Premature labor

Broader Terms

onset of labor before term but after the fetus has become viable, in humans usually sometime between the 20th and 37th week of gestation.

Premature labor is responsible for about 75% of stillbirths and deaths of babies in the first 7 days of life.
Since the onset of premature labor is very subtle and often hard to recognize, it is important to know how to feel your abdomen for uterine contractions.
The only sure way to know if you are in premature labor is by a doctor doing an examination of your cervix.
Systemic tocolysis for premature labor is associated with an increased incidence of pulmonary edema in the presence of maternal infection.
With funding from the March of Dimes and others, researchers are studying howvarious factors contribute to the complex problem of premature labor and birth.
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