Interesting. I had AB during pre-term labour with DD because I was actually sick. They were concerned my illness was causing the pre-term labour.. so it wasn't really done for the baby iykwim, only to try and keep her in there longer! In hindsight tho, I think my 'illness' was just my pre-labour. Both times now I've either had diarrhea or vomiting as my pre-labour, so next time I will just agree to being re-hydrated, but not AB's. I think the AB's affected DD's gut, as she was very colicky and even now on solids suffers from wind etc.

Interesting the long term effects of the AB's tho. Definitely shouldn't be routinely administered!