Don't Give Up Baby Payton!

I thought I had been through some really rough times when Noah and I were starting our family, but one week ago I found out I was very wrong. One week ago my best friend growing up was pregnant with her second child, she had a previous miscarriage around the same time I had one. Little did she know that she would be the small percentage to have her baby girl early. Actually, early is an understatement, her baby was born at 24 weeks old exactly. That the age when only 50% of the babies born survive. I was scared and worried for her, I knew she loved this baby more than anything else in the world. Premature Birth Information To doctors, 24 weeks is the age of viability. So if the baby were born just the day before it wouldn't have survived. It's even a miracle that Lauren found out she was in premature labor. The day she found out she put an pregnancy app on her phone and the information for the day was about when to call your doctor. She only had one of the symptoms, but decided to call just to be safe. The doctor was worried and immediately called her to come in to be checked. When she had gotten there she was 3 cm dilated and the sac was coming out. Lauren was promptly sent to the main hospital to be put on bed rest, but nothing could stop this little girl from coming into the world. Luckily the doctors were able to keep her inside for the night. At midnight she was exactly 24 weeks and then the baby came. I was constantly checking my facebook to see any updates, but the updates stopped. No one knew she had her baby and right after started to hemorrhage. In the morning she updated everyone she knew that she was okay and so was the baby. They both had a rough night, but they had survived. She named her girl Payton. Payton This is my friend's facebook page and it has several pictures of her baby girl. She is one week old and a day now! The doctors are very hopeful, but she's still in the critical time of survival. They said if she could survive one week then her chances are great. This little girl is a fighter. She's at the Freeman Nicu right now and I can't wait to see her in person. Before this I always thought premature babies were from moms drinking and doing drugs, but now I see someone perfectly normal and doing everything right can go into premature labor. Here are the signs, so if you know anyone pregnant you can pass the word and maybe save a life like the pregnancy app did for Lauren's baby.Signs of Premature Labor