Premature Birth and Physical Development

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Premature Birth and Physical Development
By Jessica Bolenbaugh Deandra Borkholder Rachel
Brown Jessica Grandlinard
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Definition of a Premature Birth

• An infant born earlier than 37 weeks gestation is
  considered premature.
• An infant is also considered premature if it
  weighs less than 2,500 grams (about five and one
  half pounds).

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Incidence of Prematurity
Gestational Age of all births
40lt 35.15
37-39 52.36
34-36 8.9
32-33 1.59
28-31 1.25
lt28 .75
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Causes of Premature Birth

• Multiple Babies
• Lifestyle/Environmental Factors
• Other Medical Issues
• Unknown

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Signs and Treatment of Preterm Labor

• Contractions
• Ruptured Membranes
• Cramps
• Back Pain
• Pressure
• Discharge
• Treatment
• Bed Rest
• Hydration
• Magnesium Sulfate
• Corticosteroid

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Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

• Parent involvement is encouraged
• Kangaroo Care
• Less stressful delivery of high-technology
  medicine
• Nutrition and growth

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To Get Home

• Consistent body temperature
• 34 weeks
• Fed by mouth
• Gaining weight
• Medicine doesn't require hospital aid
• No recent changes in medicine

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Home Care

• Overstimulation
• Limited visits due to infections
• Sensitive to scent
• Sensitive to sound
• Sensitive to extreme lighting

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Development

• Development is often slower than full term babies
  and the following can be delayed in premature
  babies

• Growth
• Poor feeding and nutrition
• Problems sucking and swallowing
• Heart and Lungs
• Blood and air supply limited
• Motor system
• Muscular weakness
• Delays sitting, walking, running, talking
• Awkward movement

• Neurodevelopment
• Disease
• Infections
• Hearing, eyesight, learning
• Social Development and interaction
• Slow responses

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Average 5.5-9.5 lbs
Average 18.1 inches - 21.7 inches
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• By age 2, 85 of children have mostly caught up
  in their physical development

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Problems caused by premature birth

• The earlier the baby is born, the greater the
  risk of serious complications.

• Apnea of prematurity
• Retinopathy of prematurity
• Jaundice
• Anemia
• Chronic lung disease

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• Half of infants born at 24-28 weeks gestation
  disability at 5 years.
• One third of infants born at 29-32 weeks
  gestation disability at 5 years.

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Specific things you can do to help your baby

• There has been new studies about using music to
  help premature babies deal with different levels
  of pain they have to deal with.

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• One study used 31 infants and randomly received
  live music, recorded music, and no music therapy.
• The therapy was delivered for 30 minutes
• Their conclusions were that with the live music
  therapy, the babies hear rate reduced and they
  slept 30 minutes after the therapy was over
• The recorded and no music therapies had no effect

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• Some doctors think that mothers should be
  discouraged from breast feeding their babies and
  that they should have a special preemie formula.
• Insisting the formula would better nourish the
  babys unique needs.

• How ever, other doctors think the opposite and
  that breast milk is the best thing for a
  premature baby.
• When a mother has a premature baby, she actually
  makes extra rich milk to make up their lack of
  nutrients.

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Some things you can do while your premature baby
grows up

• Play simple games with them
• Make sure that they are aware of their
  surroundings
• Sing songs and rhymes with them
• Talk to them so they learn how to use new words
  in context

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