According to this study done in India, babies born to women under 57 inches (4'9"), have a 70% higher chance of dying before the age of 5 (especially compared to women who're 63 inches tall (5'3")). I've known that shorter women, especially those who're below 4'10" are more high risk when it comes to pregnancy, but I never thought that it would apply to their babies, too. However, since the study was done in India and not, say, Japan or Canada, perhaps it has to do with poverty levels as well.
What do you think?
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Babies born to VERY petite women at higher risk
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This is scary. I wonder what exactly these babies are dying from. Did they have low birth weights or failure to thrive?
I'm 4'10" and I gave birth to my first baby 2 years ago. My main complaint was that my body was just too small for the delivery room table. My feet would not reach the stirrups and I had diffilculty pushing effectively.
Interesting study. Thanks for sharing.
A couple of thoughts. First, I think nutrition is almost certainly a factor. Second, the study involved 50,000 children, but how many moms, and how many of those moms were under 4'9" (is it a statistically valid sample)?
Interesting, but not alarming.
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