Pregnancy News (4)
In this section, we would like to bring you news relating to Pregnancy from around the world.
A team of gynaecologists and obstetricians at a city hospital in Jaipur, India were able to help a 31-year-old woman, during the 34th week of her pregnancy, with high-risk pregnancy deliver healthy triplets successfully.
3. Genes that casues severe nausea and vomiting during pregnancy has been identified
Written by Dr Padma
Researchers have identified two genes that are associated with severe nausea and vomiting during pregnancy, a condition known as hyperemesis gravidarum.
The cause of the condition, which is experienced by about 2% of pregnant women, has not previously been identified.
2. Stress during pregnancy can impact the brain connections of the baby in-utero
Written by Dr Padma
The brain is changing more rapidly when the baby is developing inside the mother's womb. It is an active time for the fetus to grow and explore, and of course, connect to its mother. And new evidence from in-utero fetal brain scans shows, for the first time, that this connection directly affects brain development: A mother's stress during pregnancy changes neural connectivity in the brain of her unborn child.
1.Pregnant women in early 30's have lowest premature birth risk
Written by Dr Padma
When a baby is born before 37 weeks of gestation, it is considered premature birth.
Mothers in their early 30s have the lowest chance of having a premature baby, new research has found, with the risk rising significantly once the mother passes 40.
Records of more than 165,000 pregnant women were analyzed,