How to Quit Smoking During Pregnancy in 12 Steps
Smoking before and during pregnancy increases many risks. Our 12 step program helps you dealing with this issue and stop smoking quickly.
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Smoking and Pregnancy
Smoking can cause more than low birth weight. Pregnant mothers who smoke are at an increased risk of miscarriage and premature birth.
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Starvation During Pregnancy Linked to Cardiac Side Effects
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.
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Depression and Anxiety May Cause Low Birth Weight
According to a study completed in Bangladesh, women who suffer from depression and anxiety during pregnancy are more apt to give birth to a lower birth weight baby.
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Fetal Growth Issues
The majority of the babies born every day are of normal weight and
normal length but the fluctuation in birth weight can be astounding. There are certain reasons for smaller and bigger babies.
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Smoking and the Fetus
Smoking does harm the fetus. Women who smoke during pregnancy have a
higher rate of premature birth, miscarriage and low birth weight.
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Cocaine and Pregnancy
What does it do?
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Neonatal Complications: What is Very Low Birth Weight?
A subset of the low birth weight group includes infants born weighing less than 1,500 grams or 3.3 lbs. Infants born weighing less than 3.3 lbs are considered very low birth weight.
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Viruses Found in Stool Samples of Premature Infants
Researchers from the Prince of Wales Hospital recently published a study in the Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health revealing specific viruses and prevalence of infection in infants admitted to neonatal intensive care units (NICU).
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Placental Blood Flow and T2 Relaxation Times
In the April 2013 edition of Placenta, researchers from King'sCollege Hospital in London report a connection between placental T2relaxation times in the second trimester and risk of giving birth to asmall for gestational age (SGA) infant.
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Low Birth Weight Baby Girls May Face Future Fertility Woes
The findings of a Swedish study of infertility indicate a linkbetween a woman's size and weight at birth and an increased risk forfertility difficulties once she's of childbearing age.
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Intrauterine Growth Restriction Guideline Study
IUGR or intrauterine growth restriction is when the fetus is too small, usually less than the 10th %tile.
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Small for Gestational Age (SGA) & Intrauterine Growth Restriction (IUGR)
SGA or Intrauterine Growth Restriction (IUGR) are usually identified by ultrasound before birth or an examination after birth.
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