Last year, one in 10 U.S. babies was born before 37 weeks of pregnancy, which is considered

preterm. The March of Dime says that's one of the highest premature birth rates among developed

nations. Preterm births can have long-term health effects and are hard to predict.

Ali Rogan spoke with an entrepreneur who's using AI to help doctors know when

it's likely. But first, March of Dimes helped connect Allie with parents of preterm babies to hear

about their experiences. My name is Erica Schumate and I am Mia's mom. Hi, my name is Roxanne

Romeo and I'm Zara's mom. My name is Lucero Pallano and I am Zayel's mother.

My name is Rubin Contreras and I'm Zayle's dad. My name is Ashley O'Neill and I am Collins' mom.

My name is Emily Greenlee and I'm Lois's mom. My baby was born at 24 weeks, two days. She weighed one pound,

seven ounces, or the best that they could measure so quick. She was intubated immediately.

Zara was born at 26 weeks and four days. She weighed two pounds, 6.7 ounces and she spent 93 days

in the NICU. Zaya was 25 weeks and two days when I delivered him.

We learned that my daughter actually has Elizabethan Cravel syndrome, which has less than 300

cases reported in the world, but it's highly concentrated in the Amish-Dutch population.

It's very rare in general, but then to be a family of color, we only know two other families of color that have been directly impacted

in the world. I went into labor with Collins at 25 weeks gestation at a small community

hospital that didn't have their resources to properly care for a child.

He was born at roughly a pound and a half.

Every day I would have to call in the morning to talk to one of the NICU nurses,

to find out how many episodes she had the night before, which is when a baby stops breathing.

And to even imagine your child not breathing is just crazy.

He fought.

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