What is meant by premature babies?

children  Premature babies mean those babies who are born three weeks before the expected date of birth, their birth is before the beginning of the XNUMXth week of pregnancy, and usually these children suffer from health and medical problems that require special care, but the risk of these problems increases and complications develop the more early the birth is.
Premature babies are classified according to the date of birth as follows:
XNUMX- Late prematurity: It is between the XNUMXth and XNUMXth week of pregnancy.
XNUMX- Moderate prematurity: It is between XNUMX and XNUMX weeks of pregnancy.

XNUMX- Early prematurity: the birth occurs before the start of the XNUMXnd week of pregnancy.
XNUMX- Very early prematurity: the birth is before the XNUMXth week of pregnancy.