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Three to Five Saves Life – Maternal and New Born Health

Do you know that not spacing your child’s birth for 3 years can make the mother suffer?

Birth spacing refers to the amount of time a woman should wait after live birth before attempting to get pregnant. Birth spacing among unmarried women in the time past reveal that most women tend to give birth within 14 -15 months not thinking of the effect it really had on them which is one of the causes of high rate of maternal mortality. Spacing child birth for a longer period increase the children and mothers chances of survival and good health.

Over the years research has shown that spacing child birth longer for 3-5 years is better than shorter intervals of two years because it increases the survival of the child at first week, 28days, first year and five years of life hence the phrase – “Three to Five Saves Life” The children suffer less from stunting and it also prevents underweight. Mothers are more likely to survive anaemia, third trimester bleeding and survive child birth. Not spacing your child’s birth for 3 years can make the mother suffer from maternal depletion, premature delivery, milk diminution, siblings rivalry and risk of death.

So many couples do not know the importance of birth spacing and how they can control their child birth. Various methods of child spacing exist like birth control through oral contraceptives, intrauterine device, male sterilization, condom use, injectables and implant.

Researchers says babies born to women who get pregnant very quickly after having a child or wait many years between children are at greater risk for potentially serious delivery-related complications, including premature birth and low birth weight.

Always remember that spacing child birth longer for 3-5 years is better than shorter intervals of two years as it increases the survival of the Child and Mother

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