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High Risk Pregnancy Bed Rest - Articles
More on high risk pregnancies
by
AtYourCervix
Posted
Mon 07 Jul 2008 7:17pm
This post is aimed at the mothers, mothers-to-be and dreaming of being a mother-to-be women out there.
I would like to expand my thoughts on high risk pregnancies. Bear... to never see.
Let's start off with some common things in pregnancy that can make you high risk.
#1 - Diabetes --- whether it's an existing diabetes or gestational diabetes
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Magnesium sulfate decreases cerebral palsy in high risk pregnancies
by
Dr. John Z.
Posted
Tue 16 Sep 2008 7:26am
of cerebral palsy in the children born by half, a new study found.
“This is one of the most promising breakthroughs in the management of high-risk pregnancies in more than 30 years..., 2,241 women who had been diagnosed at high risk for giving birth prematurely, between 24 and 31 weeks into their pregnancies, were randomized to receive an intravenousinfusion
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Test Might Spot Women at High Risk for Pregnancy Complication
by
Medline Plus
Posted
Mon 13 Sep 2010 1:00pm
in early pregnancy. We need to be able to tell who is at risk and who is not."
Preeclampsia, a potentially life-threatening condition, is characterized by high blood pressure.... And now scientists say they've developed a high-tech method to predict which women are most prone to preeclampsia in late pregnancy -- long before symptoms arise.
The approach
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Why do doctors advise bed rest after an IVF pregnancy ?
by
Dr. Aniruddha M.
Posted
Mon 18 Oct 2010 8:02pm
things easy and be as careful as you can, so you can nurture your baby.
This is one of the reasons why many doctors advise bed rest during an IVF pregnancy. In fact, some patients... this advise. In fact, bed rest can be demoralising and is very unhelpful, because your mind starts playing games when you sleep in bed all day long !
However, it's often patients
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Putting the myth of bed rest after IVF to rest
by
Dr. Aniruddha M.
Posted
Tue 18 Nov 2008 12:13am
implantation and pregnancy rates are not affected by rest; and patients can walk out just 10 minutes after the embryo transfer.
In fact, enforced bed rest can have a very unhealthy...
One of the old wife's tales which still plagues every IVF patient is the myth that they need "strict" bed rest after the embryo transfer. Many patients are scared
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Bed Rest: Redefined
by
Lauren
Posted
Fri 11 Sep 2009 4:58pm
Just when I thought I was on strict bed rest, it got worse. My bed
rest "privledges" that I had before are now a thing of the past. I
called the on-call doctor....
They all weigh between 12-13 oz. and their fluids are good. My cervix
on the other hand is shrinking. I am now admitted to TGH for most
likely the remainder of my pregnancy
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Will bed rest help me get better faster when I'm sick?
by
Dr. Gabe M.
Posted
Wed 01 Oct 2008 8:12pm
A huge review of the medical literature showed that there is no evidence that bed rest helps you to heal faster from any medical condition. During World War II, American... and found only 39 studies testing whether bed rest benefits any medical condition. Twenty-four studies showed that bed rest was of little or no benefit in preventing side effects
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Bed rest for back pain
by
Steve Hatherley
Posted
Tue 09 Dec 2008 11:05pm
They don't prescribe bed rest for back pain any more, but they used to.
These days, if you go to your local GP complaining about back pain, he (or she) is more likely to prescribe moderate exercise than bed rest. But it hasn't always been like that -it wasn't that long ago where bed rest was the standard prescription for back pain.
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Activity or Bed Rest For Low Back Pain?
by
Dr. Gray
Posted
Fri 23 Oct 2009 10:04pm
:
Advice to rest in bed is clearly less effective than advice to stay active for patients with acute simple LBP. There is high-quality evidence for small but consistent differences..., there is high-quality evidence that advice to rest in bed will increase length of sick leave in the first 12 weeks, compared to advice to stay active. For patients with sciatica, advice
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bed rest caddy
by
Lauren
Posted
Fri 11 Sep 2009 4:58pm
A BIG thanks to Aunt George, Gina, and Kelsea for finding me the
perfect caddy to hang on the side of my bed. It holds everything that
I need! I am so glad you could come to Tampa this weekend; it was
great to see you!
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