It is considered preterm, full birth that occurs before 37 weeks gestation. Premature babies are at greater risk of developing health problems than babies who meet the 40 weeks of gestation. Still, today’s medicine allows a baby born with only 30 weeks, can live a little while in the incubator with all the necessary care to develop properly. You can even lengthen the pregnancy when you know that there are risks of preterm delivery. A combination of medication and rest will help. Medications called glucocorticoids, administered 24 hours before delivery, can help accelerate the maturity of the lungs and brain of the child and, thus, reduce some problems.
It causes by stress, health history of the mother, infection and bad habits like smoking, drinking or using other drugs have to do much in some cases. However, there is a very high percentage of early births of which the causes are unknown.
Symptoms:
* Contractions that make your belly harden even every 10 minutes or more
* Change in color of vaginal discharge or bleeding
* The feeling that your baby is pushing down very soon
* Pain in the lower weak back
* Stomach pain with or without diarrhea
Tags: gestation, glucocorticoids, health history of the mother, infection, Premature babies, Premature Delivery, preterm delivery, Stomach pain, stress
