It's supposed to take nine months for babies to be ready for life. But sometimes a baby arrives too early. And, in 50% of those cases, no one, not even the doctors, knows why it happened. These premature babies are often so tiny they would fit in the palm of your hand.

For 65 years, the March of Dimes has been working to save babies. The only voluntary health organization tackling prematurity, the March of Dimes and its volunteers work to make people aware of the problem and, through cutting-edge research, to save millions of babies from death or disability.
An alarming 29% increase in premature births over the last two decades prompted the March of Dimes to launch in 2003 a massive Prematurity Campaign to support the work of top researchers and to assist and educate families across the country.
Prematurity is a bigger deal than you think!
1 in 8 babies is born prematurely - and a lot of them will have lifelong health problems."

The more people talk about the issue, the more likely they are to check out http://www.marchofdimes.com
to donate their time or money, to take their folic acid supplements, or to pay attention to the signs of preterm labor.

Most women of childbearing age now know how important it is to take folic acid supplements every day. It was the March of Dimes that helped make folic acid a household term, thereby reducing the incidence of birth defects of the brain or spinal cord.
Educate your family of preventative health benefits for folic acid supplements.
There is even a version of the website entirely in Spanish at http://www.nacersano.org