Early an intimate history of premature birth and what it teaches us about being human
Inspired by Sarah DiGregorio's harrowing experience giving birth to her premature daughter, Early is a compelling and empathetic blend of memoir and rigorous reporting that tells the story of neonatology - and explores the questions raised by premature birth.
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| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
[2020]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Prologue: one birth
- The unexpected: millions of births. What happened? ; Treatments and outcomes ; Viability and the zone of parental discretion
- The body: incubation. The history of incubation: Coney Island, chicken eggs, and changelings ; The modern incubator, or how to build a giraffe ; The incubators of the future: babies in bags
- The breath: treating repiratory distress. Dr. Mildred Stahlman and the miniature iron lung ; Dr. Maria Delivoria-Papadopoulos and the rugged machine ; JFK's lost baby and the advent of surfactant
- The Self: protecting the premature brain. The revolutionary practice of listening to preemies ; Follow-up care: preemie development beyond the NICU
- The threshold: end-of-life issues at birth. What should we do for 22-week babies? ; Knowing when to stop ; Choice, decisions, and the messiness of real life
- The crisis: the body under stress. Racism causes preterm birth ; What prematurity means in Mississippi ; Group prenatal care and the power of community
- The invisibles: breaking the silence. The hidden trauma of prematurity ; Grown preemies speak for themselves
- Epilogue.
