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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]11:30, your friend's great-aunt sounds like a lovely person but the story about her being born at[b] 23 weeks in 1929 is highly unlikely[/b].  First of all, in 1929 there was no way to date a pregnancy with that degree of accuracy.  Most premature babies are physically not developed enough to directly breastfeed after birth, and certainly not at 23 weeks.  Not to mention that her lungs would not have been developed to breath on her own that early, and there were no NICUs in 1929.  I am sure she was premature, but not as premature as she believes.[/quote]

I totally agree with this.  While the great-aunt might be a total miracle, that's unlikely and not representative in any case.  Even if she knew her LMP, she didn't know exactly when she ovulated and conception could be off by a few weeks.  Also, many women spot during pregnancy and think it's a period, so she could have been a month more along or more, too.  That stuff is very common.  Sounds like she was born very early but a 23 weeker surviving in 1929 without lung surfectant treatment, etc.?  [/quote]

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