It was 48 hours after delivering her first baby, a 9.1-pound boy, that Simone Brooks was told he wasn't breathing properly and had to be moved to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).

在西蒙娜·布鲁克斯(Simone Brooks)产下第一个男孩的48小时后，她被告知他的呼吸存在问题，需要移到新生儿重症监护治疗病房(NICU)进行观察。

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While 67% of babies required admission to the neonatal intensive care unit at 34 weeks, only 7% of those born at 38 weeks required the same care.

胎龄34周的婴儿中有67%需要进新生儿特护病房，而37周出生的婴儿这一数字仅为7%。

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But, because both of her children were born prematurely, they were in the hospital neonatal intensive care unit where they became accustomed to a combination of pumped breast milk and formula.

但是，由于她的2个孩子都早产，他们在新生儿重症监护治疗病房里适应了母乳和配方奶混合喂养。

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She spent her first eight days in the neonatal intensive care unit at a regional medical center.

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She was one of two babies who died from the bug which led to a two week closure of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

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