in western countries we assist at the paradox that fertility is socially discouraged by a mindset that depicts fertility as a resource to exploit as late as possible. so, couples have high expectative about the advantages of delayed parenthood, but they are scarcely informed about its risks. scientific data suggests to anticipate the first pregnancy, but social pressures impose to wait, though ...

This study analyses the influence of female and male patient age and human menopausal gonadotrophin (HMG) requirements on clinical pregnancy rates and live birth rates with ovulation stimulation using HMG in combination with intrauterine insemination (IUI). In this study, 363 consecutive HMG/IUI treatment cycles in 184 patients carried out at a university fertility centre were analysed in a ret...

Pregnancy characteristics are associated with risk of cardiovascular diseases, but their independent associations with hypertension or blood pressure (BP) levels remain uncertain. We linked the Swedish Medical Birth Register with Västerbotten Intervention Program data (Northern Sweden). Using linear and logistic regression, we related pregnancy factors in any prior pregnancy with BP and hyperte...

Reproductive health intentions Age at first pregnancy (years) Interval between marriage and the first pregnancy (months) Family spacing between 2 living children (months) Number of living children Conception by age of 18 or less (%) Conception by age of 40-49 years (%) Pregnancy rates (%) Population growth rate per year Total fertility rate (%) Cesarean section rate (%) Antenatal injection of t...

Background & Aims: This study aimed to determine if serial measurement of serum CA-125 level could be used as a useful test in the differential diagnosis of intact and ruptured tubal pregnancies. Methods: In a single-blind prospective controlled clinical study, 59 women with tubal pregnancy of 6– 12 weeks (26 women with ruptured tubal pregnancy, 33 women with intact tubal pregnancy and 59women ...

Recurrent abortion is classically defined as three or more consecutive pregnancy losses, although recently more than two pregnancy losses also considered as recurrent abortions. This condition affects approximately 1% of couples at reproductive age. Recurrent pregnancy loss has been attributed to anatomic uterine pathologies, genetic defects, endocrine disorders, immunologic factors, prothrombo...

BACKGROUND Maternal smoking during pregnancy is a major cause of intrauterine growth restriction and childhood obesity, but only a few studies have examined the association of smoking cessation before and during pregnancy with fetal and childhood growth. We examined this association in a prospective cohort study in Japan. METHODS Our study included children born between 1991 and 2006 and thei...

To assess the effect of maternal age on obstetric intervention and pregnancy outcome, a retrospective study compared obstetric intervention, pregnancy complications and outcome in 73 women of age > 35 years with 471 women of age 20-25 years attending Prince Ali Military Hospital, Jordan from June 1999 to May 2000. Older women were found to have significantly higher rates of medical complication...

Maternal age of 35 years and over has increased in Western countries as well as in Finland during the last decades. The purpose of this retrospective register-based study was to explore the risks and complications related to pregnancy and birth of women aged 35 years or older, when comparing them to younger women aged less than 35 years old. Pregnancy outcomes and complications were observed in...