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Baby born at 22 weeks just turned nine
A premature baby boy who was born at 22 weeks and five days just celebrated his ninth birthday despite doctors' predictions that he would die shortly after birth.
Benson was born at just 22 weeks and five days after his mother suffered a subchorionic hemorrhage.
Doctors thought he would die within an hour or two after birth and didn't provide him with medical care.
However, Benson shocked them by continuing to breathe for hours, and doctors finally assisted him.
Benson is now nine years old and thriving.
In 2017, after his mother suffered a subchorionic hemorrhage, Benson Artman was born weighing just one pound, two ounces, and doctors had little hope for his survival. His parents, Megan and Tim Artman, were told that Benson would only live a few hours. Doctors gave him to his parents and expected him to die, but five hours later, he was still breathing, and his heart rate was still "decent," according to his mother.
“They tried to convince me to hold him till he died but we’re taking the neonatal route to intervene for his life. They’re making an exception for him because they’re all so shocked at how well he’s doing and they don’t usually even try for babies born quite this early," she said.
Benson was transferred to a better-equipped NICU, where he spent six months before being discharged to join his three big sisters at home.
Earlier this year, Megan Artman said Benson is "doing very well" and that he is "[s]mart, strong, happy and healthy. Full of life, joy and the sweetest kindnesses."
Ten states and Washington, D.C. all allow abortion for any reason through birth. Those states are Alaska, Vermont, Oregon, New Mexico, Colorado, Minnesota, Michigan, Maryland, and New Jersey, with the recent addition of Massachusetts. Other states allow abortion even after viability for health reasons, even though children born as young as 21 and 22 weeks have survived and are thriving today, like Benson.
Every child deserves the chance that Benson was given.
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Baby born at 22 weeks just turned nine
A premature baby boy who was born at 22 weeks and five days just celebrated his ninth birthday despite doctors' predictions that he would die shortly after birth.
Benson was born at just 22 weeks and five days after his mother suffered a subchorionic hemorrhage.
Doctors thought he would die within an hour or two after birth and didn't provide him with medical care.
However, Benson shocked them by continuing to breathe for hours, and doctors finally assisted him.
Benson is now nine years old and thriving.
In 2017, after his mother suffered a subchorionic hemorrhage, Benson Artman was born weighing just one pound, two ounces, and doctors had little hope for his survival. His parents, Megan and Tim Artman, were told that Benson would only live a few hours. Doctors gave him to his parents and expected him to die, but five hours later, he was still breathing, and his heart rate was still "decent," according to his mother.
“They tried to convince me to hold him till he died but we’re taking the neonatal route to intervene for his life. They’re making an exception for him because they’re all so shocked at how well he’s doing and they don’t usually even try for babies born quite this early," she said.
Benson was transferred to a better-equipped NICU, where he spent six months before being discharged to join his three big sisters at home.
Earlier this year, Megan Artman said Benson is "doing very well" and that he is "[s]mart, strong, happy and healthy. Full of life, joy and the sweetest kindnesses."
Ten states and Washington, D.C. all allow abortion for any reason through birth. Those states are Alaska, Vermont, Oregon, New Mexico, Colorado, Minnesota, Michigan, Maryland, and New Jersey, with the recent addition of Massachusetts. Other states allow abortion even after viability for health reasons, even though children born as young as 21 and 22 weeks have survived and are thriving today, like Benson.
Every child deserves the chance that Benson was given.
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·🥳Today is Benson's ninth birthday, but you can see him open his eyes for the first time when he was born at only 22 weeks.🎂
