{"id":259074,"date":"2021-12-17T06:46:44","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T12:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=259074"},"modified":"2021-12-16T16:26:18","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T22:26:18","slug":"tiny-preemie-100-days-early-home-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/tiny-preemie-100-days-early-home-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiny preemie born over 100 days early is home for Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Baby Lucas Simpson was over 100 days premature when he made his grand entrance into the world in June. Now he\u2019s home for Christmas, a reminder that miracles still happen.<\/span><\/p>\n

Born at a just 24 weeks, Lucas was a mere 1lb 6 oz. His mother, 29-year-old Laura Mount, had only known she was pregnant for three weeks<\/em> when she delivered him, as <\/span>Yahoo News reports<\/span><\/a>. She and the baby\u2019s father, Allan, were not quite ready for Lucas to join the world on the other side of the womb.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI was in the bath and saw my tummy move,” she said. \u201cI had irregular periods but no symptoms at all. It was a real shock, but even finding out at 21 weeks pregnant, I thought we had time to prepare. At my first scan we found out it was a boy; we just never imagined meeting him so soon after.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

But Lucas surprised them all \u2014 in more ways than one.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The UK baby would spend the first few months of his life 40 minutes away from his parents because the hospital where he was born wasn\u2019t equipped for a preemie so tiny.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n