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BIRTH SPACING


Birth Spacing Fact Sheet

ANALYSIS

  • Agustin Conde-Agudelo, MD, MPH, Santa Fe de Bogota Foundation, Colombia
  • Anyeli Rosas-Bermzdez, MPH, Universidad Autonoma de Occidente, Colombia
  • Ana Cecilia Kafury-Goeta, MD, Clmnica Materno-Infantil Los Farallones, Colombia
  • 67 international studies involving more than 11 million pregnancies
  • Appears in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association.

    FINDINGS

  • Chances of having healthy babies can be maximized
  • Space pregnancies at least 18 months but no more than five years apart
  • Spacing babies too close together or too far apart raises risks
  • Complications could be premature births and low birth weight
  • More infant deaths could be avoided with better family planning

    BETWEEN PREGNANCY FINDINGS

  • Each month under 18 months, premature birth risk increases 1.9 percent
  • Each month longer than 59 months, premature birth risk climbs 0.6 percent
  • Holds true for both developing and developed nations

    CONDE-AGUDELO: TOO CLOSE TOGETHER

  • Pregnancy and nursing use up nutrients in body
  • Pregnancy before nutritients restored may mean higher risks for baby

    CONDE-AGUDELO: TOO FAR APART

  • Time could diminish a woman's reproductive capacity
  • Factors that decrease fertility could lead to poor fetal development

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