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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The baby was then taken to the hospital's neonatal intensive care unit for further treatment, but doctors were not sure how long she will live.

婴儿随后送入医院的新生儿加护病房继续治疗，但是医生们不确定她还能活多久。

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Baby Elayna was in the intensive care unit for two weeks.

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Insurers and employer groups have stepped up pressure to stop early-elective deliveries because they can lead to malpractice suits when things go wrong and much higher costs if a baby ends up in a neonatal intensive-care unit.

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Although Dr Cody spoke of "stabilising" baby Millie so she could be transferred to the only intensive care unit in Northern Ireland for children, the Royal Victoria Hospital for Sick Children in Belfast, he confirmed that by that time there was neither any improvement nor deterioration in her condition.

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