background: amniotic fluid is an indicator of placental function on the fetal development. the amniotic fluid index is the most commonly used method of measuring amniotic fluid. objective: the purpose of this study was to compare the pregnancy outcomes of a borderline versus normal afi. materials and methods: this cross-sectional study was carried out on a total of 235 pregnant women referred t...

background: ovarian pregnancy constitutes 0.15-3% of all ectopic pregnancies. the incidence of ectopic pregnancy is on the rise owing to evolution in assisted reproductive techniques (art). the incidence reported following in vitro fertilization (ivf) or embryo transfer (et) is 0.27% per clinical pregnancy. case: we present a case of a 13-weeks ovarian pregnancy following ivf-et and through a r...

background: intrapartam complications such as foetal malpresentation, placental abruption, dysfunctional labour, and postpartum haemorrhage are associated with grandmultiparity. in developing countries and many parts of africa and sub-saharan africa, there is limited access to medical care. there is a need in these areas to identify women whose pregnancies are at risk of complication and it is ...

background: cervical pregnancy is rare and dangerous form of ectopic pregnancy which can be treated surgically or conservatively. methotrexate is reasonable conservative option with high efficiency and acceptable level of side effects. aim of this paper is to present possible treatment option in case of methotrexate failure, still keeping the postulates of minimal invasive surgery. case:  we de...

Naturaly blastocyte implants in the uterine cavity.implantation of blastocyst in anyplace other than the endometrial lining of the uterine cavity is considered an ectopic pregnancy.more than 95% of ectopic pregnancies are tubal pregnancies.ovarian ectopic pregnancy is a rare case with an estimated incidence ranging from % 0.05-1 of the extra uterine pregnancies.if one blastocytes implant simult...

the purpose of this study was to investigate the possible association between pregnancy weight gain and child weight at the 12 th and 24 th months of age in damavand city, north-east tehran, iran. materials and methods: in a cross-sectional study, using existing data collected by the urban health centers, records of 266 women who attended urban health centers for prenatal care and delivered bet...

background: we aimed to explore whether maternal asymptomatic hepatitis b (hb) infection effects on pre-term rupture of membranous (prom), stillbirth, preeclampsia, eclampsia, gestational hypertension, or antepartum hemorrhage. methods: we searched the pubmed, scopus, and isi web of science from 1990 to feb 2015. in addition, electronic literature searches supplemented by searching the gray lit...

background: unwanted pregnancies and their complications are one of the major problems facing women in the world. this study aimed to determine the factors that affect unwanted pregnancy in the population covered by the shahroud university of medical sciences in 2013. methods: in this case-control study, 116 cases and 251 controls were randomly selected from those who referred to health care ce...

aim : the aim of this study was to review our experience with gestations in autoimmune hepatitis patients. background : there are only limited data describing pregnancy in patients with autoimmune hepatitis. patients and methods : retrospective analysis of pregnancies with autoimmune hepatitis followed in centro hospitalar do porto, portugal in the last ten years. results : we reported nine pre...

A 30-year-old woman with a history of two pregnancy losses in the 8th and 16th weeks of pregnancy and a history of metroplasty referred to our Infertility Clinic. Hysterosalpingography (HSG) was performed as a standard infertility evaluation following surgery (Fig 1).