Low Birth Weight (LBW)
Low birth weight means a baby is born weighing less than 2,500 grams, about 5 pounds 8 ounces. Babies arrive small when they come early, when they grow poorly in the womb, or both. Small newborns need more help at birth and meet more problems in the first year.
Fertility history shapes the risk. One textbook review of the medical risks of infertility reports more low birth weight, more preterm birth and more stillbirth after infertility1. Carrying more than one baby raises the risk again. In United States data from the 1990s, infant death among triplets ran 10.9 times the rate for single babies2.
Restorative care aims at one healthy baby at a time, by treating the condition behind the infertility first.
Cited in this entry
- Hilgers TW. Chapter 39: Medical Risks of Infertility. The Medical and Surgical Practice of NaProTECHNOLOGY. 2004. https://rrmacademy.org/library/chapter-39-medical-risks-of-infertility-recmnex7vnsu13wgr/
- Hilgers TW. "Chapter 1: Disturbing Trends in the Health Care of Women, Children and Families". The Medical and Surgical Practice of NaProTECHNOLOGY. 2004. https://rrmacademy.org/library/chapter-1-disturbing-trends-in-the-health-care-of-women-children-and-families-rectcs38kosq9nj9p/
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