Impact of Preterm Labor upon Mother and Neonatal Healthy of Pregnant Women

To find out the impact preterm labor upon mother and neonatal healthy. A purposive sample is “Non-probability” of (100) women who had preterm labor during 3rd trimester (32-36wk) of pregnancy, and who visited the Bint Al-Huda Hospital for the period from 2^nd December to 3th Feb. 2019. Validity and reliability of questionnaire are determined through pilot study. Descriptive and inferential statistical procedures were used to analyze the data, and the data were collected by using interview technique, constructed questionnaire designed and developed for the purpose of the study. The highest percentage of the study sample were within the age group (20–24 years). And women with high educational and economic level and more than half of the study sample were housewife, and residents in urban areas. The interval between the last pregnancy and current one year to two years. And that the cause of preterm labor from a medical point is the premature rupture of membrane. The study shows that the impact on the mother was anxiety and fatigue and the impact on neonatal was premature birth and low birth weight less than 2.500 gram.