OBJECTIVE Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is associated with fetal macrosomia and maternal postpartum dysglycemia, insulin resistance, and β-cell dysfunction. Indeed, in practice, a prior pregnancy that resulted in a large-for-gestational-age (LGA) delivery is often considered presumptive evidence of GDM, whether or not it was diagnosed at the time. If this clinical assumption is correct, h...

PURPOSE Using the Pronto-7® analyzer, we measured percutaneous hemoglobin (SpHb) noninvasively in pregnant and early postpartum women, and assessed the accuracy of the measurements by comparing them with laboratory measurements of hemoglobin. METHODS We obtained SpHb measurements from 193 pregnant women, 269 early postpartum women, and 76 nonpregnant women. A laboratory total hemoglobin (tHb)...

abstract background: fatigue and changes in sleep patterns are one of the impressive features in the first year after birth, which havenegative effects on work, family life, and social relationships. therefore, the objective of this research was to investigate the relationship between fatigue and stanford sleepiness with the general health of mothers in the postpartum period. materials and meth...

Auditory brainstem response (ABR) thresholds to air- and bone-conducted clicks were investigated in 40 full-term neonates. Subjects were divided into two groups of 20 according to postpartum age: less than 48 hours and between 49 and 96 hours. Mean ABR thresholds to air- and bone-conducted clicks for neonates less than 48 hours postpartum were 14.5 dB nHL (51.5 dB peak SPL) and 1.8 dB nHL (36.8...

BACKGROUND During the postpartum period, women are at risk for the new onset of both auto-immune thyroid disorders and depression. The presence of thyroid peroxidase antibodies (TPO-ab) during early gestation is predictive for postpartum auto-immune thyroid dysfunction. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between TPO-ab status during early gestation and first-onset postpart...

BACKGROUND: Compare the efficacy and side effects of misoprostol and methylergometrine for the prevention of postpartum haemorrhage in active management of third stage of labour. METHODS AND METHODS: A prospective study was carried out at SSG Hospital Vadodara from January 2011 to May 2012. 200 women with singleton uncomplicated pregnancies between 37-42 weeks were enrolled for the study. Immed...

BACKGROUND The introduction of fluids to infants during the first days postpartum, which may be harmful to infant health, is a common practice in Iran. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to find the prevalence of breastfeeding practices using monthly dietary recall and factors associated with introduction of fluids during the first month of life and determine the effects of these supplementations on...

BACKGROUND Pregnancy in women with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria is rare, with few reports on maternal and fetal mortality rates. DESIGN AND METHODS A specific questionnaire designed to solicit data on pregnancies in women with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria was sent to all members of the French Society of Hematology in January 2008. RESULTS We identified 27 pregnancies in 22 wom...

BACKGROUND Sleep problems are common during pregnancy and in the postnatal period, but there is still a lack of longitudinal population-based studies assessing the quantity and quality of sleep in these women. The aim of the current study was to examine the natural development and stability of insomnia and short sleep duration in women from pregnancy to two years postpartum. METHODS This was ...

The concentration of plasma progesterone, oestradiol-17 beta, oestrone sulphate, corticosteroids and 13,14-dihydro-15-ketoprostaglandin F2 alpha (PGFM) was measured in 12 buffalo cows during the whole period of gestation, around parturition and for 15 d postpartum. The concentration of progesterone and oestradiol-17 beta increased slightly during the first 2 months (3.5 +/- ng/ml) and 4 months ...