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SOURCES: 2007 Medical Reference from Medstar Television. Amy Zucker, M.D., Neonatologist, Holy Redeemer Hospital, Meadowbrook, PA.

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Melissa Zavorski and her oldest son, PJ are recalling his early birth.

Melissa Zavorski :

It's not a bib — that was your first diaper.

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PJ was born at 28-weeks, weighing under two pounds. For Melissa and her husband, PJ's early arrival was overwhelming.

Melissa Zavorski:

We had no idea what to expect; we had never seen a premature child before our own.

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PJ joined the ever-expanding world of premature infants.

Amy Zucker, M.D.:

The incidence of pre-term birth is going up. In fact, it's increased by almost a-third over the past fifteen or twenty years.

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According to the March of Dimes, that increase means more than 14-hundred preemies will be born today. For their parents, it's a transforming experience.

Amy Zucker, M.D.:

First reaction is one of shock and disbelief and denial, as it is with any major life trauma or stress. And then once it's accepted, because it has to be, it's redefining the experience and accepting the child that you've received instead of the one that you expected.

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For many of these babies, birth is just the first hurdle.

Amy Zucker, M.D.:

One is continuing respiratory difficulties and the second one is visual impairment.

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And for parents just beginning this journey, Melissa encourages them to reach out to the March of Dimes.

Melissa Zavorski:

There's Share your Story, there's the ability to get involved, so that you can feel that comfort, you can feel that sense of community with other people who are going through what you're going through.

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A journey the Zavorski's have woven into the story of their family. For WebMD, I'm Sandee LaMotte.

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