Here’s more reason to be wary of scheduling birth: a study published in this month’s Journal of Pediatrics found that babies born even slightly premature, at 34-36 weeks, are six times more likely to not survive the first week of life than those born at “term” (after 37 weeks). They are also more likely to have respiratory and feeding problems, body temperature irregularities, jaundice, and brain development issues. According to national data (see below), one in eight babies are born premature in the United States.