background: helicobacter pylori (h. pylori), is a common infection in pregnant women accompanied by variations in the levels of the igm, iga and igg antibody isotypes. the variations of anti-h. pylori antibodies during and after pregnancy, and the extent of protection they provide to the mother and the fetus are not completely understood. objectives: to investigate the changes of the anti-h. py...

background: domestic violence refers to any type of physical, sexual, and psychological abuse enforced in the setting of familial relationships. domestic violence has a significant relationship with poor outcome among pregnant women. success in resolving this social phenomenon rests on accurate assessment of the society and the factors associated with violence in that specific community. object...

background and aim: many women are abused by their intimate partners before and during pregnancy. although, domestic violence during pregnancy has serious consequences for women’s health, little is known about how domestic violence may change throughout pregnancy transitions. research shows that three types of partner violence can have different consequences for women’s health and well-being . ...

background: thyroid autoimmunity may be linked to infertility, in both thyrotropin (tsh)-dependent and tsh-independent fashion. the aim of the present study was to assess this presumed reciprocal relationship of thyroid autoimmunity and pregnancy. methods: tsh and antithyroid peroxidase autoantibodies (anti-tpo) were evaluated retrospectively over an eight-year period in 444 greek women who had...

the objective of this study was evaluation of excessive pregnancy weight gain effect in non-diabetic women with normal pre-pregnancy bmi on macrosomia of neonate. in a descriptive cross-sectional study, neonate weighs of all term pregnancy in non-diabetic women with normal pre-pregnancy bmi delivered from 2002 to 2004 in shaheed sadoughi hospital in yazd, were evaluated. compared with mothers w...

background women are seriously subjected to psychiatric diseases during pregnancy and depression is the most prevailing one among these diseases. there is a relation between the social support and depression in pregnancy whose predisposing factors are genetic, psychological, biological, environmental, and hormonal. objectives this study aimed to determine the frequency of depression symptoms, a...

BACKGROUND The initial vanguard cohort of the U.S. National Children's Study was a pregnancy and birth cohort study that sought to enroll some women prior to pregnancy, and to assess exposures early in pregnancy. METHODS During the recruitment phase (2009-2010), geographically based sampling was used to recruit women early in pregnancy and women not currently pregnant, not using contraception...

Background: Prediction of adverse perinatal and postnatal outcomes could be possible by using ultrasound Doppler evaluation, however there are some controversies regarding this issue in the literature. The goal of present study was to evaluate predictive value of Doppler indices in single and twin pregnancies during second trimester. Materials and Methods: This prospective study was conducted i...

background: there are situations in every woman’s life that impressively affect her whole life. pregnancy is one of those situations. pregnancy period is usually accompanied with positive emotions for the women and their families. sometimes depression during pregnancy disturbs daily activities, acceptance of new roles, pregnant woman´s life responsibilities and pregnancy consequences. the goal ...

objective: violence during pregnancy has been associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes. this study aimed to explore the link between psychological violence (psv) and pregnancy outcomes in terms of maternal and birth for the first time in women attending mazandaran university of medical sciences (mums) primary health centers (phcs) in iran. methods: prospective cohort of 1461 pregnant women ex...