"So what is Spontaneous Preterm Birth? So basically if you have a preterm labour contractions or spontaneous rupture of your membrane which causes leaking of the fluid which leads to again having a delivery of the baby. Because just because if you have a Preterm labor pains or a spontaneous leaking doesn't mean that you will deliver immediately. It can take some time. But if all of these combined and you deliver off immediately that's when you are termed as Spontaneous Preterm Birth"

"Firstly what is preterm labour? Generally any kind of delivery which happens before 37 weeks is taken as a Preterm labour. But if at all it happens before for 32 weeks that's when we say that it's Borderline pre term and if it is less than 28 weeks of your complete 40 weeks of pregnancy that's when we say that it's an extreme pre-term labour. So when should you be worried that you might be going into pre-term labour is if there is any kind of a repeated pain in your lower abdomen where you feel that there is a complete tightness. Together with this if there is any kind of a increased vaginal discharge which is almost like a fluid leaking outside or if there is any bleeding that is unusual during your second and third trimesters. These are the general signs and symptoms that you might be probably going into a Preterm labour. There are some women who are very high risk towards a preterm labor those people who are very stressed out, who are going through undue physical strain, who have previously had a preterm labour as well as multiple pregnancies, that is twins and triplets. Apart from this medical conditions like diabetes mellitus as well as hypertension can also cause Preterm labour pains. So be aware of this and make sure you understand your pregnancy properly so that you would know whether you are a prime suspect or a cause going through a pre-term labor or not"

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"Premature rupture of membranes or Rupture of membranes generally happens at the time of your delivery, that is once you have reached your full after 37 weeks. But if at all these rupture of membranes happen even before 37 weeks that is in between 34 to 37 that's when we call it as Premature rupture and Pre premature rupture which happens even before 34 weeks that is your amniotic bag is open all of your amniotic fluid is leaking out. So this is one of the causative factors to release a hormone which is called as oxytocin. The bag is completely open and this causes uterine contractions and delivery the most important causative factors for PPR are infections. If there is any kind of a urinary tract infection, if you've had repeated fevers during a pregnancy if there is any kind of a vaginal infection. So this is the reason urine examination is done routinely even if you do not present with any symptoms as well as vaginal swabs are taken for culture just to rule out if there is any kind of a bacterial or fungal infection happening inside the womb so that to rule out you might go into a PPROM"