I wasn't born prematurely. I was born with spina bifida instead but was given the same prognosis. They told my Mother that if they didn't close the defect on my back, infection would set in and kill me (encephalitis, meningitis, ect). Furthermore, they said that EVEN WITH THE CORRECTIVE SURGERY, the chances were above average that I would suffer severe brain damage. Like you, I feel blessed that my prognosis wasn't as grim as predicted, but the doctors still said that my long term survival was uncertain. Because of this, my parents PLANNED MY FUNERAL almost as soon as I came home from the hospital after birth. To this day, I still have a funeral plot in our family cemetary that was paid for when I was just a newborn. My parents lived the first 10 years of my life with constant anxiety that something catastrophic was around the corner.
I've said this before and I'm gonna say it again. I do not want to bring a life into this world knowing what I know. It's just not fair in my mind.
I'm sick and tired of those who say "somebody has speak up for those that can't" when the "those" are unborn.
It's an EMBRYO and a FETUS SOLELY dependant on the Mother until gestation is complete! Those are the scientific facts! Stop mucking around with my right to do as I wish and just GET OVER IT.
Find something better to do with your time.