Near-term birth.
Have you heard of this phrase before, near-term birth? I just saw the news and this is very disturbing. Some celebrities and more and more women are opting to give birth at 35 or 36 weeks instead of going full term at 37 weeks.Â
Why would women decide to do this? There are several reasons, but the main reason is vanity. The women want to jumpstart their weight loss, and they want to avoid muscle tearing or stretch marks.
In doing so, they are putting their premature babies at risk of Hypoglycaemia-low blood sugar, jaundice, respiratory distress, intravenous feeding is needed and the difficulty in maintaining body temperature. Is the risk worth taking just for looking good?Â
There are exceptions of course, a planned Caesarean is necessary before full term, if the health of the mother and unborn baby are in jeopardy. But that should be the only reason why babies are born prematurely, I think!!
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Have you heard of this phrase before, near-term birth? I just saw the news and this is very disturbing. Some celebrities and more and more women are opting to give birth at 35 or 36 weeks instead of going full term at 37 weeks.Â
Why would women decide to do this? There are several reasons, but the main reason is vanity. The women want to jumpstart their weight loss, and they want to avoid muscle tearing or stretch marks.
In doing so, they are putting their premature babies at risk of Hypoglycaemia-low blood sugar, jaundice, respiratory distress, intravenous feeding is needed and the difficulty in maintaining body temperature. Is the risk worth taking just for looking good?Â
There are exceptions of course, a planned Caesarean is necessary before full term, if the health of the mother and unborn baby are in jeopardy. But that should be the only reason why babies are born prematurely, I think!!
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