CARE ABOUT KIDS

PARENTS:Doctors do not always know the cause of a particular pre-term or low-weight birth,and, in most case, there was probably little the doctor or mother could have done to prevent it.Accoring to Dr. Carl A. Keller, an epidemiologist with the National Institutes of Health, the most accurate predictor of pre-term birth is the mother's past obstetrical history. Women with histories of difficult pregnancies, spontaneous abortions, or stillbirths are more apt to give birth prematurely than women who have had full-term babies. Why some women cannot carry to full term is not always clear. The cause may be biological, chemical, genetic, or a combination of factors.MY WORD: Every day new advances in child birth are discovered and women can feel secure that some day they will be able to carry full term with the help of their obstetrician.