There is increasing evidence of the role of arsenic in the etiology of adverse human reproductive outcomes. Because drinking water can be a major source of arsenic to pregnant women, the effect of arsenic exposure through drinking water on human birth may be revealed by a geospatial association between arsenic concentration in groundwater and birth problems, particularly in a region where priva...

pain relief by soaking in hot water can be used for women who want to birth their child with minimal medical intervention . this achieved in new division of labor in the hinchinbroke hospital in september 1983 . in this part, control of childbirth pain has done with minimal medical intervention . if consultation of maternity is necessary, have be done in this hospital. midwives and doctors in t...

Concern for exposures to drinking water contaminants and their effects on adverse birth outcomes has prompted several studies evaluating chlorination disinfection by-products and chlorinated solvents. Some of these contaminants are found to be teratogenic in animal studies. This review evaluates 14 studies on chlorination disinfection by-products such as trihalomethanes (THMs) and five studies ...

Johnsson, H. 2001. Lung Hyaluronan and Lung Water in the Perinatal Period. Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Medicine 1020. 59 pp. Uppsala. ISBN 91-554-4989-1. Hyaluronan is an important component of the lung extracellular matrix, with a high capacity for water immobilization, but information on perinatal changes in the lung hya...

We examined the impact of elevated exposure levels of pregnant women to manganese and iron through drinking water on pregnancy outcomes. We conducted an epidemiological study among 16,408 pregnant women of Kaunas. We assessed each woman at her residence for exposure to manganese and iron levels measured in four Kaunas public water supply networks. We used a logistic regression to model the asso...

Background: Type of delivery has impact on women postpartum quality of life) QL(. No study has investigated QL of after cesarean section (CS), natural vaginal delivery (NVD) and NVD with water birth as a novel method. Objectives: The aim of the study was to compare women postpartum QL after three delivery modes in Shiraz hospitals. Method: This cross-sectional study was conducted on the women a...

BACKGROUND Evidence associating exposure to water disinfection by-products with reduced birth weight and altered duration of gestation remains inconclusive. OBJECTIVE We assessed exposure to trihalomethanes (THMs) during pregnancy through different water uses and evaluated the association with birth weight, small for gestational age (SGA), low birth weight (LBW), and preterm delivery. METHO...

Inorganic arsenic (iAs) exposure is detrimental to birth outcome. We lack information regarding the potential for iAs metabolism to affect fetal growth. Our pilot study evaluated postpartum Romanian women with known birth weight outcome for differences in iAs metabolism. Subjects were chronically exposed to low-to-moderate drinking water iAs. We analyzed well water, arsenic metabolites in urine...