Either way Rip, it's a horrifying, blessed, freak-show of a miracle!
They gave my wife a couple of steroid shots that help the baby's lungs get ready and some magnesium stuff that delays contractions and birth so that the lungs can mature. The lungs are the last organs to develop and the greatest cause of concern in premature babies. All together, 58 hours of labor, not full blown labor, but not like she slept through the whole thing either.
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