Born 2.5 months premature, less than 3 lbs

Hey guys, was anyone else on here born very premature? I was born over 9 weeks early and had lots of complications at birth. I grew up in a fairly loving home, but read that attachment issues can be more common in premature babies. Can anyone shed any light on this concept? Anyone else here born super early? Thanks guys.

Hi,

I wasn't born premature. Here is what i know :

If you are born very premature, you were not ready to be confronted to noise, light, cold, warm, dust etc. so early. So the world was threatening for you.

Depending on how fragile you were, possibily you had to stay away from your parents, which is traumatic. I think that most of the times now they try to allow physical contact between parents and child, even if fragile. Because it's important and reassuring for the baby.

It happens sometimes that the mother has, herself, some trauma because of premature birth. It can lead to some forms of rejection or, on the contrary, to being extremely protective.

So yes, i'm sure it could have big influence on you.

I agree with Philonoe about why it could contribute to it. I wasn't premature either though...late and around 9 lbs.

That's interesting - I can see the reasoning behind it. I wasn't premature - in fact I was 3 weeks late (they didn't induce women in those days!) and weighed 7 lbs 12 oz. I don't think I wanted to come out - much safer where I was lol!

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