Seat Belt Use Saves Baby's Life

Study shows that wearing seat belts while in the car can help to save the life of their unborn baby.

As women progress in their pregnancies and become more bulky and uncomfortable, wearing a seat belt can become more restrictive. Mothers may even admit that they can't stand the tightness of the seat belt around their tummies in the last few weeks of pregnancy.

However, now there is good reason to keep those seat belts fastened around you during your entire pregnancy! New research published in the April issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology has shown that in car collisions, not wearing a seat belt increased the risk of death to the unborn baby.

Findings showed that if a mother wears her seat belt and she is in a severe motor vehicle accident, she can reduce the chance of her baby dying by 50%.

For all of us who have been in severe car accidents, including myself, wearing a seat belt all the time whether pregnant or not, clearly saves lives.

Brenda