Children Healthy Care

8% of deliveries taking place in our country are premature, ie occur before 37 weeks. 1% occurring before 32 weeks when the baby weighs less than 1.5 kilos.

One of the most important ways to reduce these numbers is to prevent infections that are responsible for half of premature births. Bacterial vaginosis thus becomes one of the main dangers in this regard. Due to this infection, lactobacilli spider starts, so that these microorganisms (usually is the Gardenerella vaginalis) can ascend the cervical canal and reach the membranes and placenta. In rare cases, can reach the amniotic fluid and even the child.

In most women, this causes no symptoms and does not show the normal signs of infection (itching, burning …) but with yellowish and whitish losses and an unpleasant odor. (more…)

Preterm birth, ie, that occurs before 37 weeks is a problem that affects 8% of births that occur in our country. The truth is that there are several risk factors that may influence the fact that it is premature delivery.
In most cases, it is not a single factor, but the confluence of several, which may cause the baby’s birth onwards. From Baby Blog, I talk about some of them:

Background: if you’ve previously had a premature birth, the chances of having another double. If premature births are two or more in advance, the possibilities grow exponentially. So if you fall into this group, your pregnancy will be considered at risk and have to keep a tighter control.

* Stress is not good in (more…)