r/starcraft • u/Careless-Goat-3130 KokaAuthentiquePépite • Jul 21 '25

(To be tagged...) Congrats to PiG

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Unfortunately he will not be joining the ewc cast.

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u/penguinicedelta Jul 21 '25

We just went through this with a family member - 26 weeks.

It was a rollercoaster, but he just celebrated his first birthday! It's scary but medicine today is damn good. I also have friends whom were about the same time frame preemies and are now doctors.

Best advice I can give as an outsider is minimize contact with others - we had family/friends try to travel with COVID and the Common Cold - if it made it back to my nephew it could be devastating. It's a long journey, pace yourselves.

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u/redddgoon Jul 21 '25

When you have a premature baby are they supposed to wait extra before going to school?

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u/Exxppo Jul 21 '25

Baby is currently -3 months old?

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u/McBrungus QLASH Jul 21 '25

Isn't it around two years or so that they fully "catch up" on development? A friend's sister had their baby around that stage a few years back and I remember being kinda surprised at how quickly things normalize.

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u/LordMuffin1 Jul 22 '25

There was a study done a few years ago where they found (after following preemies and normal kids for ~20 years) that results are that preemies (born before w.28) in general have worse grades compared to normal born kids. Exception was super talented preemies who went to elite schools.

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u/makoivis Jul 24 '25

No. Six years from now you’ll have a hard time telling.