According to the World Health Organization (WHO) report, more than 15 million premature babies are born every year in the world, and about 1.1 million premature babies are born in my country every year.
What is a premature baby? How to prevent premature birth?
Dong Xiaofei, director of the neonatology department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, gave a detailed introduction.
Premature babies refer to the gestational age
. Because the babies are born much earlier, the development of the various organs of the whole body is not mature, and the function is not complete. Therefore, compared with full-term babies, they are more prone to physical development, motor development, language development, and intellectual development. As well as backward mental and behavioral development.
is mainly manifested as poor swallowing function and immune function, motor control ability, response ability to environmental stimuli, insufficient adjustment ability, sensory integration disorders, abnormal reflexes, etc. How does
prevent preterm birth?
1. Insist on taking folic acid
in the first trimester. Folic acid can not only prevent fetal neural tube congenital malformations, but also reduce the risk of placental abruption and pre-eclampsia.
Folic acid is generally recommended to be taken during the first three months of pregnancy, and one tablet a day after three months of pregnancy.
2. Eliminate the factors that may cause preterm birth.
Excessive smoking, illnesses during pregnancy, multiple pregnancy, advanced women, oral problems, overweight or underweight, and history of premature delivery.
3. Daily life
● Reasonable diet: reasonable supplement of carbohydrates, healthy protein and dairy products during pregnancy, as well as rich fruits and vegetables.
● Calcium and vitamin C supplementation: Calcium helps the growth of fetal bones. The most convenient source of healthy calcium is milk and yogurt.
●Appropriate exercise: Expectant mothers who insist on walking every day before 20 weeks of pregnancy will reduce the incidence of preeclampsia by 1/3.
●Use medication with caution: Some mothers-to-be think that over-the-counter medications have little to do with health, but many medications are banned during pregnancy.
●Reduce sexual intercourse: try to avoid it in the first trimester of pregnancy, reduce the frequency in the second trimester, and don't be too intense or frequent.
Director Dong Xiaofei reminded: There are many incentives for premature birth, but as long as you take good care of it, premature babies can catch up with "babies of the same age", and parenting healthy premature babies requires the support of parents.
(Source: Dong Xiaofei, Department of Neonatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine)
