The uncomfortable science in the womb: How biological experience disrupts surrogacy narratives
Abstract The discourse surrounding surrogacy portrays pregnancy as a temporary process, depicting surrogates as neutral “carriers” whose involvement concludes at birth. This narrative minimizes gestation's biological significance despite evidence of its lasting effects on both women and children.
Orit Chorowicz Bar‐Am +2 more
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Risk factors for hemodynamically significant patent ductus arteriosus and ibuprofen treatment failure in premature twins: a retrospective case-control study. [PDF]
Gao B +6 more
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ABSTRACT Excess adiposity is not a recently developed problem but has existed since at least the upper Paleolithic, allowing evolutionary selection pressures to adapt the physiology of the pregnant woman and the feto‐placental unit for maternal and fetal protection.
Gernot Desoye +6 more
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Maternal Nutrition During Pregnancy and Fetal Outcome, Short- and Long-Term Health Effects: A Narrative Review. [PDF]
Capra ME +5 more
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ABSTRACT Maternal overnutrition during pregnancy predisposes children to increased adiposity later in life. This systematic review and meta‐analysis examined how this association persists into adulthood and whether it differs by sex. MEDLINE, EMBASE, Scopus, and CENTRAL were searched for human studies published in English before May 2025.
Szimonetta Eitmann +4 more
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Hemostatic abnormalities at the time of fetal death: A retrospective study evaluating the prevalence and relevance of targeted testing. [PDF]
Lieng C, Fischer C, Girault A.
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ABSTRACT Background Smallness for gestational age and reduced head circumference at birth are consistently associated with later neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD), but it is unclear whether similar associations are present at foetal biometry in mid‐gestation. Objectives To investigate associations between second‐trimester foetal biometric measurements
Mads Langager Larsen +4 more
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Complex braided true umbilical cord knots (TUCK) and cord entanglement with fetal demise in monochorionic monoamniotic twin pregnancy: a catastrophic sequela-what is your diagnosis? [PDF]
Devalla A +4 more
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ABSTRACT Background The lack of a standardised definition of large for gestational age (LGA) complicates clinical assessments and the interpretation of research. Objective The objective of this study is to assess how different definitions of LGA affect the interpretation of outcomes in a stepped wedge cluster randomised controlled trial (SW‐CRT ...
Sara Grass +15 more
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Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Offspring's School Grades by Maternal Education
ABSTRACT Background Children conceived through assisted reproductive technologies (ART) often achieve higher school grades than spontaneously conceived peers in unadjusted analyses, a pattern largely attributed to the socio‐economic advantage of parents who use ART.
Alice Goisis, Øystein Kravdal
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