Mothers’ malnutrition causes birth of premature baby

Arafat is just 13 days old. He had to go through a lot of complications as he was born premature even before completion of 32 weeks. He could not cry immediately after his birth due to premature difficulties such as respiratory and under-weight problems, reports BSS.
Joynal Bhuiyan, father of Arafat, a resident of Chandpur town residential area said that his son was born with several complications as his mother had been a victim of malnutrition. What is more shocking—she gave birth to her first baby Arafat just being 17, a year after of her marriage.
She is not the sole example; the scenario is almost common in Bangladesh, especially in the rural areas as girls are married off at very early age having no knowledge of prenatal and neonatal care.
When approached, a child-specialist Dr Zohurul Huq Sagar said, “Normally we call a child as a newborn till 4 weeks from the day of birth. If everything goes okay, a woman usually gives birth to a child after completion of 37 weeks of pregnancy. In such case, we call it a healthy newborn baby. Otherwise, we hardly call it a healthy baby.”
Proper neonatal care or prenatal care should start from much before the birth. Soon after a baby is born, the mother should be more cautious in taking care of her baby. It needs to be mentioned here that every mother must feed her first milk (shal dudh) after giving birth to her child.
The milk works as the first vaccine for babies, working a long way, providing immunity for children against a host of diseases and problems, the doctor informed.
Regarding the illness of the new born baby, Dr Sagar said a newborn might suffer from ailments like jaundice. If the jaundice is not cured even after two weeks, the parents must visit a physician without any delay.
“A few drops of water incessantly might fall from the eyes of a newborn. No treatment is needed for this as it would naturally be stopped through gentle massage on the infant’s body. But, if the water does not stop, then doctor’s advice is needed”, Dr Sagar noted.
Beside these problems, the size of bosom of the newly born babies might be unduly larger. Sometimes there have been hemorrhages from the vaginal entrance of female babies. The parents of the babies just need to keep their babies neat and clean to keep them from any harm, Dr Sagar said.
It is also seen that a baby might turn blind coming under the attack of the conjunctive bacteria. Hence, the babies should be taken to the doctor without any delay, he strongly advised.
The doctor also said it is not wise for the mother to feed anything to their child except their breast milk up to six months. After this period, food items like fruit juice, half-boiled egg can be given. At first yolk of an egg should be fed to a child and then white part can be given. Gradually, semi-liquid food like rice gruel can also be put on, said the doctor.

Mothers malnutrition causes birth of premature baby

Arafat is just 13 days old. He had to go through a lot of complications as he was born premature even before completion of 32 weeks. He could not cry immediately after his birth due to premature difficulties such as respiratory and under-weight problems, reports BSS. Joynal Bhuiyan, father of Arafat, a resident of Chandpur town residential area said that his son was born with several complications as his mother had been a victim of malnutrition. What is more shockingshe gave birth to her first baby Arafat just being 17, a year after of her marriage. She is not the sole example; the scenario is almost common in Bangladesh, especially in the rural areas as girls are married off at very early age having no knowledge of prenatal and neonatal care. When approached, a child-specialist Dr Zohurul Huq Sagar said, Normally we call a child as a newborn till 4 weeks from the day of birth. If everything goes okay, a woman usually gives birth to a child after completion of 37 weeks of pregnancy. In such case, we call it a healthy newborn baby. Otherwise, we hardly call it a healthy baby. Proper neonatal care or prenatal care should start from much before the birth. Soon after a baby is born, the mother should be more cautious in taking care of her baby. It needs to be mentioned here that every mother must feed her first milk (shal dudh) after giving birth to her child. The milk works as the first vaccine for babies, working a long way, providing immunity for children against a host of diseases and problems, the doctor informed. Regarding the illness of the new born baby, Dr Sagar said a newborn might suffer from ailments like jaundice. If the jaundice is not cured even after two weeks, the parents must visit a physician without any delay. A few drops of water incessantly might fall from the eyes of a newborn. No treatment is needed for this as it would naturally be stopped through gentle massage on the infants body. But, if the water does not stop, then doctors advice is needed, Dr Sagar noted. Beside these problems, the size of bosom of the newly born babies might be unduly larger. Sometimes there have been hemorrhages from the vaginal entrance of female babies. The parents of the babies just need to keep their babies neat and clean to keep them from any harm, Dr Sagar said. It is also seen that a baby might turn blind coming under the attack of the conjunctive bacteria. Hence, the babies should be taken to the doctor without any delay, he strongly advised. The doctor also said it is not wise for the mother to feed anything to their child except their breast milk up to six months. After this period, food items like fruit juice, half-boiled egg can be given. At first yolk of an egg should be fed to a child and then white part can be given. Gradually, semi-liquid food like rice gruel can also be put on, said the doctor.