''Little Man'' (stylized as ''little man'') is a 2005 American documentary film by

Nicole Conn Nicole Conn (born October 29, 1959) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter most famous for her debut feature, the lesbian love story '' Claire of the Moon'' (1992). Her screenplay for ''Claire of the Moon'' was also released a ...

. The film was intended to document

surrogate pregnancy Surrogacy is an arrangement, often supported by a legal agreement, whereby a woman agrees to delivery/labour for another person or people, who will become the child's parent(s) after birth. People may seek a surrogacy arrangement when pregnan ...

but the baby was delivered 100 days early so the film documents experiences of a family dealing with an extremely

premature birth Preterm birth, also known as premature birth, is the birth of a baby at fewer than 37 weeks gestational age, as opposed to full-term delivery at approximately 40 weeks. Extreme preterm is less than 28 weeks, very early preterm birth is between 2 ...

involving 158 days in a

NICU A neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), also known as an intensive care nursery (ICN), is an intensive care unit (ICU) specializing in the care of ill or premature newborn infants. Neonatal refers to the first 28 days of life. Neonatal care, as kn ...

(neonatal intensive care unit).

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