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Premature birth: Rachel Burden visits a neonatal unit

On April 25th, Rachel Burden presented live from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Burnley General Teaching Hospital.

It's a place very close to her heart, as it was where - in February 2016 - she had her son Henry, born at just 31 weeks.

"Over the following eight weeks this unit became my home," says Rachel.

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Rachel explained why she was so keen to revisit the unit: "I wanted to return to this unit to hear the incredible stories of survival - and the sometimes painful stories of those babies that don't make it. We will look at what it takes to run a unit like this and some of the ethical debates around more babies surviving at a younger age."

You can see more videos of Rachel's day and see stories from mums and listeners who got in touch with their stories here.