Jojo
11-09-2009, 11:02 AM
How common is premature birth?
In England:
about seven per cent of babies are born prematurely each year (National Statistics 2007:22)
of those, 1.5 per cent of babies are born before 32 weeks (National Statistics 2007:22)
and 0.4 per cent of babies are born very early, before 28 weeks
If you're healthy and your pregnancy is going well, it's unlikely that you'll give birth prematurely. Only about two per cent of women with normal pregnancies go into labour too early (Haas 2008).
In England:
about seven per cent of babies are born prematurely each year (National Statistics 2007:22)
of those, 1.5 per cent of babies are born before 32 weeks (National Statistics 2007:22)
and 0.4 per cent of babies are born very early, before 28 weeks
If you're healthy and your pregnancy is going well, it's unlikely that you'll give birth prematurely. Only about two per cent of women with normal pregnancies go into labour too early (Haas 2008).