OBJECTIVE To describe women's late pregnancy after loss experiences (from 25 weeks gestation to birth), document the timing and frequency of their common discomforts and events, and explore changes in these experiences over time. DESIGN A longitudinal, qualitative study of pregnancy calendar entries and field notes. SETTING Prenatal care providers and community canvassing in Central New Yor...

Net hepatic glucose uptake (NHGU) is an important contributor to postprandial glycemic control. We hypothesized that NHGU is reduced during normal pregnancy and in a pregnant diet-induced model of impaired glucose intolerance/gestational diabetes mellitus (IGT/GDM). Dogs (n = 7 per group) that were nonpregnant (N), normal pregnant (P), or pregnant with IGT/GDM (pregnant dogs fed a high-fat and ...

Severe complications of bariatric surgery in pregnancy can appear many years later, even if there is a history of an uneventful pregnancy after bariatric surgery and a stable body mass index for years. We present the case of a pregnant patient who presented to our gynaecology department with an internal herniation after Roux and Y gastric bypass surgery.

QUESTION I have a patient who contracted varicella at 26 weeks' gestation. She is very concerned and would consider termination if it were earlier in the pregnancy. What are the current predictions of risk for her fetus? ANSWER Based on review of all available studies, we could not detect a single case of congenital varicella syndrome in the third trimester of pregnancy (0/208), as compared w...

1. The separation of the oestrogen conjugates in late-pregnancy urine into two groups, peaks I and II, by gel filtration on Sephadex G-25 (Beling, 1963) has been shown to be affected by the presence of urate, which delays the elution of peak II conjugates. 2. By reapplication to a Sephadex column, peak I conjugates have been further separated into two groups (peaks IA and IB) and the metabolite...

The placental transmission of lincomycin was studied in 60 patients in late pregnancy. A peak maternal blood level of 12.5 mug/ml was recorded 45 minutes after injection, and detectable levels were still present up to 42 hours after a single injection. A peak cord blood level of 2.7 mug/ml was recorded 55 minutes after injection; cord blood levels were about a quarter of the maternal blood leve...

BACKGROUND Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) in IVF/ICSI cycles may occur either as an early (early onset) or a late pattern (late onset). This observational study was designed to identify whether the onset pattern of OHSS is associated with the occurrence of pregnancy and the early pregnancy outcome. METHODS Among 4376 consecutive IVF/ICSI cycles, 113 patients were hospitalized for OH...

Hellgren, C. 2013. Physiological Stress Reactivity in Late Pregnancy. Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Medicine 887. 70 pp. Uppsala. ISBN 978-91-554-8636-5. During pregnancy, the basal activity is increased in both of our major stress response systems: the sympathetic nervous system and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrena...

About 1% of all pregnancies are complicated by maternal cardiac diseases. Among the various cardiac pathologies complicating pregnancy, arrhythmias are the most common. Most of them are diagnosed for the first time during pregnancy. Tachyarrhythmias are the commonest form of arrhythmias reported during pregnancy. Risk factors for this are the presence of organic heart disease, various hormonal ...

Broad ligament pregnancy is a rare event and diagnosis is often late in our setting. Two multiparous women in early thirties presented for routine antenatal care. Routine ultrasonography revealed midtrimester abdominal pregnancies. Broad ligament pregnancy was diagnosed in both cases at laparotomy and both had excision of pregnancy and salpingo-ophorectomy with satisfactory recovery. Ultrasonog...