November is Prematurity Awareness Month

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November is prematurity awareness month, so during November, In honor of preemies everywhere (my son, included) my blog has a new look to it!  I have also added the March of Dimes Prematurity Awareness month badge on my blog (top right).  Please click through to learn more about prematurity from the March of Dimes and how you can get involved and help out.

I will have additional posts about prematurity as the month goes on.  Specifically 11/17 is prematurity awareness day and I am working on a special post for that day.  So, to get things kicked off, here are a few quick stats about prematurity (Source: PeriStats) -

• In 2007, 1 in 8 babies was born preterm in the U.S. (12.7%)
• Between 1997-2007, the rate of infants born preterm in the U.S. increased more than 11%
• The Rate of preterm birth in the U.S. is highest for black infants (18.4%), followed by Native Americans (14.2%), Hispanics (12.2%), whites (11.6%), and Asians (10.8%)

Preterm Births by State (% of live births) - Source: PeriStats