Title: Preterm labor and premature birth: Are you at risk?
Headings: Preterm labor and premature birth: Are you at risk?
Preterm labor and premature birth: Are you at risk?
KEY POINTS
signs and symptoms of
preterm labor
What are preterm labor and premature birth?
What are the signs and symptoms of preterm labor?
Are you at risk for preterm labor and premature birth?
These three risk factors make you most likely to have preterm labor and give birth early:
Medical risk factors before pregnancy for preterm labor and premature birth
Medical risk factors during pregnancy for preterm labor and premature birth
Risk factors in your everyday life for preterm labor and premature birth
Age and race as risk factors for preterm labor and premature birth
Can you reduce your risk for preterm labor and premature birth?
Last reviewed: March, 2018

Content: It includes physical, sexual and emotional abuse. Working long hours or having to stand a lot
Exposure to air pollution, lead, radiation and chemicals in things like paint, plastics and secondhand smoke. Secondhand smoke is smoke from someone else’s cigarette, cigar or pipe. Age and race as risk factors for preterm labor and premature birth
Being younger than 17 or older than 35 makes you more likely than other women to give birth early. In the United States, black women are more likely to give birth early. Almost 17 percent of black bab