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Originally Posted by Itse
Third trimester preterm is quite often not an extreme case. My own daughter was born a little over two months preterm, weighing about 1,5 kg and while she needed some special care in the beginning (mostly because she couldn't eat on her own), she's been basicly a model of health (for four years now) except for slight asthma, which she would propably have anyway (due to genetical reasons).
I also have a very good friend who's daughter was born weighing under 1kg, and who is fine now (age six). She spent her first months in the hospital and they did at least one somewhat extreme operation, but you wouldn't know it anymore, except she's notably small. (Then again her mother is also quite small.)
In adults I know at least half a dozen people who were born notably preterm, and I would never have guessed had the topic not come up.
Of course, Finland does have one of the best records in healthcare for preterm babies.
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Definitely agree with this, my sister was born three months premature and she's 21 and healthy now.