2nd International Conference on Pediatrics and Primary Healthcare Nursing

Low birth weight (LBW) is the restorative grouping for a child who weighs under 2500 grams or 5 lbs. during childbirth. While it might be scarier to think about a child conceived at low birth weight, there aren't numerous distinctions in your everyday consideration of your infant. Kinds of Low Birth Weight Babies A low birth weight child will can be categorized as one of three classes: ·          Low birth weight (LBW): A LBW child weighs under 2500 grams, or 5 lbs 5 oz. ·          Extremely low birth weight (VLBW): A VLBW infant weighs under 1500 grams, or around 3 lb 9 oz. ·          Incredibly low birth weight (ELBW): An ELBW infant weighs under 1000 grams, or around 2 lb. 3 oz. Causes: Children are brought into the world little for two fundamental reasons: they were brought into the world early or they were conceived on schedule yet...

Doctors do not fully understand the reason why twin pregnancies sometimes occur and also, some factors can increase the likelihood of giving birth to twins, including: ·          The woman's age ·          Having a family history of twins ·          Having fertility treatments Conception happens when the sperm fertilizes an egg to form an embryo. However, if there are two eggs present in the womb at the time of fertilization or the fertilized egg splits into two separate embryos, a woman can become pregnant with twins. There are two types of twin: Identical twins : This type of pregnancy happens when a fertilized egg splits into two separated embryos. These embryos are monozygotic, which means that they have identical genes. Identical twins have the same sex as each other and look very alike. Non identical, or fraternal, twins: This ty...