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Undergoing an early delivery and dealing with a premature baby might have been the hardest time of your life. It might have drained your emotional and physical energy. No wonder your decision to have a second baby worries you considering the chances of undergoing another premature delivery.
It is normally seen that a previous premature delivery increases the chances of having another premature birth. But there have been women who have had a premature birth once and go on to have a full term pregnancy and delivery next time.
There are mainly two causes that determine the chances of preterm delivery in subsequent pregnancies. Note that, these causes are more applicable to spontaneous preterm birth rather than induced labors due to some health issues.
The chances of another pre term delivery will still decline further if the previous delivery occurred between 32nd and 36th weeks.
Many of the risk factors which could be responsible for triggering pre term delivery during your first pregnancy can be eliminated, or, at least reduced considerably before you try to conceive the second time. But if a preterm birth is induced due to some medical issues, the risk factors increase instead of decreasing if those issues are incurable.
Before getting worried, consider the bright side of this situation. Increased awareness of the risk of having another premature birth will put you in a better stand to monitor your pregnancy. And take extra care and precaution when you get to the same stage when your previous pre term labor starts.
Here are some measure that should be taken before conceiving and which can help to reduce the chances of a preterm delivery after a previous history of a premature birth.
Knowing your chances of running into a pre term birth and accepting the necessary measures to avoid it maximum will help you to carry on a successful full term pregnancy, and, if not, at least, reduce the impact of a pre term delivery.
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