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  • Garrison Diaz, 8, waits on this mother Beatrice Diaz after arriving home from school in Chapel Hill, N.C., Wednesday, March 9, 2011. Diaz unexpectedly went into labor at 24 weeks while pregnant with Garrison, who after delivery was so fragile she was not even allowed to hold him for a month. Today he is in a wheelchair and has the mental capacity of a 9-month old. (AP Photo/Jim R. Bounds)

    Preemie birth preventive spikes from $10 to $1,500

    The price of preventing preterm labor is about to go through the roof.

  • Photographs displayed of her of Beatrice Diaz's son on Garrison Diaz, 8, are shown at her home in Chapel Hill, N.C., on Wednesday, March 9, 2011. Diaz unexpectedly went into labor at 24 weeks while pregnant with Garrison, who after delivery was so fragile she was not even allowed to hold him for a month. Today, he is in a wheelchair and has the mental capacity of a 9-month old. (AP Photo/Jim R. Bounds)

    Preemie birth preventive spikes from $10 to $1,500

    The price of preventing preterm labor is about to go through the roof. A drug for high-risk pregnant women has cost about $10 to $20 per injection. Next week, the price shoots up to $1,500 a dose, meaning the total cost during a pregnancy could be as much as $30,000.

  • Beatrice Diaz ,left, check her son Garrison Diaz 8,center, school work as her daughter Hailyn Parker 3, looks on at her home in Chapel Hill, N.C., Wednesday, March 9, 2011. Diaz unexpectedly went into labor at 24 weeks while pregnant with Garrison, who after delivery was so fragile she was not even allowed to hold him for a month. Today he is in a wheelchair and has the mental capacity of a 9-month old. (AP Photo/Jim R. Bounds)

    Preemie birth preventive spikes from $10 to $1,500

    The price of preventing preterm labor is about to go through the roof. A drug for high-risk pregnant women has cost about $10 to $20 per injection. Next week, the price shoots up to $1,500 a dose, meaning the total cost during a pregnancy could be as much as $30,000.

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