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...Increased weight could have several adverse pregnancy-related outcomes, including [an] increase in the chances of a woman having a cesarean delivery or stillbirth,” she said...
...doctor wondering and terrified at being able to see her babies elbow pass across the inside of her stomach. But that does not mean it’s a good idea to announce, “It could be swollen glands, and that points to herpes, so, expect a stillbirth...
...medical journal The Lancet, examined a population of more than 150,000 Swedish women who had their first and second births between 1992 and 2001. Researchers found that women who gained weight between pregnancies were at a higher risk of adverse outcomes such as gestational diabetes, gestational hypertension, and stillbirth. “It turns out that women do not need to become overweight or obese in order to increase their chances of having poor gestational outcomes,” said Assistant Professor of International Nutrition Eduardo Villamor, one of the study’s lead researchers...
DANISH, NO COFFEE A survey of 88,482 Danish women, published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, found that pregnant women who drank eight or more cups of coffee a day had a risk of stillbirth and miscarriage 59% higher than those who drank none...
Another learning experience for me was my involvement in UNICEF's campaign to eliminate iodine-deficiency disorders. Like most people, I had never heard of this problem, which causes stillbirth, dwarfism and low IQ but is easily prevented by eating iodized salt...