11/11/2025
👶Spotting the signs of preterm labour 👶
World Prematurity Awareness Day is 17th November.
🤰🏿Around 8 in 100 babies are premature – born before 37 weeks.
🤰These babies have a greater chance of experiencing health difficulties. Any pregnancy can end in preterm birth, but some have a higher chance.
We want to help you spot the symptoms of preterm labour:
· A change in the type or amount of vaginal discharge (watery, mucus like, bloody)
· Any vaginal bleeding
· Constant, low, dull back ache
· A feeling of pressure down below
· Mild period-like cramps
· Regular or frequent contractions or tightenings, which may be painless
· A gush of fluid or sensation of a pop (which could mean your waters have broken)
☎️If you have any of these symptoms, call us right away on 0191 282 5119. ☎️
More info on spotting pre-term labour, and steps you can take to avoid it first comment.
