23 Week Babies - anyone watching?

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About to start on bbc2 now.

My boys were prem and my friend has a 23 weeker.

Tissues at the ready.

I have no experience of this, but am crying my eyes out now. Might have to turn over sorry to everyone on here who has been through this.

heard one of the mums (she had twins and one survived) on Radio 4 this week and I dont think I can watch it now. Truly heart breaking.

midori and teleaddict - so so so sorry for your losses.

I challenge her to look at my babies now and say it wasn't worth keeping them alive.

Zero - that was my friend, Emma. Her son Luke is siz now, and amazing.

*six

goodness that made me cry my eyes out not sure if i can watch anymore

Don't think this is a programme for happy endings, Thisledonicely.

This is going to be abuot cost-effectiveness.

How sad. In floods of tears at the poor mum and dad.

well said geepers

How brave they were though.

This is very skewed towards what can go wrong.

WTF does how many kids they have already got to do with this???

Not just cost-effectiveness though - about reality.

dee - agree that was totally uncalled for. DMTV wtf!

Perhaps to identify their other responsibilities?

what was the deal with telling the viewer how many children these parents had?

was it to show that they already had lots of children so shouldn't be afforded the cost of treating their baby?

The idea that they can still be aborted at this stage is shocking. They are tiny but so definitely formed.
I had a scare at the weekend and am 28 weeks. Everything is fine thankfully bit this is making me so grateful my wee fella is so far along already and so would have a great chance if he did come now.

Thank god, thank god, thank god we never needed to have that conversation.

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geepers-you are right its very skewed as to the negatives, i read an article the other day about this prog and how some consider the money for prem baby treatments could be better spent elsewhere

from what i can see there is no better place to spend it than on these tiny babies who deserve all the help they can get.how the question could even be raised is beyond me they are beautiful babies who deserve a chance at life.

bloody hell what a decision.

I think it's good they are making this program but after having cried++ at the tiny baby that just died, I think it goes against every bone in your body to see a baby being born and let it die. I don't think you can offer choice in this sort of situation.

It's really hard because your head tells you to do one thing but your heart is another matter. You just see those tiny babies and want to protect and hold them.

I'm so sorry for anyone who has been thru this situation - I just can't imagine hoe it must feel

Maybe it is about the level of support they can offer at home when there are so many other children. When Ds was in NICU I know of three babies who were most likely sent from hospital to foster parents rather than going home with their own parents.

We had to agree to withdrawing treatment with DS1. Every fibre of my being screamed to tell them no, to keep going... but that would have been for me, not for him. It's a decision that haunts me daily.