The Dhaka Times Desk The rate of premature baby births has increased significantly since the last decade. Due to the premature birth of the baby, the baby loses its proper development and this results in various complications of the baby.
Along with the physical complications of the child due to being premature, the mental problems of the child also appear. Premature births are one of the leading causes of infant mortality worldwide, which has increased alarmingly. A team of scientists in the Netherlands is working to create an artificial womb within the next decade as a result of preventing premature births. It is believed that if this is possible, it will be possible to reduce the rate of premature baby or immature child birth very easily.
The birth of a premature or immature child can destroy the family happiness of a family as well as the child. The birth of a premature baby increases the health risks of the baby as well as the mother.
According to accepted norms, any birth that occurs before the 37th week of pregnancy is considered premature. According to The Guardian, around one million babies worldwide die due to premature birth. Even for those who survive, there are medical complications and disabilities.
According to data collected by Tommy, a UK-based not-for-profit organization for prenatal and neonatal research, babies born at 22 weeks of gestation have only a 10 percent chance of survival. However, within just two weeks of a linked pregnancy, the chance of survival increases to 6 percent. As a result, the child gets help in its proper development.
External, artificial wombs can be extremely effective in such cases because they can provide almost perfect natural, womb-like conditions and allow a fetus to receive sufficient oxygen and nutrients through the umbilical water. Unlike current incubation methods that provide oxygen and nutrients directly to organs such as lungs, which may not have the full capacity to handle treatment, the new system allows the embryo to grow its organs under natural conditions.
The involvement of artificial wombs in prenatal care may be miraculous, but critics are already sounding the alarm about what it could mean for women's rights. Some feminist thinkers, such as Professor Julien S. Murphy of the University of Southern Maine in her book 'Feminist Perspectives on Medical Ethics', have expressed concern about how birthing outside the human body or ectogenesis will affect the concept of women. Some even fear that removing the need for women's bodies from the reproductive process may make women obsolete. It will also impact the global women's movement to reclaim abortion rights and control over their bodies.
This novel invention will look like a plastic bag and inside this artificial uterus will be the immature baby, said the scientists who prepared the mother's womb. These artificial wombs will have high-quality tubes that allow blood and other fluids to flow easily. They also state that it will create an environment similar to that of the mother's womb so that the baby stays in the right environment. Currently, the Maxima Medical Center in the Netherlands is working on a single mother womb mainly for very premature babies. This work has been done very actively in making this mother's womb so that the immature children can be delivered at the right time by removing all the physical complications.
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