But there are plenty of places that offer free baby stuff to offset the costs of newborn and infant care. From baby registry welcome boxes to free baby samples to diaper rewards programs ...

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Even with all the preparation and awareness that their baby would be born prematurely, Block said they hadn't even thought to buy preemie clothes. When it was time for Caroline to go home ...

"I was terrified and worried. I know what it's like to go through withdrawal and I never wanted that for my baby," Linda Preston tells PEOPLE Alexandra Rockey Fleming is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE.

Alanie Lettsome was born at just 23 weeks ... It's Tough' "I went in to do an ultrasound to find out the [baby's] gender, and while [they were] looking, they noticed that my cervix was opening.