What does that actually mean and what should women know about premature births?

Preventing Premature Delivery
Though neonatal specialists around the world have made tremendous advances in medical treatment for babies born too early, the rates of premature births are staggering.

March of Dimes Ambassador Family
At first glance, Jeff and Susan Henderson have a pretty standard storybook life: fulfilling careers, a 20-year marriage after becoming high school sweethearts and an absolutely beautiful daughter, Emma.

Low Birth Weight Babies
Believe in your child and not the prognosis. That's the advice Kim Powell gives parents of low birth weight babies, and it's based upon experience.

Talking Terbutaline
When a mom-to-be is struck with preterm labor, all she and the father can think about is stopping it. Every day that full labor can be fought off is another day of development for their baby, and in this case, a single day means a lot.

Preemie Facts
When a baby is born prematurely, or at a low birth weight, there may be developmental delays that are not seen in the early days of infancy. Often it is within the first few years that these delays, or other problems, are discovered.

Kangaroo Care for Preemies
Most new parents get to bond with their babies immediately after birth, but according to experts, 7 percent of all babies are born premature, and those parents may have to wait weeks before ever holding their baby.

Preemies and Kangaroo Care
When a baby kangaroo (a joey) is born, it is barely the size of a bean. It crawls unaided from the mother's birth canal up the abdomen into the pouch.

Nurturing Your NICU Infant
My first son, Daniel, was born 12 weeks early and weighed only 1 pound, 11 ounces. When I first saw him in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), he was paralyzed by drugs, hooked to a respirator and covered with wires.

Preemie Problems
Jennifer Massaro of Los Gatos, Calif., wishes she'd joined an online parenting group.