There are many factors that could trigger a delivery early, but it is true that many are still unknown. Remember that it is important to identify them in order to avoid them, since it is a cause of neonatal mortality and pathology in children, which in many cases can last a lifetime.
Studies do not stop trying to unmask them and now a new agent has been discovered. It turns out that if the future mom suffers depression during pregnancy the probability of having a premature birth increases by at least 60 percent.
This conclusion is supported by a study published in the journal "Human Reproduction" conducted in 800 women who were in the first 10 weeks of pregnancy.
It is important to emphasize that through a survey it was found that 41 percent of these pregnant women were in a stage of moderate or severe depression, a fairly high figure that makes us reflect. In addition, only 1.5 percent of these women took any medication to relieve symptoms.
When analyzing the same women after childbirth, it was found that there was an important relationship between the signs of depression and premature delivery. This correlation was greater the more severe the symptoms were, so if the symptoms could be considered mild or medium, the cases of preterm birth were raised up to 60 percent and if it was a more serious depression, it occurred up to 100 percent of women, that is to say, all very depressed women had childbirth before week 37.
The cause of this finding is found in factors related to the hormonal alterations that occur in depression that could cause the placenta not to work as well as necessary.
From my point of view, important conclusions are drawn from this study, since depression is not an issue that is deeply addressed in gynecological consultations. Avoiding or treating depression could be to avoid prematurity and therefore infant mortality and morbidity.
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