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Of A High Risk Pregnancy - 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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High Blood Pressure During Pregnancy Increases Heart Risk
by
Heartstrong
Posted
Mon 18 May 2009 11:28pm
Hypertension (April 2009) reports that women who develop high blood pressure during pregnancy are also at a greater risk to develop significant coronary artery disease. This study...
Many women develop high blood pressure during pregnancy but after delivery their blood pressure normalizes. Previous research has shown that these women
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Busted! Condom Use, Pregnancy Risk and Sex Ed in Our High Schools
by
Tye
Posted
Tue 13 Oct 2009 10:04pm
by determining the significance of behavioral risk to high school pregnancy. The team created the Pregnancy Risk Index (PRI) which measures three variables: sexual activity, contraceptive... the significance of behavioral risk to high school pregnancy. The team created the Pregnancy Risk Index (PRI) which measures three variables: sexual activity, contraceptive method used
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Lack of Sleep During Pregnancy Ups Risk of High Blood Pressure
by
HealthFinder
Posted
Fri 01 Oct 2010 10:00am
hours nightly, the study found. And women who got less than five hours of sleep increased their odds of developing preeclampsia -- a serious pregnancy complication related to high....
More information
Learn more about high blood pressure during pregnancy from the March of Dimes .
(SOURCES: Michelle A. Williams, Sc.D., professor
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Lack of Sleep During Pregnancy Ups Risk of High Blood Pressure
by
Medline Plus
Posted
Fri 01 Oct 2010 6:00am
than six hours of nightly sleep during early pregnancy had systolic blood pressure readings in their last trimester that were nearly 4 mm/Hg higher than women who slept nine hours nightly, the study found. And women who got less than five hours of sleep increased their odds of developing preeclampsia -- a serious pregnancy complication related to high
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How diet during pregnancy programs child’s genes for diabetes risk
by
Dr. John Z.
Posted
Wed 16 Mar 2011 12:00am
children born to mothers who consumed an unhealthy diet during pregnancy have an increased risk of type 2 diabetes (a significant contributing factor to heart disease and cancer.... The researchers hypothesized that diet during pregnancy influences the expression of this gene later in life, thereby influencing the risk of diabetes.
To test their theory
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Veggies in Pregnancy Lowers Child's Diabetes Risk
by
franklinb
Posted
Fri 30 Oct 2009 11:01pm
a risk of developing the disease. The risk was twice as high in children whose mothers rarely ate vegetables during pregnancy, and lowest among children whose mothers ate... a link between vegetable intake during pregnancy and the risk of the child subsequently developing type 1 diabetes, but more studies of various kinds will be needed before we can
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