First-time VA mom, born a preemie herself, welcomes own micro-preemie daughter: Full circle story
April 6, 2022 | Virginia
A Virginia woman who was born prematurely has given birth to a daughter — who arrived under circumstances incredibly similar to her own.
Megan Grace Baker celebrated her 24th birthday on March 26 with her first child, Grace Lyn Baker. The baby is currently in the neonatal intensive care unit at Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital in Richmond. She was born at 24 weeks.
Staff at Pediatrix Neonatology of Virginia are calling the moment a “full-circle story of multigenerational preemie survival.”
Baker arrived 10 weeks early when she was born in the 1990s — and now, her own baby Grace has arrived 15 weeks early.Some medical studies suggest that preterm birth does run in families, according to the University of Utah Health.
Baker was born in 1998 at St. Francis Hospital in Greenville, South Carolina.
She weighed 3 pounds, 9.7 ounces, and was the first child of TC and Gretchen Bradford… (Excerpt from Fox News)
