Preterm birth risk increased 16 pcnt if heat wave (perhaps outside less)

Heat Waves May Be Bad for Your Pregnancy New York Times Nov 16

• "There is a higher risk in pregnant women, and it’s much worse in poor women — anywhere people don’t have access to air-conditioning.”

• "There is a higher risk in pregnant women, and it’s much worse in poor women — anywhere people don’t have access to air-conditioning.”

• Based on "Associations between high temperatures in pregnancy and risk of preterm birth, low birth weight, and stillbirths: systematic review and meta-analysis"   📄 PDF

No mention was made of staying out of the hot sun results in getting less Vitamin D

• Pre-term 368 items (not in PDF) as of Nov 2020

  • Preterm birth 3X more likely if low vitamin D – Oct 2018

  Healthy pregnancies need lots of vitamin D has the following summary

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