
“PPROM: Preterm Premature Rupture of Membranes” – with Dr. Shari Gelber
Healthful Woman Podcast
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Is It Better to Deliver at 34 Weeks or Later?
The longer you're pregnant, the more likely you are to have an infection. You really want every baby to get as far along as possible without having an infection. And it was thought that at 34 weeks with nick care, the chance that the baby's going to have a severe complication from being born early is really, really low. Some places, like in europe, they do it earlier, ye thirey, two weeks, i think is very standard. But nothing about this specifically would make us recommend a caesarian unless there wese some other reason.
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