Sonia Hernandez-Diaz said the findings suggested different risks for each age group. Mandy Forrester, from the Royal College of Midwives, said the study was "useful research and builds on previous research into birth spacing".
What is important is that they are aware of the evidence around birth spacing and that they make their choice armed with the right information. She said women needed access to contraceptive advice to allow them to space their births, if that was their choice, but said in specialist family planning service provision in the UK was "patchy, with GPs frequently offering only oral contraception". Babies most likely to be born at 4am. The two-year baby gap - is it ideal? Against all the odds, Ronnie and his little sister Sienna were born only days apart.
Miss Budden, 31, a pre-school teacher, was stunned to get pregnant three weeks after Ronnie was born. But she and her partner Paul Dennis, 38, a builder, were even more surprised when she gave birth to Sienna at only 26 weeks of pregnancy. It is the smallest age gap between siblings in the UK. No one could have guessed then that Sienna would be born prematurely leaving such a minute gap. When Ronnie was born full-term weighing a healthy 6lb 11oz, in August , the couple were in no rush to have another baby.
Sadie with Sienna and Ronnie, left; Dennis and Sadie right struggled to conceive before having the tandem twins. Even six weeks later when Miss Budden felt sick one morning, she put it down to a virus. But she decided to take a pregnancy test to be sure. Once the couple got over the shock they were delighted. But baby number two came much sooner than expected.
In February , at 26 weeks, Miss Budden woke at 5am with contractions. Sienna was born two hours later. Although weighing 1lb 14oz — a reasonable weight for such a premature baby — she was taken to special care. It was heartbreaking. Three days later Sienna had a brain haemorrhage, a common complication with premature birth, and it was touch and go whether she would pull through.
Becoming pregnant shortly after giving birth may not give a woman's body time to recover, the Mayo Clinic says. Pregnancy and breast-feeding can diminish the body's supply of iron, nutrients important for the mother and baby. The March of Dimes, an organization that aims to prevent premature birth, recommends women wait at least 18 months after the birth of a child before becoming pregnant again. One of the public health goals of the U.
These are the thoughts I have when the house is quiet. As I admire the curl of eyelashes resting on their dewy cheeks while they sleep. This post originally appeared on Medium and has been republished with full permission. Leave a comment. Watch: Things mums never say.
Listen Now. This Glorious Mess. My children. Who are 9 months and 27 days apart. Tags: parenting features baby. Top Comments M. I met someone whose two biological children were 7 months apart! He said wife got pregnant again soon after baby 1 and baby 2 was born super early. Mind still boggles. My sister is 10 months and 1 day older than me. And I'm a twin, so our mother gave birth to 3 babies in 10 months.
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