Why are some babies born prematurely and some born late? I was born 11 weeks early and had a lot of problems, if you

Question: Why are some babies born prematurely and some born late? I was born 11 weeks early and had a lot of problems, if you ever find out more I will be interested!
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  baby,
  premature birth
Asked by oliviatheolive to Emmanuel on 18 Jun 2013.
- Emmanuel Amabebe answered on 18 Jun 2013:
  
  There are a lot of factors that increase a woman’s risk of premature delivery eg infection, short cervix ie the passage linking the vagina and uterus (womb) etc

Question: Why are some babies born prematurely and some born late? I was born 11 weeks early and had a lot of problems, if you ever find out more I will be interested!