Ep163: Preterm Birth
Birth With Power
Dr. Nicole C. Rankins
4.9 • 637 Ratings
🗓️ 24 May 2022
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Today’s episode is one that I’ve had in the works for quite a while. A lot of folks have been asking for it so I’m excited to bring you this episode about preterm birth. I will follow up this one with episodes on the two most common causes of preterm birth so stay tuned for those, as well.
Preterm birth is relatively common. There are some physical risk factors that you can't do anything about (like your height!) and there are behavioral factors that you are able to change, some more effective than others. Ultimately, there’s not a lot that we can do that will have an impact on whether you have a preterm birth or not but I’ll go over what we can.
In this Episode, You’ll Learn About:
-What is preterm birth
-How common is it
-What are some of the risk factors
-How does reproductive history impact level of risk
-What role do genetic factors play
-How does race affect the likelihood of preterm birth
-How to reduce risks
-What are some possible treatments
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| 0:00.0 | In this episode, you are going to learn about preterm birth. |
| 0:10.4 | Welcome to the All About Pregnancy and Birth podcast. |
| 0:15.0 | I'm Dr. Nicole Calloway Rankin's, a board certified OBGYN who's been in practice for nearly 15 years. |
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| 1:13.8 | Nicole Rankins.com forward slash email. Hello there. Welcome to another episode of the podcast. |
| 1:21.1 | This is episode number 163. Thank you for being here with me today. So this is an episode that I've had in the works for a while now, |
| 1:30.0 | and folks have definitely asked for it. So I'm excited to bring it to you today. This episode is |
| 1:34.7 | about preterm birth. So you're going to learn what is preterm birth. There are some specific |
| 1:40.6 | definitions. I'll tell you about the numbers, how frequently it occurs, and then we'll |
| 1:45.4 | go through a bunch of risk factors, and if there's anything you can do about those risk factors. |
| 1:52.1 | Now, fair warning, this episode is going to feel a little bit frustrating. It certainly has been |
| 1:57.6 | frustrating for me putting it together because so many of the risk factors are things that cannot be modified. |
| 2:04.9 | However, it's still important to know the risk factors |
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