Premature deliveries or preterm births are increasingly common these days. If you go back a few decades you will notice that such cases were rare. So, what's driving early births of infants these days? And, most importantly, why is there a need to discuss this?
"The spontaneous onset of labour pain before 37 completed weeks of pregnancy is called preterm labour. The incidence of preterm labour is about 12%, and this rate is increasing nowadays," says Dr. Tasneem Nishah Shah, Consultant and Clinical Lead, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Manipal Hospital Whitefield.
