As Hurricane Florence is getting closer and closer to striking the East Coast, the barometric pressure could induce early labor for some women.

In a 2007 paper published in the Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics, researchers found “a significant increase” in pregnant women whose water broke—signaling delivery is imminent—during low pressure systems. Additional studies have found similar outcomes, including a 1985 study that counted a “significant increase” among women whose water broke prematurely within three hours of an atmospheric pressure drop.

 Maternal-fetal medicine OB-GYN Diana Racusin, M.D., delivered babies during Hurricane Harvey and saw the theory play out first-hand. Would you be interested in speaking with Dr. Racusin about what pregnant women on the East Coast should be doing to prepare in case Florence does induce early labor?

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