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Anonymous wrote:Yes it can increase the risk of neurological issues like that, but like the PP said, many premature babies grow up without any lasting issues.

Yup. My nephew who was 8 weeks premature barely got NICU time, and is now a master’s student at MIT in a long-term relationship

This is all great, but people with ADHD, anxiety , and autism can do all these things.

Anonymous wrote:There’s no correlation between autism and premature birth. There is a correlation with cerebral palsy and genetic disorders.

Actually there is.

It is really difficult to suss out causation with these things. My 34 weeker had some mild issues that have not held the child back from anything, but those could just as easily have been attributed to genetics or birth trauma (nuchal x3).

One article of many - Preterm Birth and Childhood Psychiatric Disorders:

https://www.nature.com/articles/pr9201188#:~:text=Preterm%20birth%20and%20LBW%20have,)%20(7%E2%80%9310).

If you google mental health issues and premature babies you can read up on some of the studies.

There’s no correlation between autism and premature birth. There is a correlation with cerebral palsy and genetic disorders.

We were able to keep mine cooking to 38 weeks, but I was a wreck so they must have bathed in my stress hormones the whole time and now have anxiety. Maybe prematurity would have spared them that.

Agree with PP. This used to give me a lot of anxiety. Yes being a preemie is part of their medical history. But nothing to do about it.

DD is now 3 and I try to stress much less about it than I used to.

It does not matter because there is nothing you can do about it. My twins were 8 weeks premature. They are still young (6yo), but so far so good. No need to stress about about diagnoses or SNs until you have to. And at that point, it does not really matter what caused it. Good luck, OP.

Anonymous wrote:Yes it can increase the risk of neurological issues like that, but like the PP said, many premature babies grow up without any lasting issues.

+1 There is definitely a higher chance of ADHD, learning disabilities etc with prematurity but it isn’t given. My child was born 15 weeks early, and has been lucky to grow up without any of these issues.

Anonymous wrote:Yes it can increase the risk of neurological issues like that, but like the PP said, many premature babies grow up without any lasting issues.

Yup. My nephew who was 8 weeks premature barely got NICU time, and is now a master’s student at MIT in a long-term relationship

Yes it can increase the risk of neurological issues like that, but like the PP said, many premature babies grow up without any lasting issues.

I have two born 5 weeks early. 2 wks in NICU for boy. 1 week for girl. Now both grown and totally normal, wonderful healthy adults.

Why do you ask?

Would being born at 6 weeks increase the risk they'll have autism, ADHD, and anxiety?