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Too Little, Too Early

Thanks so much for the article on preterm births ["Early Arrivals: A Growing Problem," Feb. 6]. I delivered twins at 30 weeks and 4 days almost six years ago at Virginia Hospital Center. We were incredibly lucky, and they are healthy. I recently read an article on the use of magnesium sulfate to try to stop early labor. As someone who went through "mag" treatments three times before giving birth, I was stunned to read that there is very little scientific research to demonstrate that mag actually works.

Christine E. Wormuth

Arlington

I would like to add another resource to your list: I am president of an all-volunteer, nonprofit organization for preemie parents called Preemies Today ( http://www.preemiestoday.org). It is our mission to help families reduce the stress related to prematurity beginning at birth and through the growing years.

We distribute Preemie Care packages, with information and hard-to-find items for families, to Inova Fair Oaks Hospital and Reston Hospital Center. Our Preemies Today newsletter is distributed to 11 local hospitals and health-care offices, as well as individual subscribers.

Mary Beth Hazelgrove

Centreville