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Reviewer Info: Alison Stuebe, Department of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA., Healthline Pregnancy Guide, February 2006

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Babies born preterm are more likely to have medical complications than babies delivered at full term (after 37 weeks). They are also likely to be cared for in the newborn intensive care unit (NICU) immediately after birth.

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