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	Premature birth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Premature birth (also known as preterm birth, or preemie) is defined medically as childbirth occurring earlier than 37 completed weeks of gestation.
		After being born, a premature baby is cared for in a special section of the hospital known as the NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit).
		Premature infants are easily susceptible to infection, and preventing this is a key priority.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Premature_labour (1524 words)

	Premature labour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Premature labour can develop in any woman but especially very young, single or unsupported mothers, and those who are underweight or smoke.
		The only absolute proof of labour is dilation of the cervix, and by then it's too late to stop the baby being born.
		All sorts of things have been tried to halt premature labour, including drugs to stop the contractions of the uterus, ties to keep the cervix from opening and antibiotics to treat infection, but nothing is very effective.
	www.intellimeds.com /conditions/premature_labour.aspx (616 words)

	eumom.com - Medical Info
		Premature labour, which is labour that begins before 37 weeks of pregnancy, can lead to the birth of a small, immature baby that may not be able to survive, particularly if this occurs before 30 weeks.
		Because premature babies are slightly more likely than term babies to get distressed during labour, it's recommended that labours before 37 weeks are monitored by continuous fetal heart rate or cardiotocograph (CTG) monitoring.
		Generally, a premature labour does not last as long as full-term labour and tends to be easier for the mother since the baby's head is smaller and softer.
	www.eumom.com /uk/medinfo/content.asp?id=premature_labour (622 words)

	IndiaParenting.com - Premature Labour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The onset of premature labour is marked by menstrual-like cramps, clenching of the stomach muscles, dull ache in the lower back, pressure in the lower back, pelvis, abdomen and thighs, and intestinal cramping.
		Some factors that seem to increase the likelihood of premature labour are: multiple birth, hydramnios, abnormalities in the structure of the uterus, smoking, inadequate weight gain in an underweight mother, bleeding before labour, intrauterine growth disturbance, intrauterine foetal death, eclampsia and pre-eclampsia and infections.
		If premature labour begins after just twenty weeks of pregnancy, drug therapy may be used to arrest labour and may be continued for as long as thirty six weeks.
	www.indiaparenting.com /articles/data/art06_007.shtml (535 words)

	Amniotic fluid infections: iVillage
		Babies born prematurely as the result of AC are often ill because their lungs and other internal organs are immature; there may be a 'neonatal respiratory distress syndrome.'
		Initiation of premature/pre-term labour with premature rupture of the membranes (and subsequent premature/pre-term birth) with an increased risk of this at the earlier gestational ages.
		Premature labour - as a result of infection - would be dealt with as in all other cases of early births.
	www.ivillage.co.uk /print/0,9688,184225,00.html (842 words)

	Preterm Labour
		Labour and delivery before the 20th completed week of pregnancy is called a miscarriage.
		The premature newborn is at risk of complications when many of the organs—especially the heart and lungs—are not ready to function on their own after birth.
		Premature infants born after 32 weeks of pregnancy are generally considered to be less at risk than those born earlier.
	www.bchealthguide.org /kbase/topic/major/hw222237/descrip.htm (806 words)

	New Treatment For Premature Labour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		A woman, whose nine previous pregnancies had resulted in miscarriage or death soon after very premature birth, was given nimesulide, an anti-inflammatory drug, in her tenth pregnancy.
		Labour began six days later and, after a caesarean section, her baby was born weighing 3.1 kg, with mild breathing difficulties, which resolved, and with no congenital abnormalities.
		Although, as the authors point out, "The successful outcome of this pregnancy may have been due to the abdominal cerclage, nimesulide, or both", the onset of labour shortly after nimesulide was stopped suggests that the drug was contributing to maintaining the pregnancy.
	www.pslgroup.com /dg/3288a.htm (266 words)

	About Pre-Term Labour
		Normally defined as labour occurring before 37 weeks of pregnancy, pre-term, or premature, labour usually poses little risk for the mother but the negative health consequences for the baby can be enormous.
		About a third or more cases of pre-term labour occur for no apparent reason though experience has shown that some groups of women are likely to be at a higher risk than others.
		Ferring’s atosiban is the latest treatment doctors use everyday to delay premature birth and improve the health and safety of mother and baby.
	www.ferring.com /therapeutic/obstetrics/About+Pre-Term+Labour.htm (714 words)

	Research - Tommy's
		The aim is to measure levels of the hormone progesterone in women who are at risk of going into premature labour, in order to evaluate the hormone's importance in predicting labour.
		We know that the muscle of the womb must contract before a baby can be born, and it is thought that special pores (ion channels) in the lining of the muscle cells of the womb allow chemicals to flow in and out, thereby causing the muscle to contract powerfully.
		The process of labour makes a big difference to the protein signal, and has been found to be reduced by about 60% in term labour.
	www.tommys-campaign.org /research/prematurelabour.htm (1379 words)

	Premature Labor
		Premature or pre-term labor is labor that begins more than three weeks before you are expected to deliver your baby (but after the 20th week of pregnancy).
		It is important for you to learn the signs of premature labor so that you can recognize them and get help to stop it and prevent your baby from being born too early.
		If you are in premature labor, you may receive medication to stop labor so your baby has more time to develop in the uterus.
	www.webmd.com /content/article/51/40832.htm (627 words)

	i-Newswire.com - Press Release And News Distribution - Cancer drug could aid premature labour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In the UK each year, around 10 per cent, or 60,000, pregnancies end with premature births of less than 37 weeks gestation, which is the highest rate in Western Europe and costs the NHS millions of pounds.
		Drugs currently used to treat women who give birth prematurely are relatively ineffective, and often have dangerous side effects, such as heart problems in mother and baby.
		Women whose babies are born prematurely experience an acute drop in the numbers of the CG/LH receptors and are thus less responsive to the hCG hormone.
	i-newswire.com /pr25954.html (804 words)

	Can hormones prevent premature birth?
		Premature birth is the biggest single cause of death and disability in babies.
		In normal labour, white blood cells are activated in the bloodstream and migrate to the womb.
		She is regularly invited to give talks on labour, both in the UK and internationally, and has recently edited a book on the subject.
	action.org.uk /medicalresearch/can_hormones_prevent_premature_birth.php (732 words)

	HON Mother & Child Glossary, Preterm Labour
		Preterm labour may result in preterm delivery or premature rupture of the membranes.
		Medications are often used to stop labour, for example magnesium sulfate given intravenously, which stops labour in up to 80% of women (but with possible side effects such as rapid heartbeat in the woman and/or baby).
		The woman may also be given a corticosteroid to help open the baby's lungs and reduce the risk of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome.
	www.hon.ch /Dossier/MotherChild/labor_complications/labour_preterm.html (223 words)

	Premature babies: Avoidable deaths
		Premature rupture of membranes (PROM) tended to occur earlier in the women whose babies died.
		If imminent, labour can be prevented by tocolytic drugs, and this will buy time for the mother to have a course of corticosteroids to help the baby's lungs, or to be transferred to a unit with better facilities.
		The report suggests that recognising premature labour early could reduce the number of general anaesthetics given, and 15 mothers were thought to have had a general anaesthetic unnecessarily.
	www.aims.org.uk /Journal/Vol15No2/premBabyDeaths.htm (4552 words)

	Nine months - Premature labour
		When labour starts before 37 weeks of pregnancy, it is termed as premature labour.
		A premature baby's lungs are very immature and cause major problem as the lungs don't know how to breathe and are not fully developed.
		A premature labour is much quicker than a full term labour, mainly because the babies are smaller.
	www.mothersbliss.co.uk /nine/labour/premature.asp (408 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Health \| Call for premature baby lifesaver
		Her experience isn't unusual and Kerri's symptoms are typical of a type of drugs commonly used to delay labour called beta agonists.
		Mothers needing to delay premature labour have put up with the risks for the sake of their babies.
		New guidelines on the use of drugs in delaying labour are expected later this year from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, but it is not yet known whether they will recommend the newer drug.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/health/2125640.stm (473 words)

	BBC - Health - Conditions - Premature labour
		BBC - Health - Conditions - Premature labour
		As many as seven per cent of babies in the UK are born prematurely (also known as preterm, and usually defined as before 37 weeks of pregnancy).
		There is usually little risk for the mother but the implications for the baby can be enormous.
	www.bbc.co.uk /health/conditions/prematurelabour1.shtml (805 words)

	ABC of labour care: Preterm labour and premature rupture of membranes -- Steer and Flint 318 (7190): 1059 -- BMJ
		The diagnosis of labour often has to be made on the basis of reported uterine contractions.
		labour depends on the fetal presentation and the stage of gestation.
		labour should be considered, for the mother is the ideal incubator.
	bmj.bmjjournals.com /cgi/content/full/318/7190/1059 (1860 words)

	Is this Labour?
		During the hot summer months, premature labour is more common than ever.
		Therefore, the concentration of hormones in the blood increases, and labour may actually be triggered.
		So, if you think that you may be in early labour, one of the first steps to take (after calling your health-care provider) is to drink a large quantity of water and take a rest.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/natural_pregnancy_childbirth/73846 (415 words)

	Women: Premature babies, premature baby complications, labor, early labour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Premature babies is ofcourse a risk and some of premature babies dies due to result of being born too early and other may have certain complications as their organs are not ready to work properly outside the womb.
		In the case of premature labour, there is a disruption in cytokine signaling.
		Lungs are the last organ developed in babies inside the womb so respiratory diseases are most frequent in premature babies.
	women2004.blogspot.com /2004/06/premature-babies-premature-baby_24.html (279 words)

	Childbirth: Premature labour
		If labour begins early, before 37 weeks, it is called premature (or preterm) labour.
		It is important to call your caregiver if you begin premature labour.
		It is important to know the signs and symptoms of premature labour.
	www.womenshealthmatters.ca /centres/pregnancy/childbirth/premature.html (111 words)

	Chapter 13:Premature Labour - Maternal
		Preterm labour may follow preterm rupture of membranes, or become established with intact membranes.
		Short term indomethacin to stop preterm labour may be beneficial but, because of the known and unknown side-effects (such as bronchopulmonary dysplasia), more and better controlled data are needed to assess its value in preterm labour(i).
		There is some evidence that infection is a causal agent in a proportion of cases of premature labour.
	hebw.cf.ac.uk /maternal/chapter13.html (1291 words)

	Porcupine Health Unit :: Premature Labour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Preterm babies, formerly known as premature, account for approximately two-thirds of all low birth weight infants (Canadian Institute of Child Health, 1993).
		Although there are some risk factors that put some women at higher risk of preterm birth such as multiple pregnancy or previous preterm birth, over half of the preterm births occur to women with no identifiable risk factors.
		Every woman and her partner need to know about the early signs and symptoms of preterm labour and what to do when they occur.
	www.porcupinehu.on.ca /family/premature.html (356 words)

	Women's Health Advisor 2005.4: Preterm Labor
		If you have regular, painful uterine contractions and changes in your cervix between your 20th and 37th weeks of pregnancy, you are having preterm labor.
		A premature baby may need special treatment in an intensive care nursery.
		Even with intensive treatment, the premature baby may die or may have chronic lung disease or other serious problems.
	www.med.umich.edu /1libr/wha/wha_ptl_crs.htm (944 words)

	ScienceDaily: Cancer Drug Could Aid Premature Labour
		Drug Treatment For Premature Ejaculation Is Effective, Researchers Show (September 10, 2006) -- University of Minnesota researchers have shown that the drug dapoxetine is a safe and effective drug treatment for premature ejaculation.
		Number Of Babies Born Prematurely Nears Historic Half Million Mark In U.S. (September 9, 2005) -- Nearly a half million babies - some 12.3 percent of all newborns - were born prematurely (less than 37 weeks gestation) in 2003, according to the report released by the National Center for Health...
		Premature Babies Benefit From Breast Milk, Study Says (November 5, 2003) -- Premature infants fed breast milk made developmental gains equal to or greater than those fed formula specially designed for low-birth-weight infants, an international study...
	www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2005/06/050614003108.htm (1673 words)

	Premature Labor
		A premature labor and delivery may only take a couple of hours compared to the average ten to fifteen hour labors of full-term pregnancies.
		When your cervix is completely dilated or your premature baby is squeezing out of your cervix, your care provider will tell you to go ahead and push.
		Small, premature babies are under much stress at this point so it isn't a good idea to prolong the pushing phase.
	www.webmd.com /content/article/4/1680_51853.htm (4869 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Health \| Hopes of premature labour insight (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Levels of a naturally occurring cannabis-like compound rise sharply in a woman's body when she is about to go into labour, research has found.
		"Since marijuana is associated with preterm labour, failure of babies to grow properly in the uterus and miscarriages, could it therefore interfere with the anandamide pathway and the resultant effects on pregnancy?"
		She said: "There is a high concentration of the endocannaboid anandamide in the uterine tissue which also contains a high number of receptors for it.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/health/3983099.stm (537 words)

	Action Medical Research - Premature labour
		The onset of labour is caused when an electrical charge passes across the cells and stimulates them to contract.
		The team will investigate the possibility that high levels of ROS could be altering the electrical excitability of the myometrium, causing it to contract at the wrong time and possibly initiating premature labour.
		The researchers are hopeful that, in the long term, their work will contribute to reducing the incidence of premature labour.
	www.action.org.uk /touching_lives/2005/06/premature_labour (641 words)

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