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Care for premature infants

If your baby is born between now and 37 weeks, he will be considered premature, yet able to survive outside your womb. The care of premature infants has made great advances in recent years. Many babies born early are thriving, growing, and developing normally. If your baby is born prematurely, it is important for you, the parents, to share in his care as much as possible. As your baby grows stronger, you will be able to touch and gently massage him, hold him, and even give him your breastmilk-all important ways of helping and bonding with your new baby.
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