March of Dimes

We were fortunate in that Emma was born healthy and relatively on time (38 weeks, but not preterm). But I've been reading so many blogs of mothers and fathers whose children have been born way too early, most for reasons they don't know. Today is Prematurity Awareness Day. Report Cards were released, grading each of the states...and guess what? Kentucky scored an F on its Premature Birth Report Card. Here is a link to the report card. Overall, the US received a D. With all of our medical advances, shouldn't we be moving in a different direction?