CONTEXT Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are frequently prescribed to pregnant women, but knowledge about their unintended effects on child health is scarce. OBJECTIVE To examine the effects of maternal SSRI use during pregnancy on fetal growth and birth outcomes. DESIGN The study was embedded in the Generation R Study, a prospective population-based study from fetal life onw...

conclusions a significant number of pregnant mothers had average knowledge that indicating necessity of interventional programs by health system, particularly for pregnant mothers with lower education level. background breastfeeding is accepted as the most desirable method of infant nurturing. objectives this study aimed to investigate pregnant mothers’ knowledge about breastfeeding as well as ...

BACKGROUND Maternal antenatal depression has long-term consequences for children's health. We examined if home visits by community health workers (CHW) can improve growth outcomes for children of mothers who are antenatally depressed. METHODS A cluster randomized controlled trial of all pregnant, neighbourhood women in Cape Town, South Africa. Almost all pregnant women (98 %, N = 1238) were r...

Concentrations of beta-carotene were determined in maternal and fetal blood. The samples were collected from 33 mothers, their 33 newborns and 50 pregnant and 29 non-pregnant women. Beta-carotene concentrations of the non-pregnant, pregnant, newborn infant and their mothers were 140.31, 171.54, 63.57 and 175.74 micrograms/dl, respectively. There was a significant correlation (P < 0.001) between...

Materials and methods There were 4 groups (G): G1 (non-pregnant controls rats), females that received intraperitoneal injection (ipi) of 0.9% saline (s), G2 (non-pregnant diabetic rats), females that received ipi of alloxan (100 mg/kg) diluted in 0.9% s, G3 (control mothers), mothers that received ipi of 0.9% s and G4 (diabetic mothers), mothers that received ipi of alloxan (100 mg/kg) diluted ...

Pregnant teenagers and young mothers experience embodied exclusion due to the range of attempts aimed at controlling their sexual behaviour. Embodied exclusion in this context is the result of having the sexual health needs and experiences of pregnant teenagers and young mothers excluded from formal and informal sexual health education.

A total of 237 pregnant women participated in this study between September 1 to December 31, 2012. Seropositive mothers were indentified following screening of both booked and unbooked pregnant women who consented to participate in the study. The Seropositive mothers were counselled and followed up to delivery and had the babies umbilical cord blood checked for Hepatitis B Surface antigen or ot...

background: leptin is a protein product of obesity gene and is synthesized mainly by adipose tissue. objective: the aim of this study was to determine maternal and neonatal serum leptin levels in term preeclamptic and normal pregnancies. materials and methods: this cross sectional study was performed on 37 preeclamptic and 40 normotensive term pregnant women without other disease. serum level o...

Objectives: We aimed to assess anxiety in pregnant women. also investigated the probably associated factors Methods: This research is a descriptive correlational study. The samples (209 women) were recruited by non-probability (purposive) sampling, and study instrument consisted of Hamilton rating scale interviews with mothers. obtained data analyzed SPSS softwer, version 25. Results: Most resp...