Canadian Medical Association Journal
Published August 13, 2018 (Media release from CMAJ)
Women with intellectual and developmental disabilities have nearly double the rate of having another baby within a year of delivering compared to women without such disabilities. Such rapid repeat pregnancy within one year of a previous live birth is associated with smaller babies, preterm birth, neonatal death and other adverse effects. It also indicates lack of access to reproductive health care, such as pregnancy planning and contraception.
Lead author: Hilary Brown, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto – hilary.brown@ices.on.ca