The study was to assess the associations of prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) and gestational weight gain (GWG) with pregnancy outcomes. This was a retrospective analysis of 2973 nulliparous women who delivered single live babies. Prepregnancy BMI was categorized as underweight (<18.5 kg/m(2)), normal weight (18.5-24.9 kg/m(2)) or overweight/obese (≥25.0 kg/m(2)). GWG was categorized as inadeq...

INTRODUCTION Regarding to the recent advances in assisted reproductive techniques (ART), twin and multiple pregnancies have increased during past years. OBJECTIVE This study was performed to compare obstetrics and perinatal outcomes of dichorionic twin pregnancy following ART with spontaneous pregnancy. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this cross-sectional study which was performed in Ghaem Hospita...

PURPOSE To review the effect of non-gynecologic laparoscopic procedures performed during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy on pregnancy outcome. MATERIALS AND METHODS A review of the patient log for the antenatal obstetrical unit was used to identify the patients in this series from January 1, 1997 to December 31, 1997. Medical records were then analyzed to identify estimated gesta...

PURPOSE To evaluate weight retention 12 months postpartum and factors associated among women who had received prenatal care at Health Care Centers in Porto Alegre, southern Brazil. METHODS Pregnant women in the last trimester were identified at 20 Health Care Centers. Socioeconomic, demographic and anthropometrics data were obtained. Six and 12 months after delivery, the women received home v...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW This review describes how the physiological demands of pregnancy act as a maternal stress test that can predict a woman's health in later life. Pregnancy transiently catapults a woman into a metabolic syndrome that predisposes to vascular endothelial dysfunction. Women who are already predisposed to this phenotype develop gestational hypertension or diabetes mellitus, which re...

BACKGROUND To establish the unbiased relation between maternal weight gain in pregnancy and perinatal health, a classification for maternal weight gain is needed that is uncorrelated with gestational age. OBJECTIVE The goal of this study was to create a weight-gain-for-gestational-age percentile and z score chart to describe the mean, SD, and selected percentiles of maternal weight gain throu...

The predictive value of three parameters (amniotic fluid insulin and C-peptide, and HbA1) in prognosticating major neonatal symptomatology was investigated in 57 pregnancies of diabetic women. The prediction of a healthy neonate can be achieved with a 90% accuracy by measurement of the amniotic fluid insulin alone. The correct prognosis for a child with major neonatal problems due to maternal d...

BACKGROUND The etiology of early pregnancy loss is multifactorial and may include viral pathogens. The aim of this study was to investigate the presence of herpes simplex virus (HSV) in gestational tissues of first trimester pregnancy loss using molecular techniques. PATIENTS AND METHODS Gestational tissue from 95 women with first trimester pregnancy loss and 36 women with elective terminatio...

Introduction Adequate weight gain during pregnancy is important for the short-term and long-term health of mother and child. If gestational weight gain is too low, there is an increased risk of low birth weight and preterm birth (1). In contrast, if gestational weight gain is excessive, there is an elevated risk of gestational diabetes, excessive intrauterine growth, caesarean delivery, materna...

OBJECTIVE To examine the association between maternal age and a wide range of adverse pregnancy outcomes after adjustment for confounding factors in obstetric history and maternal characteristics. METHODS This was a retrospective study in women with singleton pregnancies attending the first routine hospital visit at 11 + 0 to 13 + 6 weeks' gestation. Data on maternal characteristics, and medi...