I went into preterm labor with DS10 at 23 weeks. We held on with lots of bedrest and plenty of drug until 36 weeks when the he was born as a happy, healthy 7.5 pound baby boy. He is now a DYS.
I started having early contraction with DD1 at 15 weeks and went back on bedrest and progesterone shots. She was born at 38 weeks as a happy, healthy baby girl. She continues to amaze us with her cognitive abilities and is definitely giving her big brother a run for his money.
For both kids, I had steroid shots between 26-32 weeks to help develop lung function in case of an early birth. DH and I have always joked about this effect on their development. They have always seemed like their development was on steroids, both mentally and physically.
It seems like we have an unusually high percentage of preterm births here. Perhaps, by playing the devil's advocate, we could argue that weeks spent in a dark uterus are less stimulating than weeks spent in the big, bright world. Please note that this is said with a large pinch of humor. I am certainly not advocating preterm births for everyone as a way of producing PGlets.
