Premature Birth WisdomCard™
Our Guides and Physician Review team have organized the Top 10 Health Resources on Premature Birth and compiled helpful research notes below.
- Wikipedia: Premature birth en.wikipedia.org - Premature birth
- Nemours Foundation: A Primer on Preemies kidshealth.org - A Primer on Preemies
- HealthWise (via WebMD): Premature Infant - Overview children.webmd.com - Premature Infant - Overview
- AboutKidsHealth: Premature Babies aboutkidshealth.ca - Premature Babies
- University of Pennsylvania: Premature Birth
pennhealth.com - Premature Birth
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Research Notes on Premature Birth
Premature birth is a birth that occurs before your 37th week of pregnancy. Most pregnancies last 38-42 weeks, your due date is 40 weeks after the first day of your last menstrual period.
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Latest Headlines on Premature Birth
What is Premature Birth?
- Wikipedia: Overview of Premature Birth
- Mayo Clinic: What is Premature Birth?
- March of Dimes: What is Preterm Birth?
- eMedicineHealth: Premature Birth
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD): Preterm Labor and Birth
What Are The Symptoms of Premature Birth?
- Mayo Clinic: Signs and Symptoms
- About.com: Signs of Premature Labor
- AboutKidsHealth: Signs of Premature Birth
- WrongDiagnosis: Symptom List
- A.D.A.M. (via New York Times Health): Symptoms of Premature Infant
What Are The Causes and Complications of Premature Birth?
- Mayo Clinic: Complications for Mother and Baby
- American Pregnancy Association (APA): Complications of a Premature Birth
- Healthwise (via WebMD): Causes of Preterm Labor
- AboutKidsHealth: Challenges of Premature Birth
- UpToDate: Causes of Premature Birth
- eMedicine: Extremely Low Birth Weight
- JAMA: Problems for Premature Infants
What Are The Treatments and Medications for Premature Birth?
- Wikipedia: Maternal Treatments | Infant Treatments
- AboutKidsHealth: Overview of Treatment
- WrongDiagnosis: Treatments for Premature Birth
- A.D.A.M. (via New York Times Health): Treatment for Premature Infant
What Are The Types, Stages and Survival Rates of Premature Birth?
- AboutKidsHealth: Stages of Premature Labor | Mortality and Morbidity
- BabyZone: Survival Rate
- KeepKidsHealthy: How Early is Too Early?
- AOL: Survival Statistics
How Do You Prevent Premature Birth?
- Mayo Clinic: Preventing Premature Birth
- Healthwise (via WebMD): Preventing Preterm Labor
- Wikipedia: Prevention of Premature Birth
- About.com: Avoiding Preterm Labor
- UpToDate: Prevent Premature Birth
- NICHD: Home Uterine Monitors Not Useful For Predicting Premature Birth
Wisdom, Personal Experiences and Blogs about Premature Birth
- L'il Aussie Prems: Blogs and Birth Stories
- Bellapalooza: The Big Sister Tour
- Blogspot: NICU Parent Support Blog
- Boston Globe: Chat with Dr. Adam Wolfberg
- Youtube: Ezekiels Story - March of Dimes
Foundations and Support Groups on Premature Birth
- American Academy of Pediatrics: Car Seats for Premature Babies
- Prematurity.org: Parent Support
- Facebook: Help Fight for Premature Birth Rights
- Sidelines: National High Risk Pregnancy Support Network
Message Boards, Chat and Discussions about Premature Birth
- HealthBoards: Pregnancy | Infant Care
- Yahoo Groups: Preemie Parenting
- WebMD: Preemie Support Message Boards
- DailyStrength: Premature Birth Discussion
- WrongDiagnosis: Pregnancy | Infant Conditions
Scientific and Medical Journal Articles on Premature Birth
- JAMA: Premature Birth
- PubMed Central: Premature Birth
- Google Scholar: Premature Birth
Clinical Trials on Premature Birth
- CenterWatch: Premature Birth
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Premature Birth Clinical Trials
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- Contributor: Amy Sandhu
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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- Contributor: Amy Sandhu
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Preemies, Premature Baby, Preemie, Premature babies, Preterm babies, Pre-term birth, Prematurity, Premature Delivery
- Last update: Nov. 10, 2008
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
