Hi,

My OB told me that with every birth there is a 5-10% chance of the baby being born prem (before 37 weeks). We don't know why DS came early - in fact I had a growth and development scan less than 48hrs before he was born and my cervix was still 3cm long and his head wasn't engaged. My OB told me that my next pregnancy I would have double the chance of having a prem. So she said although there was possibly a 20% chance of going early there was an 80% chance that I wouldn't.