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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So, pp who continues to post in defense of the right to use the word tiny, I'm curious.  (Or to all of you if it is more than one person)

Speaking hypothetically - and I hope this never, ever happens -

in the future, if you were to have a friend or family member experience premature birth and nicu time, how would you handle this when you first saw the baby after coming home?  would you - after everything you have read here - try to avoid calling the baby tiny?  Or do you think you would still just talk about babies in the typical way, which includes things like, "wow he's so tiny!"

[b]Btw, November is World Prematurity Awareness Month.  You might be interested in taking a look at the March of Dimes website or similar resources.  If this isnt your issue, i certainly wouldnt expect you to spend a lot of time on it, but a minute or two might be eye opening.  After all this debate, maybe we can accomplish something good with this thread! [/b] [/quote]

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Prevalence of preterm births (before 37 weeks GA) is 12%, and 50% of preterm births are idiopathic. So chances of this happening to you or someone close to you are pretty high. 
And those who "know" preemies who are doing "just fine": give parents a call and ask them how the first weeks of the babies' lives were, just to get some perspective. [/quote]

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