pregnant women, listen up!

[donsu]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080131/sc_nm/palsy_salt_dc;_ylt=A0WTUZWReKJH4TwA9QdxieAA

Epsom salt can prevent cerebral palsy


Giving a woman an infusion of Epsom salts when she goes into premature labor can help protect her baby from cerebral palsy, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.

Magnesium sulfate, popularly known as Epsom salts, cut the rate of cerebral palsy in half, Dr. John Thorp, a professor of obstetrics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and colleagues reported.

"We have a cheap, widely available treatment already in hand that cuts in half the risk of babies being born with an extremely disabling disorder," Thorp said in a statement.

"And virtually every delivery room in the United States is already stocked with magnesium sulfate solutions that are given to pregnant women during childbirth for other reasons."
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[Kittycat]

1. Mag has other side effects, but this is true.

Also, Ibuprophen (and a script med, which escapes me) will help close the baby's PDA - which is extremely beneficial when labor cannot be stopped.

Mag is also supposed to help delay and in some cases, stop pre-term labor. But it's not consistent, and didn't help me in the least. I have a 4yo son who was a late 23wk surviving twin. He has undiagnosed neuro damage (no formal CP) as a result of a G2 bleed. He was born on the cusp of some amazing new theories and advances in prenatal care. Without drs willing to take the risks they did, he wouldn't be with us in some cases, and in others - he status today would be far more severe. My second cousin's 25 weeker, who is 2.5yo than my son has major problems as a result of old procedures/technologies being used on him. Eyes being a major difference, as well as some other issues.