Swedish researchers have found that preterm and post-term pregnancy affects the development of the fetal brain is not the best way. If crumb was born prematurely or has decided to stay longer in my mother's tummy, his brain is undergoing some changes, which can occur even after a long time.
The third key
It was in the last third trimester of pregnancy the baby is developing the brain as actively as possible. Nature is so arranged that the main body of "reaches ready" when the body of the baby, his major organs, already almost completely formed.
What's happening?
Over the last three months of crumbs brain increases 4 times, its most important structures develop, key neural connections are formed, on which depends the level of intelligence for all future life.
At the "early birds" who are born before the 38th week, slightly less than the volume of the brain areas responsible for speech, thought, emotion, learning, motor skills.
The scientists decided to examine the relationship between the term that the fetus had a heart of a mother from conception to the moment of birth) and academic performance at the age of 16 years. The researchers analyzed data on more than 2 million children born in Sweden in the period from 22 to 45 weeks in the period from 1973 to 1994. These data were compared with the estimates obtained by these children at the end of high school at 16 years of age.
What is the result?
According to research and compare the estimates preterm and post-term children were in the middle a little bit worse than their peers born at term. If prematurity factors are more or less clear, why the brain post-term children can also suffer?
Scientists attribute this effect to the fact that the prolonged pregnancy is reduced placental function and the brain may get less power.
What to do?
And the "early bird", and hid a little longer in my mother's belly "partizanchikam" should be given more attention in the first year after birth: Obligatory breastfeeds, charging and massazhik, walking, lullabies and... lots and lots of love! Parental love works wonders.
