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Bookmark or Share- What are the risk factors for preterm labor and birth?Other factors that may increase risk for preterm labor and premature birth include: Ethnicity. Preterm labor and birth occur more often among certain racial and ethnic groups. For example, infants of African American mothers are more likely to be born preterm than infants of white mothers.
- Extremely Preterm Birth Outcomes Tool | NICHD - NICHD - Eunice Kennedy ...Healthcare providers and families face significant challenges in making care decisions for extremely preterm infants. They make decisions about individual infants based on each infant’s situation and using the best available information at the time. Through its research, NICHD aims to better inform healthcare providers and families about the health, survival, and development of infants born ...
- What treatments can reduce the chances of preterm labor & birth?If a pregnant woman is showing signs of preterm labor, her doctor will often try treatments to stop labor and prolong the pregnancy until the fetus is more fully developed. Treatments include therapies to try to stop labor (tocolytics) and medications administered before birth to improve outcomes for the infant if born preterm (antenatal steroids to improve the respiratory outcomes and ...
- Preterm Labor and Birth - NICHD - Eunice Kennedy Shriver National ...Labor that begins before 37 weeks of pregnancy is preterm or premature labor. A birth that occurs before 37 weeks of pregnancy is a preterm or premature birth. An infant born before 37 weeks in the womb is a preterm or premature infant. (These infants are commonly called “preemies” as a reference to being born prematurely.)
- About Preterm Labor and Birth | NICHD - NICHD - Eunice Kennedy Shriver ...A birth that occurs before 37 weeks of pregnancy is a preterm or premature birth. An infant born before 37 weeks in the womb is a preterm or premature infant. (These infants are commonly called “preemies” as a reference to being born prematurely.)
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