.” thoughts, with which mothers of pre-term babies are inclined to torment themselves, have never been fully extinguished. University Maternity Hospital Limerick is examining a possible link between lockdown and an apparent dramatic drop in the number of very low-weight babies being born at the hospital. Normally the Limerick hospital has between 40 and 50 babies a year born at a weight below 1.5kg. What is his advice to pregnant women, or women planning pregnancy, when looking at this? The vast majority of pre-term births are due to rupture of membranes, infection or pre-eclampsia, says Daly.

Source: The Irish Times July 07, 2020 04:52 UTC