"Making it all normal" : the role of the internet in problematic pregnancy [PDF]
Women are actively encouraged to educate themselves about pregnancy from formal sources (e.g., information leaflets, antenatal classes, books). In addition, informal stories of pregnancy and birth are routinely told between women.
Locock, Margaret +8 more
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Maternal psychosocial stress during pregnancy and placenta weight: evidence from a national cohort study [PDF]
To study in a large-scale cohort with prospective data the associations between psychosocial stress during pregnancy and placenta weight at birth. Animal data suggest that the placenta is involved in stress-related fetal programming.; We defined a priori
Andrea H Meyer +16 more
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Rapid Syphilis Tests as Catalysts for Health Systems Strengthening: A Case Study from Peru. [PDF]
OBJECTIVES: Untreated maternal syphilis leads to adverse pregnancy outcomes. The use of point of care tests (POCT) offers an opportunity to improve screening coverage for syphilis and other aspects of health systems.
Valderrama, Maria +15 more
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Change in functional hepatic tests during pregnancy
Liver diseases associated with pregnancy occur in about 3 % of pregnant women and are an important cause of both maternal and fetal mortality. In recent years, important data on the pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of these diseases have been ...
I.A. Zaytsev
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BackgroundThere are limited data on home pregnancy test use among women in low-and-middle-income countries. A prior survey found that only 20% of women in western Kenya used a home pregnancy test to confirm their pregnancies before going to antenatal ...
Christina Mazumder +20 more
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Caesarean section and risk of unexplained stillbirth in subsequent pregnancy [PDF]
Background Caesarean section is associated with an increased risk of disorders of placentation in subsequent pregnancies, but effects on the rate of antepartum stillbirth are unknown.
Smith, G. +6 more
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The Effect of Maternal Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation on Cognition and Mood during Pregnancy and Postpartum in Indonesia: A Randomized Trial [PDF]
Maternal caregiving capacity, which is affected in part by cognition and mood, is crucial for the health of mothers and infants. Few interventions aim to improve maternal and infant health through improving such capacity.
SUMMIT Study Group +19 more
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Pregnancy tests history and modern methods of determining early pregnancy [PDF]
The article gives a review of historical information relating to the possibilities of determining pregnancy; the characteristics that exist today and methods of determining early pregnancy are also discussed.
L A Terebneva
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Prevalence of vitamin B12 insufficiency during pregnancy and its effect on offspring birthweight: a systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]
Background: Vitamin B-12 and folate are micronutrients essential for normal embryogenesis. Vitamin B-12 insufficiency in pregnancy is high in certain parts of the world, such as India, and although this has been linked to low birth weight (LBW) in these ...
Rafnsson, Snorri B. +9 more
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Evaluation of Liver function Tests in Normotensive and Hypertensive pregnancy. [PDF]
Pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH) is responsible for significant maternal and prenatal morbidity, liver function affected by this disease. Liver function tests ( LFTs ), namely S.ALP, S.AST, S.ALT, Albumin, Bilirubin and prothrombin time were ...
Marwa Ibrahim Salman
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