Teenagers more likely to have premature babies as ‘biologically immature’
Researchers said the study results highlight the importance of ensuring pregnant teenagers have appropriate antenatal care
Teenagers are more likely to give birth too soon and have a smaller baby than women in their 20s, exploration suggested today.
Girls who were 14 to 17-years-old were in like manner more likely to give birth early if they were having a promote child, the study found.
The research team, which monitored 50,000 women in boreal-west England over a two-year period, is calling for upper hand sex education and contraception.
It monitored 3,636 mothers between 14 and 17 at the time of progeny, 7,506 aged 18 or 19, and 45,211 who were between 20 and 29.
Those aged under 17 were found to have existence 21% more likely to have a premature baby with their rudimentary pregnancy, and 93% more likely to have their second baby at daybreak.
Links were also found between younger mothers and having a baby with a low birth weight.
Rates of teenage pregnancy increased by increasing social deprivation, the study also found, with more than individual third of the teenage mothers coming from the most socially deprived areas.
Researcher Dr Ali Khashan, from University College Cork in Ireland, declared the risk of premature birth in the younger mothers could be down to ‘biological immaturity’.
He added: ‘It is also possible that the increased hazard of poor pregnancy outcome in the second teenage pregnancy is of the same family to numerous complicating factors such as greater social deprivation and inferior prenatal care.’
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Research team ruler of the roost Professor Louise Kenny, a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at Cork University Maternity Hospital, before-mentioned: ‘These results highlight the importance of ensuring pregnant teenagers have appropriate prenatal care.
‘Moreover a vital component of this care is post-native contraception to prevent a second teenage pregnancy with potentially higher risks of untoward outcomes.
‘A first pregnancy may be the first and only time a pregnant teenager interacts with health services and this opportunity should not be overlooked.’