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Pregnancy

General Information

NEWS:

First-of-its-kind Ottawa study looks at the implications of twin, triplet and quadruplet pregnancies on mothers. Report indicates increased risk of adverse outcomes.

Home Pregnancy Tests May Be Less Sensitive Than Claims Suggest

In Delivery Room, Baby and Doctor at Risk

Late motherhood may protect ovaries

Research: Pregnant Women May Exercise

ARTICLES:

Having a Healthy Pregnancy

Morning sickness and more: Common problems during pregnancy

NGC-Prenatal screening and diagnosis for pediatricians.

NGC-Preterm birth prevention.

NGC-Routine prenatal care.

NGC-Ultrasound scanning during pregnancy.

Omega-3 Fatty Acid Helps Fetal Development, May Prevent Postpartum Depression

Prenatal testing: What's involved and who should consider it?

Returning To Your Prepregnancy Shape

Rh Factor in Pregnancy

Triple Screening in Pregnancy: What It Is and What to Expect

JOURNAL ARTICLES:

A case-control study of maternal recreational physical activity and risk of gestational diabetes mellitus. (Diabetes Res Clin Pract)

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Ginger to Treat Nausea and Vomiting in Pregnancy (Obstetrics & Gynecology)

Anal incontinence after vaginal delivery: a five-year prospective cohort study. (Obstet Gynecol)

Association of parental eczema, hayfever, and asthma with atopic dermatitis in infancy: birth cohort study. (Arch Dis Child)

Associations of seafood and elongated n-3 fatty acid intake with fetal growth and length of gestation: results from a US pregnancy cohort. (Am J Epidemiol)

Birth weight and risk for childhood leukemia in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Iceland. (J Natl Cancer Inst)

Changes in maternal weight from the first to second trimester of pregnancy are associated with fetal growth and infant length at birth (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition)

[Diabetes and pregnancy--a frequently underestimated problem] (MMW Fortschr Med)

Dietary prenatal choline supplementation alters postnatal hippocampal structure and function. (J Neurophysiol)

Early life risk factors for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a population-based cohort study. (Mayo Clin Proc)

Effectiveness of early pregnancy ultrasound in diagnosing fetal abnormalities in high risk women. (J Pak Med Assoc)

Efficacy of an intervention to prevent excessive gestational weight gain. (Am J Obstet Gynecol)

[Exercise and pregnancy] (Herz)

[Fecal and urinary incontinence after delivery: risk factors and prevention] (Gynecol Obstet Fertil)

Fetal MRI : reviewing the history, indications, technique, safety and drawbacks. (J Coll Physicians Surg Pak)

First pregnancy characteristics and subsequent breast cancer risk among young women. (Int J Cancer)

Headaches in pregnancy. (Neurol Clin)

Interventions for nausea and vomiting in early pregnancy (Cochrane Review) (The Cochrane Library)

Interventions for preventing and treating pelvic and back pain in pregnancy (Cochrane Review) (The Cochrane Library)

Long-term weight development in women: a 15-year follow-up of the effects of pregnancy. (Obes Res)

Low back pain during pregnancy: prevalence, risk factors, and outcomes. (Obstet Gynecol)

Maternal and fetal mercury and n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids as a risk and benefit of fish consumption to fetus. (Environ Sci Technol)

Perspectives in the prevention of premature birth. (Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol)

Physical activity patterns and maternal well-being in postpartum women. (Matern Child Health J)

Predicting preschooler obesity at birth: the role of maternal obesity in early pregnancy. (Pediatrics)

Pregnancy-related Constipation. (Curr Gastroenterol Rep)

Prevalence, stability, and predictors of clinically significant behavior problems in low birth weight children at 3, 5, and 8 years of age. (Pediatrics)

Prospective study of gestational diabetes mellitus risk in relation to maternal recreational physical activity before and during pregnancy. (Am J Epidemiol)

[Pruritus in pregnancy: A frequent diagnostic and therapeutic challenge.] (Hautarzt)

Reasons for increasing trends in large for gestational age births. (Obstet Gynecol)

Relation between maternal recreational physical activity and plasma lipids in early pregnancy. (Am J Epidemiol)

Returning To Your Prepregnancy Shape

Risk of postpartum urinary incontinence associated with pregnancy and mode of delivery. (Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand)

Sperm aneuploidy and recurrent pregnancy loss. (Reprod Biomed Online)

Stress urinary incontinence 4 years after the first delivery: a retrospective cohort survey. (Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand)

The psychosocial outcome of pregnancy in women with psychotic disorders. (Schizophr Res)

Twinning and the incidence of breast and gynecological cancers (United States). (Cancer Causes Control)

Two-stage ultrasonography in screening for fetal anomalies at 13-14 and 18-22 weeks of gestation. (Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand)

Ultrasound measurement of pregnancy-induced changes in maternal bone mass: a longitudinal, cross-sectional and biochemical study. (Gynecol Endocrinol)

[Ultrasound screening and diagnosis of fetal structural abnormalities between 11-14 gestational weeks] (Akush Ginekol (Sofiia))

Urinary Tract Infections During Pregnancy. (Ann Pharmacother)

Vitamin A deficiency impairs fetal islet development and causes subsequent glucose intolerance in adult rats. (J Nutr)

Women's behaviour, beliefs and information sources about physical exercise in pregnancy. (Midwifery)

INTERNET SITES:

Maternity Center Association

Mercury in Seafood

NIH-NIEHS Drinking Water Contaminants, Gene Polymorphisms, and Fetal Growth

NIH-Medical Encyclopedia Eclampsia

NIH-Medical Encyclopedia Pre-Eclampsia

NIH-Pregnancy

NIH-Pregnancy

NIH-Pregnancy and Reproduction Topics

NIH-Pregnancy and Substance Abuse

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