Half a million babies are born early in the U.S. each year
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from:msnbc.comPremature births still medical mystery
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Really its not a mystery at all, what you do to your body a long time ago and now will effect your children, dont think just because you smoked that cigarette 5 years ago or smoke that pot wont effect your unborn children in the long run.
look at that study, when you have non-drinking, non drug user, tested and compared. Im talking about no beer, wine, aspirin, medication of any sort. even cough medicine is bad. of course you cannot control the fatty foods you put in your mouth.
so no unborn children are immune to this, i would look at the long history of the mother and father, of course there are some other variable, like stress reletionship, and physical abuse. so many variable, but its isnt a mystery.
just a matter what combos are used.
When you have 12 and 13 year olds having baby's you will have high pre mature births. We also have 19 and 20 year olds have their 3rd and 4th baby all with different fathers. A social break down all to acquire more welfare money. Welfare is the problem not the solution.
Not in all cases. Some thirty years ago, we all smoked, drank, had coffee and fatty foods. I am the very proud mother of a 34 yr old and a 36 yr old who were completely functional in infancy and beyond. Not one learning disability, in fact they were both in gifted classes as children in grade school.
We did not have the science or technology back then that said, don't eat this, don't do that and guess what....we all had healthy happy children!! Now that means, as a young mother my six best friends all came from a good gene pool too? As I joke with the children now, yep, I birthed you out behind the barn with a kerosene lamp(compared to today's medical world) and yes, Mr. and Ms. Phd.....you still made it!!! Be sure the story gets passes on to the six grandchildren I have.
The young women having premature births now, are not drinkers, smokers, eating fatty foods, ect., beacause they have been placed on strict warnings about everything that could, will inhibit a normal healthy delivery and infancy.....but they are still having early babies...so, please lets realize, the answer is, there is no answer. It is usually Mother Nature.
I was a premie, my sister and brother were premies, my kids were premies...all born at 35-36 weeks. My brothers and sister's kids were premies...we just can't get beyond 36 weeks. My mom, sister in law, and sister and myself never smoke or drank and ate pretty well. We are all well and by standardized test on the smarter side. It just is. There is no way to explain it. If I had to take this over something else, I would take this.
My SIL is similar. Both her and her sister had their babies premature. With my oldest niece, my SIL went into pre-term labor that the doctor's were able to stop when she wasn't yet 20 weeks pregnant. She gave birth to my oldest niece at 35 weeks. Then they had a miscarriage at 21 weeks. Then she and my brother had another daughter - she was born at 29.5 weeks. Her sister did the same thing when she was pregnant. Their mother was the same way with them. Like you - they aren't smokers, didn't drink, exercised, ate healthy, etc.
My daughter was born at 31 weeks, and, thankfully, is now a healthy three year old. I was definitely low income, considering I was on my own. I worked a thirty-five hour work-week on my feet. My doctor said I would be fine, even after I'd begun having contractions at five months along. I feel very fortunate because my daughter was born weighing almost four pounds and has had no resperatory problems since she was a year old.
I feel as though my daughter's premature birth could have been prevented if I hadn't had such a strenuous job and my doctor has listened to my concerns. I also think that many times professionals have an idea why a baby might have been premature, but don't want to admit they made a mistake or didn't listen to their patient.
Unless you have had a preemie yourself, you often take for granted that living a healthy lifestyle will mean healthy pregnancy. I was 31, barely ever drank when not pregnant and certainly not even one drop while pregnant, didn't spoke, ate healthy, excellent prenatal care, etc, and I still went into pre term labor for no known reason with my son that wasn't able to be stopped despite being in the hospital for 4 days. He was born at 32 weeks, and today is a healthy and happy 2 year old. I do not appreciate when people automatically assume it was the mother's careless lifestyle that caused premature births to happen. It's hard enough having to have your baby stay in a NICU for weeks, much less hear thoughtless comments.