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Bergen Mom Who Lost Premature Baby Didn't Think It Would Happen To Her The house is quiet. The kids are asleep. But Joeleen Corrales-Lee of Ridgefield is awake wondering what life would be like if her daughter Emma survived. Ten days ago, she gave birth to her baby -- after 23 weeks of gestation. Corrales-Lee knew that there was a chance Emma would be a preemie, but always hoped she’d make it. “In my heart of hearts, I was holding onto hope that she could still be okay,” said Corrales-Lee, 36.  “I didn’t think it would happen to us.” But then reality hit. And it happened to them. Five hours after being delivered at Hackensack University Medical Center, Emma…

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by Cecilia Levine