Current early diagnosis, surveillance and intervention options make it hard to determine the natural course of twin pregnancies, especially regarding spontaneous preterm delivery and perinatal mortality. We studied the natural course in monochorionic (MC) and dichorionic (DC) twin pregnancies in a historical cohort. Twin pregnancies were studied in a unique database of 651 twin pairs born in th...

Little is known about how dietary patterns of mothers and their children track over time. The objectives of this study are to obtain dietary patterns in pregnancy using cluster analysis, to examine women's mean nutrient intakes in each cluster and to compare the dietary patterns of mothers to those of their children. Pregnant women (n = 12 195) from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Ch...

passive smoking (ps), a well-known health risk, is the major source of indoor pollution. there is some inconsistent evidence that ps during pregnancy may increase the risk of low birth weight. the aim of the present study was to determine the effects of ps exposure during pregnancy on weight, length and cranial circumference at birth of babies born to women who have described themselves as nons...

The short report by Gunawardana et al 1 succinctly argues that a short inter-pregnancy interval, a proxy for fetal undernutrition and stress, increases the offspring's risk of later schizophrenia. The authors hint at a causal relationship. This is compelling because it suggests that an affordable public health intervention via the promotion of dietary supplements in the postpartum period may la...

We report a case of a woman presenting in a state of shock with classic symptoms of ruptured ectopic pregnancy. She had a history of tubal ligation done three years back. Exploratory laparotomy was done, and a diagnosis of ruptured ectopic ovarian pregnancy was made.

BACKGROUND Mothers of multiples are alleged to be more fecund than mothers of singletons. Some authors have suggested monitoring twinning rates for assessing temporal changes in a population's reproductive health. METHODS Using a nested case-control design, we estimated the odds of a multiple birth in relation to fecundity in the US Collaborative Perinatal Project inclusive of 8546 pregnant w...

OBJECTIVE To determine the optimum interpregnancy interval (IPI) following a miscarriage. DESIGN Multivariate analysis of population-based, prospective data from a demographic surveillance system. SETTING Pregnancies in Matlab, Bangladesh, between 1977 and 2008. PARTICIPANTS 9214 women with 10 453 pregnancies that ended in a miscarriage and were followed by another pregnancy outcome. MA...

Passive smoking (PS), a well-known health risk, is the major source of indoor pollution. There is some inconsistent evidence that PS during pregnancy may increase the risk of low birth weight. The aim of the present study was to determine the effects of PS exposure during pregnancy on weight, length and cranial circumference at birth of babies born to women who have described themselves ...

BACKGROUND Intimate partner violence is common among women having abortions, with between 6% and 22% reporting recent violence from an intimate partner. Concern about violence is a reason some pregnant women decide to terminate their pregnancies. Whether risk of violence decreases after having an abortion, remains unknown. METHODS Data are from the Turnaway Study, a prospective cohort study o...