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* male foetus
 
* male foetus
 
* maternal factors (drug and alcohol use, smoking, extreme stress, vigorous exercise, low BMI)
 
* maternal factors (drug and alcohol use, smoking, extreme stress, vigorous exercise, low BMI)
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* abstinance
      
Management of preterm labour includes providing corticosteroids (to increase surfacant in the lungs, hence increasing the ease at which the newborn can survive) and relaxin.
 
Management of preterm labour includes providing corticosteroids (to increase surfacant in the lungs, hence increasing the ease at which the newborn can survive) and relaxin.