Preterm Delivery

Recent research suggests that music therapy may lessen symptoms of prenatal anxiety for some women, which in turn may benefit the health of her child.

Labour is called premature when it starts at least 3 weeks before your due date. While doctors can do to postpone an early delivery, there are high chances that preterm labour can lead to an early birth.

A new study reveals that premature babies are at a 57% higher risk of struggling with their heart and lungs later in life as compared to those kids who are born on or around their due date.

Researchers at Pennsylvania State University in the US compared the breast milk of mothers with babies born prematurely - between 28 and 37 weeks gestation - and at term - after 38 weeks.

Women exposed to the highest quantities of agricultural pesticides while pregnant were at heightened risk of giving birth prematurely and delivering low-weight infants, a new study found.

According to the World Health Organisation, every year close to 15 million babies are born preterm.

Make sure that the last meal of your day is light on stomach and easy to digest.

Premature birth can put your child at risk of health complications. There can be many causes of preterm birth than you can avoid.

Mother's excessive weight has known to cause "pregnancy loss, preterm delivery and macrosmia (where baby's size is larger than the usual)."

For years following the events of September 11, 2001 in lower Manhattan, the disaster and its aftermath may have affected women and their babies who were not even conceived yet, according to a new study.

Late preterm infants face more mental or physical developmental delays and poorer neuro-developmental outcomes than their full-term peers and those delays may affect their school performance.

Being born just a few weeks early might have a long-term impact on a child's intelligence quotient (IQ) and ability to pay attention.

Taking high doses of vitamins C and E during pregnancy do not change a woman's risk of preterm delivery.

Smokers who develop preeclampsia during pregnancy have a higher risk of suffering complications like preterm delivery, low birth weight and stillbirth.

Couples who conceive through certain types of infertility treatment have a higher-than-normal chance of having a premature baby.

Recent research suggests that music therapy may lessen symptoms of prenatal anxiety for some women, which in turn may benefit the health of her child.

Labour is called premature when it starts at least 3 weeks before your due date. While doctors can do to postpone an early delivery, there are high chances that preterm labour can lead to an early birth.

A new study reveals that premature babies are at a 57% higher risk of struggling with their heart and lungs later in life as compared to those kids who are born on or around their due date.

Researchers at Pennsylvania State University in the US compared the breast milk of mothers with babies born prematurely - between 28 and 37 weeks gestation - and at term - after 38 weeks.

Women exposed to the highest quantities of agricultural pesticides while pregnant were at heightened risk of giving birth prematurely and delivering low-weight infants, a new study found.

According to the World Health Organisation, every year close to 15 million babies are born preterm.

Make sure that the last meal of your day is light on stomach and easy to digest.

Premature birth can put your child at risk of health complications. There can be many causes of preterm birth than you can avoid.

Mother's excessive weight has known to cause "pregnancy loss, preterm delivery and macrosmia (where baby's size is larger than the usual)."

For years following the events of September 11, 2001 in lower Manhattan, the disaster and its aftermath may have affected women and their babies who were not even conceived yet, according to a new study.

Late preterm infants face more mental or physical developmental delays and poorer neuro-developmental outcomes than their full-term peers and those delays may affect their school performance.

Being born just a few weeks early might have a long-term impact on a child's intelligence quotient (IQ) and ability to pay attention.

Taking high doses of vitamins C and E during pregnancy do not change a woman's risk of preterm delivery.

Smokers who develop preeclampsia during pregnancy have a higher risk of suffering complications like preterm delivery, low birth weight and stillbirth.

Couples who conceive through certain types of infertility treatment have a higher-than-normal chance of having a premature baby.