You were born premature, so what? Often prematures receive follow-up from the hospital where they were born. Today it lasts until the 8th year of life. Then the aftercare falls away. Just during puberty and adolescence, much changes in the body and mentally. Many adult prematures say they miss a follow-up at a later age, because they then encounter their complaints or only start developing complaints during that period.
Many adults who were born premature experienced complaints in different areas. Thus they can experience various mental and physical complaints. You can read more on this page Long-term effects. Nevertheless, adults associate their early birth with words such as fighter, strength, perseverance. Family often describes it as a happiness or a miracle that their baby has been able to develop with the necessary challenges due to its prematureity. Unfortunately, society still describes it too often as fragile, difficult and as a restriction.*
Partly because of this there is often little understanding for this group and they do not get the attention and care they deserve. We want to break through this stigma and see with the prematures what they need in their lives.
*Girard-Bock C. et al. Acta Paediatr. 2023 July
