Women who wait less than 18 months after having a child to get pregnant again are more likely to have a shorter pregnancy and a preterm birth. [s]Medicinenet[/s] reports that this is according to a study co-authored by Emily DeFranco, an assistant professor of maternal-foetal medicine at the [b]University of Cincinnati[/b]. The study recommends that women be educated about the importance of ‘birth spacing’ to help reduce rates of premature births and the associated health problems.
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[link url=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1471-0528.12891/abstract?systemMessage=Wiley+Online+Library+will+be+disrupted+Saturday%2C+7+June+from+10%3A00-15%3A00+BST+%2805%3A00-10%3A00+EDT%29+for+essential+maintenance]BJOG abstract[/link]