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Premature Labor/Preterm Birth
Published in Charles Theisler, Adjuvant Medical Care, 2023
Also known as preterm labor, premature labor is labor that begins more than three weeks before the full term 40-week due date and occurs in about 12% of all pregnancies.1 Premature babies tend to have more health problems and longer stays in the hospital than babies born full term. In 2015, preterm birth and low birth weight accounted for about 17% of infant deaths. Babies who survive may have: Breathing problemsFeeding difficultiesCerebral palsyDevelopmental delaysVision problemsHearing problems2
Exercise and pregnancy
Published in Hung N. Winn, Frank A. Chervenak, Roberto Romero, Clinical Maternal-Fetal Medicine Online, 2021
Epidemiologic studies have suggested for a long time that a link exists between strenuous work and the development of intrauterine growth retardation. Working mothers have a tendency to deliver earlier and small-for-gestational-age infants (75,76). Uncontrolled studies done in elite athletes indicate conflicting evidence (76,77). Most of the studies conducted in pregnant athletes report a very low incidence of complications, but at least one study (79) found that the number of newborn babies of Olympian mothers weighing 2600 to 3000g (potentially growth restricted or born prematurely) was greater in their investigations than those weighing in excess of 3500g. The evidence in the literature is too limited to allow risk assignment for either premature labor or fetal growth restriction for exercising mothers. However, anecdotal clinical observations indicate that patients at risk for premature labor may have labor triggered by exercise. Furthermore, women who are diet conscious often do not receive the minimum required nutrients. The combined energy requirements of pregnancy and exercise coupled with poor weight gain may lead to fetal retardation.
Epidemiology of Fetal Growth Retardation in Developed Countries
Published in Asim Kurjak, John M. Beazley, Fetal Growth Retardation: Diagnosis and Treatment, 2020
Z. Štembera, A. Kravka, F. Mandys
The effect of antenatal admission was studied only in patients hospitalized for 2 weeks or longer. According to the indication for hospitalization, three groups of surviving newborns were assessed: IUGR, imminent premature labor (without IUGR) and those hospitalized for other reasons. Each of these groups was further divided according to gestational age (Table 9).
Undergoing pregnancy and childbirth as trans masculine in Sweden: experiencing and dealing with structural discrimination, gender norms and microaggressions in antenatal care, delivery and gender clinics
Published in International Journal of Transgender Health, 2020
Felicitas Falck, Louise Frisén, Cecilia Dhejne, Gabriela Armuand
This study raises concerns regarding medical safety. Knowledge gaps among HCPs made participants turn to peers for medical advice. HCPs did not expect lactogenesis after chest masculinization surgery, failed to provide information on nursing and to prevent mastitis. The exclusion of legal males from the EMR limited information transfers between clinics and disabled standard procedures, posing a risk to patient security. The notion that only women get pregnant prevented the timely diagnosis of premature labor. As noted in a previous study, gynecological problems will only be identified as the cause of abdominal pain when HCPs perceive patients as female, why pregnancy complications in trans masculine patients risk being misdiagnosed (Stroumsa et al., 2019). Gender binary and cisnormative assumptions were thus associated with medical risks.
Risk of preterm delivery in singletons conceived by in vitro fertilization
Published in Gynecological Endocrinology, 2019
Puyu Yang, Huixian Kang, Caihong Ma, Yuan Wei, Liyuan Tao, Zhangxin Wu
Several limitations of our study need to be taken into consideration. The retrospective nature of this study and lack of data on fresh embryo transfer were the main limitation of this study. In the fresh cycles, the altered endometrial milieu from ovarian hyperstimulation may lead to poor perinatal outcomes. It is necessary to evaluate the effect of fresh embryo transfer on obstetric and perinatal outcomes. These are important potential confounders for perinatal outcome. In the future study, we will increase the number of cases recruited in fresh cycles and do the subgroup analysis according to the level of estrogen. Through our study, we need to heighten clinical vigilance in the risk of preterm birth in singleton pregnancies after IVF-ET during the pregnancies. Obstetricians and patients alike should be aware of this risk so that they can maintain and increase awareness for the signs and symptoms of premature labor.
Integrating Clinical Hypnosis and Neurofeedback
Published in American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 2019
In controlled studies, hypnosis has been documented to be valuable in obstetrics and gynecology (e.g., Brann & Guzvica, 1987; Freeman, MacCauley, Eve, & Chamberlain, 1986; Harmon, Hynan, & Tyre, 1990; Jenkins & Pritchard, 1993; Mairs, 1995; Martin, Schauble, Rai, & Curry, 2001), including reducing hyperemesis gravidarum with good to excellent results more than 80% of the time (Fuchs, Paldi, Abramovici, & Peretz, 1980) and improving more than medication treatment with premature labor (Omer, 1987; Omer, Friedlander, & Palti, 1986). Hypnosis has proven effective with dermatologic and allergic disorders (e.g., Ben-Zvi, Spohn, Young, & Kattan, 1982; Castes et al., 1999; Ewer & Stewart, 1986; Inoue, Kobayashi, & Chiba, 1995; Kohen, 1986; Kotses, Rawson, Wigal, & Creer, 1987; Morrison, 1988; Murphy et al., 1989; Pastorello, 1987; Pastorello et al., 1987; Research Committee of the British Tuberculosis Society, 1968; Spanos, Stenstrom, & Johnston, 1988; Spanos, Williams, & Gwynn, 1990; Tausk & Whitmore, 1999; Zachariae, Oster, Bjerring, & Kragballe, 1996).