My third child was born five weeks early. I was induced due to IUGR (Intrauterine Growth Restriction). This impacts between 3-10% of pregnancies and means that the baby is failing to grow in-utero. While the causes are numerous, mine was a result of placental abnormalities. Basically, my placenta shit the bed. I wasn’t giving our little girl the nutrients she needed to grow which was causing her distress. My midwife explained it like running a marathon but only breathing out of one nostril.
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