It depends on the reason why the first was premature, I was quoted 20% 2nd babies are prem too.

Both of mine were early, 32 and 27 weeks the 2nd largly due to bad management in pregnancy.

Bliss message board is good, there are lots of mums over there who've gone to term after a prem.

Mine weren't that early but DD was born at 36 weeks and DS at 34+4. No apparent reason. Contemplating the idea of No 3 but worried that may get earlier and earlier...
I was told there was a 10% chance of a second early birth.

I had my first daughter at 28 weeks and we are very lucky that she is now 18 mths and showing no signs of delay in any areas. We have just found out we are 5 weeks pregant. Last time my placenta abrupted for no reason so we too are anxious of this recurring.

My Ob told me that if you've had a previous prem birth you are 30% more likely to go prem again and often it is around the same gestation. However, you need to remember that the 30% is based on all prem births, including those people who are guaranteed to go early due to medical reasons. So, I comfort myself with the "happening for no reason" the first time and assume my odds are better!

Good luck, keep us posted.

Jen.

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I've just posted almost exactly the same question somewhere else. My DS was born at 33+6 after my waters broke at 33wks for as far as they could tell, no reason. Would quite like a term baby next time, just wondering what other people's experiences have been.

we think my prem labour was brought on by stress during pregnancy. just not sure if you've already had a baby prematurely first time round that, it may weaken the cervix or something & make you always have premature babies, or whether other people have gone on to have full term pregnancies after their first prem baby?

It depends on the reason I don't know why my DS was born at 34 weeks but a friend of mine had a urine infection at 28 weeks and that caused premature labour. I know of someone else who had the same thing. If that is the case as long as the urine / kidney infection is treated properly there is little chance of it happening again.

Not sure if this helps.

i had my son at 26weeks after going into prem labour. although, not quite sure what caused it. he is now 6 years old, but suffered many complications, due to his birth & a bleed on the brain, he has cerebral palsy & is wheelchair bound.
i am now pregnant again & am 25 weeks gone, so as you can imagine, i'm quite worried about having this one prematurely also.
doctors have been keeping a close eye on me this time round, having extra scans, tests, steroid injections etc.
just wondered if anyone knows if having a premature baby increases the risk of having another one, or whether i could go full term without any complications? has anyone else had a similar experience? & what was your outcome?