My baby was born premature What risks for him?
WILL BE NORMAL?
Premature babies will be normal?
Among the fears of parents facing a premature baby, there is the legacy of giving birth. Is my baby going to keep marks, scars, injury, premature birth of this?
If the question does not arise for most preterm infants who have normal psychomotor development, it may arise in the case of large and extremely premature (born before 7 months of pregnancy): these babies born preterm are more likely to keep long "traces" of their premature birth.
Born before term has indeed special risks, in terms of breathing as the cerebral level.
Indeed, brain cells may have been destroyed during the birth of these tiny babies (about 1kg). There are risks of injuries and motor development at the level of coordination, vision, or even of language and hearing. Do not hesitate to seek medical advice if these delays do not subside with time: the important thing is to detect these problems at an early stage in order to establish a proper management and effective. The reaction is more rapid, less the after-effects of childbirth will be felt.
Most fragile babies
If premature babies benefit from representatives of respect and attention from parents or medical personnel, at birth, it's for good reason: premature babies are more susceptible than term babies. The reason for this "fragility" is often derived antibodies: a premature baby has not had time to build up a stock of antibodies sufficient to withstand all assaults of his first month. It is therefore likely to get sick more frequently, and the airway can people infected. That will include the time that this barrier is reconstituted antibody, keep your baby away from major sources of infections, such as shops or public transport.
There are also risks of brain damage: a study from children born in the late 1990s (this study was conducted on 2382 preterm infants) found that 40% of these very premature babies suffering from palsy, sensory and cognitive at the age of 5 years. These premature children sometimes keep a few years after-effects of childbirth. They have a moderate to severe disability in 14% of cases of very premature babies (That is to say, a child born before 33 weeks gestation), and 22% of premature infants born between 24 and 28 weeks of pregnancy.
Do not worry!
Although these figures are alarming, they should be moderate: they reflect the reality of the treatment of premature infants in the late 90s. Since then, further progress has been made in the management of prematurity. "The child born at 35 to 37 weeks usually recover in two years in psycho-motor, very premature babies after 5 years," Dr. Eric tempers Boudot de la Motte, a pediatrician. And in 85% of cases, the recovery of premature children is total, without motor or neurological problem. "No need to worry unnecessarily or you focus on the consequences of possible consequences that could have your baby in most If, after 5 years he will be gone!