how early can a premature baby be born and survive
More premature babies, born before 26 weeks, are surviving than ever before, according to a detailed analysis of the figures for England. Severely premature babies were more likely to survive in 2006 than in 1995, the EPICure study found.
Babies born at 23 weeks may survive with these specialists in a state-of-the-art NICU, but the odds of survival are much lower. The earliest baby to have ever survived premature birth was born at 21 weeks and 6 days, and this was reported in the news as having been a miracle.. Odds of survival increase as the pregnancy progresses, and even an extra week in the womb can make a difference.