Volunteers like Quijano are professional preemie cuddlers here at Miller Children's Hospital in Long Beach.

像Quijano这样的志愿者都是长滩米勒医院的专业早产儿安抚员。

But in the lungs of preemies with RDS, doctors found that many of the mini-balloons had either permanently collapsed or stretched way out, interrupting the gas exchange and causing the babies to suffocate.

但医生发，有 RDS 的早产儿肺里的许多微型气球要么永久性地塌陷，要么向外伸展，导致气体交换中断，婴儿因此而窒息。

She notes that micro preemies have little body fat and have no energy to waste.

她指出，超级早产儿的体脂含量很低，因此没有可以浪费的能量。

Look, these are preemies, people. They were supposed to have spent another eight weeks in the womb. Just like interns, they're not ready for the real world.

听着，各位，他们都是新生儿。本应该在子宫里再待上个8周的。就像习生一样，他们还没有准备好来到这个真的世界。

This study would have interested Mary Ellen Avery. She was a medical researcher who made a discovery that helped save the lives of many preemies.

岁月若能回溯，这项研究定能在当时引起玛丽·埃伦·埃弗里（Mary Ellen Avery）的兴趣。 作为一名曾经的医学研究人员，她的发挽救了许多早产儿的生命。

At University Hospital in Geneva, Switzerland, music is folded into the care plan for some preemies.

在瑞士日内瓦大学附属医院，音乐治疗被纳人某些早产儿的照护计划。

Someone invented a device called a CPAP that did just that, and in the United States, the survival rate of preemies with Respiratory Distress Syndrome soared from just one in four to three in four.

有人发明了一种叫做 CPAP 的设备就是这样工作的。在，有呼吸窘迫综合症的早产儿的存活率从四分之一飙升到四分之三。

The micro preemies were also given enriched milk and formula.

超级早产儿还要喝强化牛乳和配方奶粉。

I'm letting go of the preemie, you know that.

你知道的，我已经放弃了那个早产儿。

Preemies' lungs haven't yet developed enough of these surfactants, so the small alveoli squeeze too much and collapse, while the larger ones keep blowing up and get distended.

早产儿的肺还没有生长出足够的表面活性剂，所以小的肺泡因挤压出太多的气体而塌陷，而大的肺泡则不断膨胀。

A team of specialists there has come up with a nutrition plan to give micro preemies the best chance to live and grow strong.

该医院的专家团队设计出了一套营养方案，为超级早产儿提供生存和茁壮成长的最佳机会。

And these micro preemies need every gram of weight they have.

因此，超级早产儿的每一克体重都很重要。

Preemies, in particular, have poor development. We were able to improve their weight by 30 percent.

“尤其是，早产儿发育不良。而我们能将他们的体重增加30%。”

The newborn was also part of a nutritional study of micro preemies.

这名新生儿还被纳入了超级早产儿的营养研究。

Does this looks like a 26 week preemie?

这看起来像 26 周的早产儿吗？

She wanted to help raise my sister who was a preemie baby as You know, my dad worked a backbreaking job at a warehouse, but she was just the absolute rock and the best woman.

她想帮忙抚养我那个早产的妹妹，你知道的，我爸爸在仓库里干着非常辛苦的工作，但她却是我生命中坚不可摧的支柱，也是最好的女人。

And they found that preemies who listened to tunes had brain networks that more closely resembled those of full-term babies, compared to their counterparts who didn't get the treatment.

他们还发，与未听音乐的早产儿相比，听音乐的早产儿的大脑网络与足月婴儿的大脑网络更相似。

Rates of miscarriage, birth defects, preemie births and low birth weights were very close to what women experienced before the pandemic hit us.

流产率、出生缺陷率、早产率和低体重儿的比例都与疫情前妇女的经历非常接近。

Micro preemies can have even more. Their organs are not fully developed. And they are not able to breastfeed.

超级早产儿甚至会出更多问题。他们的器官还未完全发育。这些婴儿不能哺乳。

They now give all preemie parents free books to read and the chance to record their voices.

在，所有早产儿父母都可以免费获得书籍阅读，并有机会录制自己的声音。