RDS is quite common in premature infants. Their lungs have underdeveloped air sacs, present in the lungs, that keep them inflated with air. The sacks could not expand due to a lack of surfactant.
Laura Copley, 33, from Yorkshire, has given a sweet update about her premature son Jacob Black who was born at only 3lbs 3oz - she says he has come on 'leaps and bounds' ...