premie
IPA: prˈɛmi
noun
- A follower of the controversial spiritual leader Prem Rawat (born 1957).
- Alternative spelling of preemie [(informal) A baby that has been born prematurely.]
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Examples of "premie" in Sentences
- By definition, he's an ex premie.
- That is the ex premie party line.
- Premies would often swoon afterwards.
- I am neither a premie nor an ex premie.
- Most of the premies seemed sincere and rational.
- Mindlessness is the goal for premies to strive for.
- The ex premie 'group' is amorphous to say the least.
- Our friend's daughter had a premie baby a couple of years ago.
- Many of these people are known within the premie and ex premie communities.
- The discussion in the Forum about ex premies being the victims is just so cute.
- I also had issues with my last pregnancy – complications/premie, depression, hurt my back (after giving birth - long story).
- Tiny premie Mae was too little to breastfeed from a human nipple and Kathryn was committed enough to breastfeeding that she pumped.
- The week or more they spent in the premie intensive care nursery cost no more than if their mom had delivered normally and gone home with them the next day.
- But I had three kids 4 years apart (they are now 23, 25, & 27) one would not sleep during the night and rarely napped (she's 25 now & still loves to stay up all night) and one was a premie who had to be fed every two hours and it would take an hour to feed her because feeding would exhaust her.
- The price of prenatal care, information, and support is chump change compared to the potential cost of not offering it (in a too-common scenario: a preterm birth that could have been prevented with earlier, routine care delivers a tiny, critically ill premie requiring months of NICU care, followed by a lifetime of care for any disabilities or chronic health problems caused by that too-early birth).