Moms Who Were Preemies May Have a Difficult Pregnancy Were you
an early arrival? If so, you may encounter some difficulties
during your pregnancy. A new study suggests that pregnancy
complications are more common among women who were born early
themselves. In the study, published in the Canadian Medical
Association Journal, researchers analyzed data on women born
between 1976 and 1995 who delivered at least one baby between
1987 and 2008. The study included 7,405 women who’d been born
preterm and 16,714 women who’d been born at term. They found
that the earlier a woman had been born, the greater her chances
of having a complication during pregnancy, such as such as
gestational diabetes or high blood pressure. According to the
study, 19.9 percent of women who were born before 32 weeks of
pregnancy had at least one complication, while 13.2 percent of
women born between 32 and 36 weeks of pregnancy, and 11.7
percent of women who were born at full-term (at least 37 weeks),
experienced a complication during their