I attended a conference last week (The National Capital Chapter of the 
March of Dimes, The Northern Virginia Perinatal Council and (ugh) Meade 
Johnson Nutritionals ...conference for Maternal and Infant Healthcare 
Providers) and a speaker addressed the issuses and his concerns about ..." 
near term" infants,   Dr. Tonse Raju, MD is a board certified 
neonatologist who has been at the NIH of Childhood Health and Human 
Development's Pregnancy & Perinatology Branch since 2002. He really seems 
to have an issue with the docs who let Mom's pick their baby's birthdates 
at the expense of the infant.  One major point...40% of brain growth 
occurs between 36-40 weeks.  We have an increase in ADHA/Autism, ect with 
the possibility that this may play a part. The goals to decrease pre-term 
births to less than 7.6% , at the Institute, is at the present rate, not 
obtainable. 
 He recently co-authored an article on "Optomizing Care and Outcomes for 
the Late-Pre-term (Near-Term) Infants: A summary of the Workshop Sponsored 
by the National Institute of Chil Health and Human Development"  Tonse 
N.K., Raju, MD, Rosemary D Higgins, MD, Ann R. Stark, MD and Kenneth J. 
Leveno, MD
Pediatrics Vol 118 No. 3 September 2006, pp 1207 - 1214 
(doi:10.1542/peds.2006-0018)

 He gave his email address if there were any questions or to requests 
notes.   [log in to unmask] 

Ann G. Cagigas, RN, MA, IBCLC
GSA Health Unit,  Room 1010
1800 F St., NW
Washington, DC 20405
202-219-1228
202-501-0028 (Fax)

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