pregnancy news

Women who are pregnant should start a daily exercise program even if they have no exercised prior to pregnancy.

According to a study published in PLoS Medicine, when a pregnant woman’s
water breaks early it is best to wait and watch instead of forcing the
labor along, especially in cases where the event occurs prematurely.

According to a study completed by a leader at the Harvard Medical
School, developing nations don’t have the infrastructure and training
needed to perform safe C-sections.

Folic acid is an extremely important vitamin during early pregnancy.

Researchers from Columbia University have linked an environmental
pollutant to obesity when the mother is exposed to the pollutant during
pregnancy. The environmental pollutant to blame for the increased risk
of obesity is polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.

The womb is the safest environment on earth. The fetus is warm, safe and
well-fed during pregnancy, but according to a new clinical study, the
womb of an obese woman is not as healthy as that of a woman of normal
weight.

Toxoplasmosis is a cat parasite that can infect a pregnant woman if the woman touches cat waste, which is why pregnant women are told not to change cat litter boxes while pregnant.

According to a study published in the Archives of Gynecology and
Obstetrics, women who exercise regularly protect bone mass during
pregnancy by doing so.

During World War II, Leningrad was seized by opposing forces in the war.
Residents faced extreme starvation, including pregnant women, infants
and children. Researchers studied the effects of extreme starvation in pregnancy and early childhood using this time frame.

When pregnant women take certain antipsychotics during pregnancy,
offspring tend to score lower in neuromotor tests, according to a study
published in Archives of General Psychiatry.

All you have to do is feed your child more fish and their IQ will go through the roof – well, not exactly.

According to researchers, the guidelines for progression of labor before
suggesting a C-section delivery are based on outdated clinical studies.

When a pregnant woman gives birth to an infant that is small for
gestational age, she is at increased risk of heart disease, according to
new research published in PLoS One.

When a C-section is
performed, an incision is made in the wall of the uterus to extract the
fetus during delivery. The incision heals to a scar, which can alter
the elasticity of the uterus during future pregnancies.

Two decades after giving birth to one child by vaginal delivery, women
are facing incontinence problems at a rate three times that of women who
did not give birth vaginally, according to research by the Sahlgrenska
Academy in Sweden.

According to data collected in the Quebec Pregnancy Registry, there may
be a link between antidepressant intake during pregnancy and
hypertension or high blood pressure.

Researchers at the University of Granada have concluded that farm-raised
salmon, rich in omega-3 fatty acids, can be safely consumed two times a
week by pregnant women.

If your relationship was rocky and violent during pregnancy, you are
less likely to adopt a good parenting style after baby is born,
according to a new study.

If you develop pregnancy-related hypertension or diabetes, you could be
at increased risk for cardiovascular disease later in life, according to
a new study published by Circulation, a Journal of the American Heart
Association publication.

Patients with a history of preterm labor and delivery do not benefit
from controlled weight gain and dietary changes, according to research
completed at the University of Rochester Medical Center.