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Maternal health

‘They Brought Her Up To My Face, And I Thought I Was Saying Goodbye’: Just 1.5 Pounds At Birth, This Girl Is Now The Best Reader In Her Class

Liza Smith
November 28, 2018
In the corner of the second-grade classroom at Safa School in Dubai, Grace’s nose is buried in a Harry Potter book. She looks like any other eager 9-year-old reader. Only the pinprick scars on her hands and feet expose the months she struggled to survive her premature birth.
In 2009, Grace’s mom, Niamh Graham, was thrilled to learn she was pregnant with her first child. She experienced a smooth pregnancy until the 24th week, when, while walking slowly on the treadmill, she felt a strange sensation in her stomach.
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