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Pregnancy

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2-for-1 is no baby bargain, doctors say

Constipation common in pregnancy, study confirms

Exercise benefits tall pregnant women " Taller women who participate in regular physical exercise during pregnancy may deliver lighter babies, but still within the "normal" birth weight range, which could have health benefits for the baby and the mother, a study shows."

Exercising While Pregnant may Mean Leaner Babies

Get in Shape for Your Pregnancy " … and the five most important things to do are": • Take 400 micrograms of folic acid a day for at least three months before pregnancy to reduce the risk of birth defects. • Stop smoking and drinking alcohol. • Consult with a health-care provider to manage any and all medical conditions, including, but not limited to, asthma, diabetes, oral health, obesity, or epilepsy, and maintain up-to-date vaccinations. • Talk to your doctor and pharmacist about any over-the-counter and prescription medicines you are taking, including vitamins and dietary or herbal supplements. • Avoid exposure to toxic substances or potentially infectious materials at work or at home, such as chemicals, or cat and rodent feces. "

Migraines During Pregnancy Linked to Heart Disease, Stroke "Previous research by the study authors had shown that migraines were a risk factor for having a stroke during pregnancy. Migraines had also shown up as a predictor of heart disease during pregnancy. Migraines have also been associated with stroke and heart disease in non-pregnant women. "Migraine, particularly migraine with aura, is known to be a risk factor for heart disease and stroke, and there's lots of evidence for that," Lipton confirmed. "

Study: New Moms Who Get at Least 5 Daily Hours of Sleep Are More Likely to Shed Pregnancy Weight

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JOURNAL ARTICLES:

Antiretrovirals for reducing the risk of mother-to-child transmission of HIV infection. (Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2007)

Diet or exercise, or both, for weight reduction in women after childbirth. (Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2007) "AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS: Preliminary evidence from this review suggests that dieting and exercise together appear to be more effective than diet alone at helping women to lose weight after childbirth, because the former improves maternal cardiorespiratory fitness level and preserves fat-free mass, while diet alone reduces fat-free mass. For women who are breastfeeding, more evidence is required to confirm whether diet or exercise, or both, is not detrimental for either mother or baby. Due to insufficient available data, additional research, with larger sample size, is needed to confirm the results."

Does Excess Pregnancy Weight Gain Constitute a Major Risk for Increasing Long-term BMI? (Obesity (Silver Spring). 2007) "DISCUSSION: The findings support the adequateness of IOM guidelines, not only for the pregnancy-related health matters, but also for preventing long-term weight retention after delivery. Healthcare providers should give women appropriate advice for controlling GWG and motivate them to lose pregnancy-related weight during postpartum to prevent future overweight."

Duration of pregnancy in relation to fish oil supplementation and habitual fish intake: a randomised clinical trial with fish oil. (Eur J Clin Nutr. 2007) "Conclusions:In pregnant women with previous pregnancy complications, fish oil supplementation delayed onset of delivery in low and middle, but not in high, fish consumers."

Eating disorders symptoms in pregnancy: A longitudinal study of women with recent and past eating disorders and obesity. (J Psychosom Res. 2007) "CONCLUSIONS: Women with a recent ED continued to have some ED symptoms in pregnancy, albeit fewer compared to before pregnancy. Although at a lower level, women with a past history of ED also had ED symptoms in pregnancy. Screening for ED symptoms during pregnancy may provide a useful opportunity for engagement in treatment and to reduce behaviors that might be detrimental to the foetus."

First trimester ultrasonography in screening and detection of fetal anomalies. (Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet. 2007)

Gastroesophageal Reflux Symptoms During and After Pregnancy: A Longitudinal Study. (Am J Gastroenterol. 2007)

Interventions for preventing and treating pelvic and back pain in pregnancy. (Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2007) "AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS: All but one study had moderate to high potential for bias, so results must be viewed cautiously. Adding pregnancy-specific exercises, physiotherapy or acupuncture to usual prenatal care appears to relieve back or pelvic pain more than usual prenatal care alone, although the effects are small. We do not know if they actually prevent pain from starting in the first place. Water gymnastics appear to help women stay at work. Acupuncture shows better results compared to physiotherapy."

Iodine and thyroid hormones during pregnancy and postpartum. (Gynecol Endocrinol. 2007)

Is later obesity programmed in utero? (Curr Drug Targets. 2007)

Late pregnancy bleeding. (Am Fam Physician. 2007)

Prophylactic antibiotics for the prevention of preterm birth in women at risk: A meta-analysis. (Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol. 2007) "Conclusions: Treating women at risk of PTB with antibiotics does not reduce the risk of subsequent PTB."

[Psychological and pharmacological treatments of mood and anxiety disorders during pregnancy and postpartum. Review and synthesis.] (J Gynecol Obstet Biol Reprod (Paris). 2007) "It appears that psychotherapies have proved their efficiency on most pre- and postpartum anxious and depressive disorders and represent a first line treatment in most cases."

Teenage pregnancy and adverse birth outcomes: a large population based retrospective cohort study. (Int J Epidemiol. 2007) "RESULTS: All teenage groups were associated with increased risks for pre-term delivery, low birth weight and neonatal mortality. Infants born to teenage mothers aged 17 or younger had a higher risk for low Apgar score at 5 min. Further adjustment for weight gain during pregnancy did not change the observed association. Restricting the analysis to white married mothers with age-appropriate education level, adequate prenatal care, without smoking and alcohol use during pregnancy yielded similar results."

The effect of mode of delivery, parity, and birth weight on risk of urinary incontinence. (Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct. 2007)

Treatments for iron-deficiency anaemia in pregnancy. (Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2007) "AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS: Despite the high incidence and burden of disease associated with this condition, there is a paucity of good quality trials assessing clinical maternal and neonatal effects of iron administration in women with anaemia. Daily oral iron treatment improves haematological indices but causes frequent gastrointestinal adverse effects. Parenteral (intramuscular and intravenous) iron enhances haematological response, compared with oral iron, but there are concerns about possible important adverse effects. Large, good quality trials, assessing clinical outcomes (including adverse effects) are required."

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