Premature Birth

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  War Stress Linked To Increased Preterm Births And Complications In Ukrainian Hospitals

  Experts say the reasons for premature births are complex, but the profound psychological and physical stress the war is inflicting on pregnant mothers is contributing.

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  Priyanka Chopra And Nick Jonas Were Forced To Announce Malti's Premature Birth: "I Remember It Leaked"

  Born via surrogate in January 2022, Malti was premature and spent over 100 days in the NICU before going home

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  Nick Jonas Recalls 12-Hour Hospital Shifts After Malti's Premature Birth: 'She Was Purple'

  Nick Jonas revealed that Malti weighed just 1 pound 11 ounces at the time of her birth

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  Exposure To High Heat During Pregnancy May Lead To Premature Birth: Study

  An exposure to high temperatures during pregnancy could be disrupting amino acids and vitamins key to managing stress and energy, thereby increasing the risk of a premature delivery, suggests an analysis of blood samples.

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  Lebanon Conflict Forces Expectant Mothers To Flee, Risking Premature Births

  Tahani Yassine was in her third trimester of pregnancy when she chose to return to her hometown of Beirut to deliver her baby.

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  Bangladeshi Woman, 20, Gives Birth To Twins One Month After First Baby

  A Bangladeshi mother has stunned doctors by giving birth to healthy twins 26 days after a first child was born prematurely.

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  Sleep Disorders In Pregnant Women Could Lead To Preterm Birth

  A new American study which was published in the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology has shown that pregnant women who suffer from sleep disorders such as sleep apnea and insomnia are a risk factor for preterm births. They may be at nearly double the risk of delivering their babies before 34 weeks.

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  This Plastic Bag, An Artificial Womb, Could Some Day Save Extreme Preemies

  Each year in the United States, about 30,000 babies are born before gestating for 26 weeks, which is considered "critically preterm."

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  Mothers's Cervical Bacteria May Help Prevent Premature Birth: Study

  New York: The presence of bacteria in a woman’s vagina and cervix may either increase the risk of premature birth or have a protective effect against it, researchers say. Premature birth — baby born before 37 weeks of pregnancy — is the leading cause of death in children under the age of five around the world. Contrary to conventional studies...

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  Mothers's Cervical Bacteria May Help Prevent Premature Birth: Study

  The presence of bacteria in a woman's vagina and cervix may either increase the risk of premature birth or have a protective effect against it, researchers say.

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  Calcium Deposits May Cause Premature Births

  The calcium deposits in the amniotic fluid -- the fluid surrounding a foetus -- is the leading cause behind the rupture of the foetal membranes, commonly known as water breaking, and lead to premature birth of a baby, a study has found.

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  Thicker Cervical Stitch May Up Premature Birth, Mortality Rate

  Pregnant women who receive the cervical stitch to prevent miscarriage or premature birth with a thicker thread, can in fact have an increase in the rate of premature birth and baby death as compared with a thinner thread, says a study.

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  Premature Birth May Up Osteoporosis Risk In Adulthood

  Babies born prematurely are at an increased risk of having brittle bones in adulthood, says a new study adding that low birth weight may also raise the risk of osteoporosis.

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  Depression Of Expectant Father Linked To Premature Birth

  While depression in women during pregnancy is known to be associated with low birth weight and increased risk of premature birth, a new study has found that depression of expectant father can too increase preterm birth risk.

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  Blocking Molecule May Help Prevent Premature Birth

  Premature birth, a leading cause of death of newborns worldwide, could be prevented by blocking a molecule in the uterus, suggests a new research.