“Parents are often in panic”: neonatologist explains what happens when a baby is born prematurely, as with Melissa Depraetere

“A birth where you panic about the outcome,” Vooruit politician Melissa Depraetere described the birth of her daughter Cécile on Instagram. She was born nine weeks early on February 14. Neonatologist Christine Vanhole lists the risks of premature birth. “A lot of skin-to-skin contact greatly improves the outcome.”

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