Low+Birth+Weight+(LBW)

Newborn weight below 5.5 pounds. All neonates below 2,500 grams (about 5.5 lbs.) are classified as having low birth weight (LBW). p.77 HGD Chapter 3 pp. 77-79
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= Examples: = Most low birth weight (LBW) babies are preterm, or born before the 38th week of gestation

__**Premie baby**__
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__**Low birth weight in infants**__
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= Analogies: = There is not really an analogy for this, but the textbook included statistics on pages 77 and 78. "The proportion of LBW infants is particularly high in the United States, where 12.3% of newborns are preterm and 8.3% of newborns weigh less than 2,500 grams." Also. "It is possible for an infant to have completed 37 weeks or more of gestation and still be an LBW baby."

= Mnemonics: = I think LBW being the acronym for Low Birth Weight is as simple as a Mnemonic could be

=In the News:= Marion Chapman was 10 oz. at birth and is the smallest baby in weight to survive. She was born in the UK, 1938 at 34 weeks. Her mother did not know she was pregnant and gave birth in a chamber pot. There were several sources online about Marion, one is attached below.this is the left hand image the right hand image is of a 24 week old baby born premature. left:Smallest baby to ever survive in Australia was 11 oz., born at 24 weeks [] right:24 week old baby born premature []

did you Know that The March Of Dimes is the biggest corporation that gives to premature babies. I is the largest charity with the most volunteers.

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