Castor oil was first noted to have oxytocic properties by ancient Egyptians. Derived from the castor plant Ricinus communis, castor oil may possess properties that are useful are in post-term pregnancies This study was performed at Khatam-Alanbia, hospital in shoushtar city in 1381.In this clinical trail 80 pregnant women, who had indication for induction of labor at term were randomly assigned...

TROPHOBLAST RETRIEVAL AND ISOLATION FROM THE CERVIX (TRIC) FORNON-INVASIVE PRENATAL GENETIC DIAGNOSIS AND PREDICTION OFABNORMAL PREGNANCY OUTCOMEby RANI B. FRITZAugust 2015Advisor: D. Randall Armant, Ph.D.Major: Physiology (Reproductive Sciences Concentration)Degree: Doctor of PhilosophyThe placenta is vital for the shortand long-term health of the fetus, and...

Physical exercise during postpartum period is beneficial to mothers, and the health gains are abundantly reported. This study characterises the postpartum exercise profile of a group of Nigerian women and reports how their exercise self-efficacies are influenced by sociodemographic characteristics. Participants were women attending the two largest postnatal clinics in Ibadan, south-western Nige...

This paper examines the effects of individual, household and community characteristics on two aspects of fertility among South African women – the age at first conception and the number of pregnancies. We find that education has a significant effect in pushing back the age at first conception and in reducing the number of pregnancies. There is a thresh-hold level of education that must be attai...

OBJECTIVE To examine the effect of the bivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine on miscarriage. DESIGN Observational long term follow-up of a randomized, double blinded trial combined with an independent unvaccinated population based cohort. SETTING Single center study in Costa Rica. PARTICIPANTS 7466 women in the trial and 2836 women in the unvaccinated cohort enrolled at the end of t...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to determine relative contributions of transplacental flux vs. fetal production for inositol and mannose in normal term pregnancies. STUDY DESIGN Seven term uncomplicated pregnancies undergoing cesarean section were infused with (13)C- and (2)H-labeled isotopes of glucose, inositol, and mannose until a steady state was achieved. Maternal and fetal concentra...

The objective of this study was to assess the outcome of pregnancy in a series of women who underwent laparoscopic myomectomy. A total of 115 women underwent laparoscopic myomectomy for pressure and pain (76.5%), abnormal bleeding (52.2%) and/or infertility (29.6%). Follow up data were obtained either by reviewing the patient's chart or returned questionnaire. Of the 115 women, there were 42 pr...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the proportion of twins carried to term and the sex ratio of twin calves at birth in Holstein-Friesian dairy cattle kept on commercial farms in Devon and Cornwall, England. Ten farms were used in the study. Fifty four cows with twin pregnancies were identified using trans-rectal ultra-sonographic examination between 30 and 70 days of gestation. The f...