Sarah's husband is taking her for sessions with a therapist as they have recently lost their first child.The baby,born at the 27ᵗʰ week of conception,was treated with life-saving drugs and placed in the incubator with life support,but succumbed on the second day in the NICU.Sarah's baby was a(n)_____.

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For preterm birth,the terms extremely preterm and very preterm
are increasingly used.Extremely preterm infants are those born at less than 28 weeks gestation,and very preterm infants are those born at less than 33 weeks of gestation.Since Sarah's baby was born in the 27ᵗʰ week of conception,the baby would be categorized as an extremely preterm infant.

Sarah's Husband Is Taking Her for Sessions with a Therapist