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Preterm Labor

Preterm labor is labor that starts before 37 completed weeks of pregnancy. It can lead to premature birth. Premature babies may face serious health risks.

Symptoms of preterm labor include:

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  1. Preterm Labor (National Library of Medicine)  
    Preterm labor is labor that starts before 37 completed weeks of pregnancy. It can lead to premature birth. Premature babies may face serious health risks. Symptoms ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/pretermlabor.html - Health Topics
  2. Extremely Preterm Birth (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)  
    Preterm Labor/Learn More ... Preterm Labor ... Babies born before 28 weeks of pregnancy are considered extremely preterm. Read about options for medical care before, ...
    https://www.acog.org/womens-health/faqs/extremely-preterm-birth - External Health Links
  3. Preterm Birth (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)  
    Preterm birth is when a baby is born too early, before 37 weeks of pregnancy have been completed. In 2015, preterm birth affected about 1 of every 10 infants born ...
    https://www.cdc.gov/.../maternalinfanthealth/pretermbirth.htm - External Health Links
  4. Insufficient cervix 
    ... cerclage. These help in some cases to prevent preterm birth. ... Buhimschi CS, Mesiano S, Muglia LJ. Pathogenesis of spontaneous preterm birth. In: Lockwood CJ, Copel JA, Dugoff L, et ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000595.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. Premature Babies (March of Dimes Foundation)  
    Premature Babies/Start Here ... Premature Babies ... March of Dimes Foundation
    https://www.marchofdimes.org/.../topics/birth/preterm-babies - External Health Links
  6. Arsenic From the National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)  
    Arsenic/Learn More ... Arsenic ... National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences ... From the National Institutes of Health ... Arsenic is a naturally occurring element ...
    https://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/agents/arsenic - External Health Links
  7. Preterm labor 
    ... in the United States is born preterm. A preterm birth is one of the major reasons babies are ... Researchers do not know what actually causes preterm labor in ... risk of preterm labor, including: A previous preterm delivery A ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000486.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  8. Placental Abruption (March of Dimes Foundation)  
    Childbirth Problems/Related Issues ... Childbirth Problems ... Health Problems in Pregnancy/Specifics ... Health Problems in Pregnancy ... March of Dimes Foundation
    https://www.marchofdimes.org/.../pregnancy/placental-abruption - External Health Links
  9. Folate From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements)  
    ... However, more research on these topics is needed. Preterm birth, congenital heart defects, and other birth defects Taking ...
    https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Folate-Consumer - Drugs and Supplements
  10. Preterm Labor and Birth From the National Institutes of Health (Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)  
    Premature Babies/Start Here ... Premature Babies ... Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development ... From the National Institutes ...
    https://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/preterm - External Health Links
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