Hellobee Boards Topic: Taking babies early leads to mental illness, academic difficulty? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:45:14 +0000 MsMini on "Taking babies early leads to mental illness, academic difficulty?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/taking-babies-early-leads-to-mental-illness-academic-difficulty#post-210112 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 13:27:01 +0000 MsMini 210112@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am not a fan of induction/c-section prior to the due date "just because", but I think that studies like these place unnecessary guilt on moms (like myself) who had induction/c-section due to pregnancy complications. However, I don't ever believe something based on 1 study alone, you never know when the follow up studies will torpedo the original. </p> LuLu Mom on "Taking babies early leads to mental illness, academic difficulty?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/taking-babies-early-leads-to-mental-illness-academic-difficulty#post-210083 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 13:04:39 +0000 LuLu Mom 210083@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not completley against taking babies early, however I think there is a line. I don't think it's right to take a baby a couple weeks early jsut because the mom is uncomfortable, I think they should at least go to 39 weeks, if not their due date. I believe there is a policy at our hospitals now that un-complicated births have to go to 38 weeks (37 for twins) unless there is a medical reason. </p> plaidpants on "Taking babies early leads to mental illness, academic difficulty?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/taking-babies-early-leads-to-mental-illness-academic-difficulty#post-210082 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 13:03:59 +0000 plaidpants 210082@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm with @chopsuey119 on this one. Unless there's a health risk for mom or baby, it seems like babies should "bake" for as long as they can! </p> loveisstrange on "Taking babies early leads to mental illness, academic difficulty?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/taking-babies-early-leads-to-mental-illness-academic-difficulty#post-210079 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 13:02:50 +0000 loveisstrange 210079@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>... Apparently everything leads to mental illness nowadays. There was a study that suggested that rain causes autism. Psh. Correlation does not equal causation for me.</p> <p>Edit: Not saying I agree! I am a believer in letting baby come when they feel like it! </p> chopsuey on "Taking babies early leads to mental illness, academic difficulty?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/taking-babies-early-leads-to-mental-illness-academic-difficulty#post-210067 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 12:55:48 +0000 chopsuey 210067@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't know.. But! I am all for leaving a baby in the womb until s/he's ready to come out! And for letting the body go into labor naturally ( unless youre way past your due date). </p> shinystraps on "Taking babies early leads to mental illness, academic difficulty?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/taking-babies-early-leads-to-mental-illness-academic-difficulty#post-210062 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 12:50:12 +0000 shinystraps 210062@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Did you guys see this new study? <a href="http://jezebel.com/5923069/for-a-super+smart-baby-leave-it-in-your-uterus-forever" rel="nofollow">http://jezebel.com/5923069/for-a-super+smart-baby-leave-it-in-your-uterus-forever</a></p> <p>It's interesting because three of my friends had inductions or C-sections last week because it is SO FREAKING HOT here and they were so miserable :( But that did mean that all their babies were delivered early, some by a couple of weeks.</p> <p>To play devil's advocate, though, my sister's twins were delivered about a week early, and they, at 6 years old, don't show any signs of academic difficulties. (that's my nearly unbiased opinion :) </p> <p>Thoughts? </p>