about how long does the average premature baby stay in the hospital after being born?

Answer 1

This is actually a hard thing to answer as each baby is different. If the baby is doing well, he/she may be released around their due date. Some babies need to reach a certain weight before they are allowed to go home. If there are health concerns, then the release date my hinge on when they are able to do a certain thing such as breathe on their own or be able to nurse from breast or bottle. Each premature baby has a large team of doctors, nurses, specialists, and other health professionals that decide when he/she can go home.

Answer 2

Noramlly until they are in the safe zone with their health. This is on an average around their original due date. But my cousins were born prematurely at week 30. Being that they were twins they were even smaller and the girl was in the hospital for about nine months after birth and the boy was in there for twn months but was discharged under the care of a 24 hour home nurse. He had a lot more medical problems then she did. They are now like 12 or 13 and they are the most normal kids even other then their scars from surgeries.

So on an average around their original due dates.

Answer 3

It depends on how premature they are. My son was born at 34 weeks and didnt have to stay in the hospital. He came home with me when I left the hospital 2 days later. My cousin had her baby at 30 weeks and she stayed in the hospital for 3 weeks.

Answer 4

it's different with each hospital, but usually, assuming all health problems have been taken care of, the baby stays in the hospital until the due date, or until the baby reaches a certain weight. the weight limit was 5 lbs when i had my daughter.

Answer 5

Quite often they stay in until around their original due date.

Answer 6

Usually until their original due date.