Are you contemplating on having your kids all at close time range? Come on board as we take you through all you need to know and the risks involved in having your kids together within the same time range.
Raising a family is difficult, especially for women. A lot of sacrifices would be made, and you could even end up giving up your career or dream if you don’t make the right choice.
A lot of planning has to be done when it comes to having kids in other to avoid life regrets. A lot of factors needs to e put into consideration, this way you would tie up all loose end and know what to expect even when things go out of hand.
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In this week’s issue of the British Medical Journal researchers mentioned women having their children too close together isn’t a good Idea. Women with very short Intervals between their pregnancy periods are at a higher risk for several complications such as newborn death and premature birth.
After a much interview from over 89,000 women having second births, researcher Gordon Smith and his colleagues acclaimed that over that most women having a pregnancy between six months of their first delivery had more complications than those that spaced up their time of pregnancy.
Adding to that, when women who had complications during their first delivery was excluded, those that had a smooth delivery the first time and didn’t wait to regain themselves fully, had more complications such as premature birth and newborn death.
The connection between preterm birth and a short pregnancy interval is dependent on the proteins that work together to help regulate delivery. There has been a hypothesis that these proteins demand an extended period to fall to Pre-pregnancy level, but more research will be demanded to attest that this is actually true and to fully explain the relationship between these pregnancy problems and pregnancy intervals.
Researchers have advised that women and young teenagers who have lost a newborn baby should be educated on the risk of premature birth and newborn death because these two set of women are more likely to take in within a short interval. Doctors should also discuss birth control options and contraceptive methods with their new mothers. If you have also experienced this kind of situation, you should give yourself up for proper counseling and care to avoid psychological damages that may affect you in the future.
Pregnancy comes with a lot of physical stress. Pregnancy and breastfeeding can reduce your stores of essential nutrients, such as iron and folate and experts believe that closely spaced pregnancy won’t allow these women to recover fully from the physical stress they face.
Also, the Mayo Clinic suggests lately that pregnancy within an interval as short as 12 months of giving birth would hurt the unborn baby’s health, with an increased risk of:
Placental abruption; the placenta might partly or entirely peel away from the inner wall of the uterus before the woman delivers.
For women who had a first birth by C-section, Placenta previa could occur when the baby’s placenta partially or covers the mother’s cervix — the outlet for the uterus — before delivery and this could cause severe bleeding during pregnancy and delivery.
The later set of children could have issues with autism.
The conclusion of everything is that you should be careful with your pregnancy spacing because having a gap less than 27 months or so, could put your life and that of your kids in jeopardy. You won’t be joking with that!
The Mayo Clinic says pregnancy and breast-feeding reduces the supply of iron, nutrients essential for the mother and baby, so becoming pregnant shortly after giving birth may not provide a woman’s body time to build up this constituent fully. And small spacing increases the risk of having a baby with low birth and premature weight birth.
You need to take note of these risks and find a way to avoid them if you decide to have your kids closely spaced. It all depends on your life goals, so it’s always advised you do what’s best for you.
