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Buckling Up Best for Moms-To-Be

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Tuesday, March 12, 2013   

DES MOINES, Iowa - Expectant mothers worry that having a seat belt buckled can damage their unborn child in a crash, but a new study by Duke University Medical Center finds that not wearing a seat belt actually increases the chance of losing the pregnancy more than if the mother is belted in.

According to Brandi Thompson with Safe Kids Iowa, the best way to protect the unborn child is to protect the mom-to-be, but there is a right and a wrong way to put on a seat belt for a woman who is pregnant.

"Actually, the lap portion of the belt needs to be placed securely underneath the baby, underneath the belly so, crossing the woman's hard hip bones," Thompson specified. "The seat belt actually should not be interfering with the baby."

She said there is also a worry that impact from an air bag could cause injury to the unborn child, but that is also unfounded. Thompson did say it would help to keep as much space as possible between mom and the air bag.

"Move that driver's seat or front passenger seat, whichever, back away from where that air bag is going to deploy, trying to keep a ten-inch distance between their chest and the steering wheel or dashboard," she advised.

The study found that overly-cautious first-time mothers are more likely to drive unrestrained and that women with other children were prompted to put on their own seat belts when they are in the habit of putting their other children in child safety seats.


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