What Triggers Infant’s Abnormal Length and Weight at Birth?

Babies’ birth to the world is highly expected by parents. eventhough before infants are born there are important things to be prepared for a healthy newborn conditions. This effort is done in order to prevent Low Birth Weight and Low Birth Length conditions.

The Risk that Caused by Infant’s Abnormal Length and Weight at Birth

Health risks are actually not only happen to a newborn baby with low birth weight and length but also to the one with high birth weight and length. Here are disease’s risks that could happen due to abnormal infant’s size :

The Risk Caused by Low Birth Weight and Length

1. Respiration problem
2. Low blood sugar level or hypoglycemia
3. Hypothermia or difficulty to keep infant’s body in temperature warm
4. Excessive erythrocytes or politeia vera, could cause heart disease
5. Difficult to swallow, could cause malnutrition

The Risk Caused by High Birth Weight and Length or Macrosomia

1. Troubles during labor, such as infant’s head stuck in mother’s organ that cause pinched infant’s neck nerve
2. Respiratory disorders
3. Obesity
4. Low blood sugar level

Normal Infant’s Weight and Length

An infant’s Weight and Length is health indicator, especially during newborn days. The infant’s normal weight that is born with 38-40 weeks of pregnancy is between 2500 until 4000 grams with a length between 45 until 53 centimeters. When your baby is born under or above the normal limit, don’t get too panicked, because the infant’s weight will gradually back to normal as time passed by with some effort.

Trigger Factor that Causes Abnormal Infant’s Weight and Length

An Infant’s birth with abnormal weight and length will not happen without any reason. Monitoring infants’ condition since their womb days is significant because of this so that diseases could be detected and prevented from early days.

Because diseases that are detected early could be prevented and we could work on the disease so that it won’t get worse. Then what are the trigger factors? Here is the trigger factor that causes abnormal infant’s weight and length :

• Pregnant moms have health problems such as low or high blood pressure, and other diseases that cause the mom’s condition unwellness or malnutrition during pregnancy.
• Born premature, the infant was born before the HPL orang estimated day of birth that is already predicted by a doctor or the midwife that checks the mother’s womb.
• Mom smoked during pregnancy, consumed alcoholic beverages, or consumed illegal drugs.
• Twin fetus
• The infant’s health problem, congenital defects, pregnancy infection, exposure to poison or toxic chemicals, thyroid gland disorders, etc.

Ways to Take Care of Infant with Weight and Length Problem

If your little one is indicated of BBLR or Low Birth Weight, of course, they need more attention and company more than the infant with normal weight and length, this is because the Low Weight infant’s health condition is susceptible to diseases.

Here are ways to treat an infant with Low Birth Weight and Length :

1. Exclusive breastfeeding as scheduled
2. Direct contact with the infant
3. Accompanying infant during sleep with full supervision
4. Spend more time with the infant
5. Complete infant’s immunization
6. Always monitoring infant’s weight using an accurate measurement tool

Best Infant’s Length Measurement Tool

An Infantometer board by Solo Abadi Indonesia is the best and proper instrument that could be used to measure and monitor an infant’s length in the age range from 0 until 2 years old. Measurement is done in the supine position, designed to create comfortable feels for the infant.

1. The Measurement scale is accurate and easy to read

The Measuring scale range from the infantometer board is between 85 until 100 mm. Measurement scale function is to read measuring result that is adjusted to measurement standards and quality control for the sake of precision and accurate measurement.

2. Measurement board comfortable and premium

The shape of the measurement board is designed to adjust infants’ body positions so they stay comfortable. Head and foot slider also designed slidable to adjust infant’s length.

3. Exclusive storage bag

During application, the infantometer board by Solo Abadi is equipped with an exclusive storage bag so it is easier to bring anywhere and anytime. Moreover, storage bags could minimalize tool damage risk. Know more about infantometer here.

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