爱荷华州一名早产儿仅重13盎司，堪称“奇迹”

A newborn in Iowa who weighed just 13 ounces when he made his debut at 23 weeks gestation has already been making his parents proud.

爱荷华州的一个新生儿，在怀孕23周早产，体重只有13盎司，但已足够让他的父母感到骄傲。

“I’m so proud of him,” Ellonn Smartt, Jaden Wesley Morrow’s mother, told KCCI.com. “I go in and talk to him, and I tell him that I’m proud of him every day.”

“我为他感到骄傲，”杰登·韦斯利·莫罗的母亲埃尔隆·斯马特告诉记者，“我进去和他说话，告诉他我每天都为他感到骄傲。”

Smartt said she knew that her son was ready to come out on July 11 when she woke up feeling different. She told the news outlet that about 10 minutes after expressing her concerns to partner Jordan Marrow, her water broke.

斯马特说，7月11日她知道她儿子要来了，因为当她一觉醒来感觉有什么不一样了。她告诉记者，在向老公乔丹表达了她的担忧后大约10分钟，她的羊水破了。

They rushed to Blank Children’s Hospital where Jaden was born via emergency C-section, reportedly swinging his arms and screaming despite his young gestational age.

他们冲进布兰克儿童医院，杰登是在那里通过紧急剖腹产出生的，据报道，尽管他还很小，但仍挥动手臂哇哇哭着。

Babies born before 37 weeks gestation are considered premature and may have long-term health problems or other issues that require a longer stay in the hospital. About 1 in 10 babies are born prematurely each year in the US, according to March of Dimes.

怀孕37周前出生的婴儿被认为是早产儿，可能有长期健康问题或其他需要住院更长时间的问题。在美国，每年有大约十分之一的婴儿早产。

According to the University of Utah Health, babies born before 24 weeks gestation usually have a less than 50 percent chance of survival, and those who do survive have a very high chance of long-term health problems.

根据犹他州健康大学的数据，怀孕24周前出生的婴儿通常存活率不到50%，而那些存活下来的婴儿则有很高的几率会出现长期的健康问题。

“He’s a miracle baby,” his parents were allegedly told, according to KCCI.com.

据报道，他的父母被告知:“他是个奇迹宝宝。”

Smartt and Morrow’s GoFundMe page said the plan is for their son to remain in the hospital’s NICU until his original November due date, but that he was already able to take his mother’s breastmilk at just two days old.

这对夫妻表示，他们本来计划让儿子在原来的预产期，即11月之前，都留在医院的新生儿重症监护室，但他在出生仅两天的时候，就已经可以喝母亲的母乳了。

Smartt said that her son’s early birth has taught her that “there’s always a plan, and we learned to be patient. Jaden is here and that’s all that matters.”

斯马特说，她儿子的早产教会了她“冥冥之中总有天定，我们学会了耐心。杰登在这里，这才是最重要的。”