Continuity between Fetal and Neonatal Neurobehavior

Continuity between fetal and neonatal neurobehavior.

The human brain is very sensitive to environmental changes affecting its growth and development. Environmental changes influence neonatal behavior after birth, enabling continuity between prenatal and postnatal behavior, but postnatal adaptation could be considered as discontinuity. Thus there is the question of environmental discontinuity between intrauterine conditions characterized by existe...

Human fetal and neonatal movement patterns: Gender differences and fetal-to-neonatal continuity.

Longitudinal quantification of leg movements per minute for human subjects during both fetal and neonatal periods was accomplished from videotapings conducted antenatally (ultrasonography 30, 34, and 37 weeks gestational age) and postnatally (birth and 6 weeks of age). Fetal/neonatal subjects displayed decreasing numbers of leg movements per minute during antenatal development (30 to 37 weeks),...

Bisphenol A and Infant Neonatal Neurobehavior

4D Sonography in Assessment of Fetal Neurobehavior

‘Observation of fetal behavior reflects the functioning of the central nervous system, and behavioral assessment of the fetus enables the function of the brain to be examined’.1 The introduction of four-dimensional (4D) sonography techniques would facilitate fetal behavioral assessment in three dimensions in real time during pregnancy. We describe the latest 4D sonographic studies on fetal neur...

Comparison between Water Birth and Land Birth in terms of Fetal and Neonatal Outcomes

Introduction: Although warm water is used for labor pain reduction, there is controversy regarding the potential complications of water birth. Therefore, this study was performed to evaluate fetal and neonatal complications of water birth versus those observed in conventional modes of delivery. Methods:This clinical randomized trial was performed on 200 pregnant women at Mashhad Omolbanin Hosp...