OBJECTIVE This study aimed to explore the association between sexual violence and mode of delivery. DESIGN National cohort study. SETTING Women presenting for routine ultrasound examinations were recruited to the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study between 1999 and 2008. POPULATION A total of 74,059 pregnant women. METHODS Sexual violence was self-reported during pregnancy using pos...

Background: During pregnancy the maintenance of an adequate health status and appropiate lifestyles, are of great importance to prevent adverse outcomes for both, mother and baby. Thus, the present study aimed to assess the nutritional status, sociodemographic features, lifestyle behaviors and dietary habits of pregnant women in Spain, and to identify the influence of parity on these profiles. ...

Parturient females ingest placenta in most mammalian species, whereas fathers may do so in species in which both parents provide care for their offspring. To determine if the propensity to eat placenta varies with reproductive status in the biparental California mouse, we presented placenta to virgin (housed with a same-sex pairmate), expectant (pregnant with their first litter), and multiparou...

Ovarian hormone elevations are associated with enhanced learning/memory. During behavioral estrus or pregnancy, progestins, such as progesterone (P(4)) and its metabolite 5 alpha-pregnan-3 alpha-ol-20-one (3 alpha,5 alpha-THP), are elevated due, in part, to corpora luteal and placental secretion. During 'pseudopregnancy', the induction of corpora luteal functioning results in a hormonal milieu ...

BACKGROUND Chronic renal failure is strongly associated with poor pregnancy outcome. Women dependent on hemodialysis before conception rarely achieve a successful live birth. CASE PRESENTATION A 31-year-old multiparous Turkish woman was scheduled for cesarean section under spinal anesthesia at 37 weeks and five days' gestation because of hemorrhage due to secondary placenta previa. Spinal ane...

Objectives: Pregnancy pica is harmful to the mother and her baby. This study aimed update global prevalence of in pregnant women. Methods: Scopus, Science Direct, Wiley online, Google Scholar, PubMed databases were searched for observational studies until July 2021. search was done with keywords "pregnancy pica", "prevalence "pica frequency". After evaluating extracted based on inclusion exclus...

Objective: Change of healthcare model in normal childbirth, health authorities interest in exploring childbirth expectations of pregnant women, and their cultural and social specificity make relevant the study of these expectations at this moment. The aim is to know what are the childbirth expectations from a sample of Spanish pregnant women and to study the differences between primiparous and ...

BACKGROUND The delivery of many children at short interval is associated with micronutrient depletion and weight gain. However, the relationship between the levels of the micronutrients and the body weight is yet to be ascertained. OBJECTIVES To determine the relationship between parity, body weight and some antioxidant vitamins in non-pregnant Nigerian women. PATIENTS AND METHODS Randomly ...

BACKGROUND Sex-related differences as well as the adverse effect of pregnancy on aortic disease outcome are well-established phenomena in humans with Marfan syndrome (MFS). The underlying mechanisms of these observations are largely unknown. OBJECTIVES In an initial (pilot) step we aimed to confirm the differences between male and female MFS patients as well as between females with and withou...