Mindfulness is known to decrease psychological distress. Possible benefits in pregnancy have rarely been explored. Our aim was to examine the prospective association of mindfulness with autonomic nervous system function during pregnancy and with later infant social-emotional development. Pregnant women (N = 156) completed self-report mindfulness and emotional distress questionnaires, and had th...

conclusions the levels of hemoglobin can be used to predict preeclampsia and monitoring the pregnant women and its regular measure in 3 trimesters help us to identify women at risk for preeclampsia. background preeclampsia is one of the most serious complications during pregnancy with important effects on health of mother and fetus that causes maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. this st...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the presence of menstrual headaches prior to pregnancy according to the International Headache Society (IHS) classification criteria, 2004, and also study the outcome (frequency and intensity) of these pre-existing headaches during the gestational trimesters. METHOD This study involved 1,101 pregnant women (12 to 45 years old). A semi-structured questionnaire was used to...

Pregnancy is associated with significant but reversible changes in thyroid function tests results, which are among the most profound seen as a result of a normal physiologic state. The present study was carried out to find out alterations in thyroid function tests in each trimester in normal pregnant women as compared to non-pregnant women. Methods: A case-control study designed with two groups...

Background: Back pain in pregnant women the 2nd and 3rd trimesters, if not treated immediately, will greatly disturb comfort of can cause complications such as moderate to severe anxiety due being able adapt their back pain. Several factors are associated with occurrence women. This study aims prove that affect second third trimester 
 Methods: research was a cross sectional design. The sa...

background physical activity (pa) patterns during pregnancy have not been explored in depth and most previous studies lack assessment of variables such as type, frequency, duration and intensity of activity. objectives this study had two goals: 1) to analyze pa patterns during pregnancy according to weekly time spent on different types of activity; and 2) to determine women’s perception about h...

Abstract Background Seizure control during pregnancy and obstetric outcomes are of important concerns for women with epilepsy (WWE) their families. Advanced maternal age (≥35 years) shows a growing trend in the society changes lifestyle, which also occurs diseased populations. The advanced is an independent factor some unsatisfying outcomes. In this study we explored seizure complications assoc...

OBJECTIVE In this study, the gingival conditions and the quantitative detection for Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans, Fusobacterium nucleatum, Porphyromonas gingivalis and Prevotella intermedia in pregnant women were determined. MATERIAL AND METHODS Quantitative determinations of periodontal bacteria by using a SyBr green system in women during pregnancy were performed. Women at the 2nd ...