Word: preterm
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...tied to the growing number of multiple births--twins, triplets or more--that result from infertility treatments. If you have one baby, your chance of delivering prematurely is just over 10%, according to Dr. Charles Lockwood at Yale University, and your chance of delivering what is called a very preterm baby (one born before 32 weeks) is less than 2%. But if you have twins, the most recent federal data show, your chance of preterm delivery jumps to 58%, with a 12% chance of very early delivery. With triplets, you have almost no chance of reaching full term...
...birth-weight baby at full term more than triples if she has her teeth X-rayed while pregnant. This is not a good reason to avoid the dentist, however. Other studies have shown that women with periodontal disease have a three to five times greater risk of preterm childbirth than those with healthy teeth and gums...
...still hurt newborns? That's the question posed by a study that tracked 151 preterm babies for two weeks in an intensive-care unit. Each was subjected to an average of 14 painful procedures daily, including needle pricks, catheters inserted in veins and tubes stuck down the nose and throat, but only a third of babies got appropriate pain treatment...
...birth prematurely, having a baby with low birth weight or needing a caesarean section. This news comes from a large study--the first of its kind--published in Human Reproduction, of 56,000 women in Denmark. According to Dr. Olga Basso, the lead author, the chance of having a preterm baby was 7.4% for first-time mothers who took longer than a year to get pregnant--about 40% higher than normal...
...nobody is quite sure why. Multiple births due to fertility drugs account for some of the increase, but they can't explain the 27% rise in premature births over the past two decades. Today 1 in 8 babies, close to half a million annually, is born preterm--some so small, they could fit in your hand...