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Q: How can we prevent another Premature Birth?
asked by: DoctorQuestion on October 18th, 2006
This is for my daughter. She lost a baby last year to permature birth. She is now pregnant again. She has had a cercluge(?) and her cervix is thinning (about 7). She is just over 20wks. the doctor has told her if she goes into labour theres nothing he can do. I feel he is really saying that he won't do anything to stop labour because the baby is not viable. I just read about a couple that had their baby at 23wks but not without a fight with the hospital and their lawyer stepping in. Is that what it takes?


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Dr. Nikola Gjuzelov , MD
replied on October 23rd, 2006
Pregnancy Answer A1683
Doctors want to help prevent a premature birth but there is very little that can be done when delivery begins. Neither can cercluge help when delivery begins. Further, the benefit of cercluge in preventing premature birth is under question. You didn’t tell me anything about the reasons for your daughter’s last premature delivery. In many cases, the reasons for premature birth remain unknown. Real prevention is taken when doctor and mother can find and treat the reason(s) that may cause premature birth. For instance, a cervical-vaginal infection and inflammation (cervicitis) causes premature maturation of the cervix. The cervix becomes soft, short and the cervical canal starts to extend. This is one example. You might try to identify the cause for repeated premature birth with an OB-GYN or fertility specialist.


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