Sentences with phrase «at high risk pregnancies»

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Because if you are at risk for gestational diabetes or in a high - risk pregnancy, those sugars or herbs could be counterproductive.

If you had a high - risk pregnancy or a C - section, a neonatologist (a doctor who specializes in newborn intensive care) will be at your delivery to take care of your baby right away.

Mom develops — again, like we talked about, comes in and says, «I'm not feeling so well», we look at the baby and the baby is very growth restricted, and turns out moms have preeclampsia, that's considered a high - risk pregnancy.

Instead of excluding the high risk births from both groups, they include the homebirth outcomes of premature births at 34 - 37 weeks gestation (13 - 17) breech and twins (13,14) lethal anomalies incompatible with life (13,14) unattended homebirths (15,16) unplanned homebirths (15,16) or women who became risked out of homebirth by becoming high risk at the end of pregnancy, had hospital births, but are included in the homebirth group.

Such an early birth is something to be avoided if at all possible, but some couples feel a little more secure knowing there would be a chance if it came to that — especially moms considered to have a high - risk pregnancy.

Though strongly recommended for high - risk pregnancies, counting fetal movements beginning at 28 weeks may be beneficial for all pregnancies.

When exposed to lead early in pregnancy, it can put you at a higher risk of having a miscarriage.

Food # 5 to avoid when pregnant: Excess caffeine Excess caffeine is a food to avoid when pregnant because high caffeine intake during pregnancy can restrict fetal growth and increase the risk of low birth weight at delivery.

For quite some time I have been a daily user of pregnancy and parenting internet forums, so I started spending time chatting with other twin parents: what to expect during a high - risk pregnancy, what kind of gear I would need, what sleeping spaces should look like, how to feed two babies at once.

For healthy nulliparous women with a low risk pregnancy, the risk of an adverse perinatal outcome seems to be higher for planned births at home, and the intrapartum transfer rate is high in all settings other than an obstetric unit

You're also at higher risk of certain complications this time around if you've developed a chronic medical condition such as high blood pressure, obesity, or diabetes since your last pregnancy.

Obstetricians have special training in high - risk pregnancy and surgery and are therefore appropriate caregivers for women with established serious medicalconditions or who are at high risk for developing such conditions.

Some research shows that moms who are exposed to cytomegalovirus for the first time during pregnancy may have a higher risk of miscarriage, but the relationship of CMV to miscarriage is not completely clear at this point.

Obstetricians have special training in high - risk pregnancy and surgery and are therefore appropriate caregivers for women with established serious medical conditions or who are at high risk for developing such conditions.

You'll be seeing your caregiver at least once a week now, or more often if you have a high risk pregnancy.

If you become «high risk» at any time during the pregnancy, the labour or after your baby is born, you will be referred to consultant - led care where appropriate.

When a woman conceives at age 35 or older, she has a higher risk of developing high - risk pregnancy complications such as gestational diabetes or preeclampsia.

If I have a healthy, low risk pregnancy, with a history of successful, complication free, vaginal births, then my risk should be even lower than the statistical risk because the statistical risk includes women who are at a higher risk than myself, if that makes sense.

When deciding on the number of embryos to recommend for transfer, we carefully weigh all factors with the goal of offering each patient the highest chance of pregnancy with the lowest possible risk of a high - order multiple gestation (we have this discussion again at the time of embryo transfer).

The procedure is performed by a perinatologist (high - risk obstetrician) at approximately 11 - 12 weeks gestational age (beyond the usual time of spontaneous pregnancy loss).

Dr. Laura Riley, spokeswoman for the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and an expert on high - risk pregnancies at Massachusetts General Hospital, notes in an article by Colette Bouchez that new moms should have realistic expectations regarding their postpartum weight loss.

However, it's possible the higher success rate came at the expense of higher risk for OHSS and multiple pregnancy.

Pregnancy can increase the chances of a high - order pregnancy, which puts you and your babiesPregnancy can increase the chances of a high - order pregnancy, which puts you and your babiespregnancy, which puts you and your babies at risk.

This means you are heavily colonized and even though you treat the UTI with antibiotics, you must consider yourself high risk for carrying GBS at all times in the pregnancy and get abx in labor.

Something that is looked for at the 20 week ultrasound and if they are found, another more detailed ultrasound is done and then you consult with a mfm and they will usually be consulting along with a high risk OB for the rest of the pregnancy.

Genetic meaning that maybe she has a personal history of mental illness or a family history of mental illness, she might be at higher biological risk because she might be an older mother, maybe has gone through infertility, pregnancy loss maybe she has multiples.

Unless there's a pressing reason to purchase a monitor, such as a high - risk pregnancy, it's not necessary to purchase one prior to 18 weeks, since every baby is different there's no guarantee it can pull a heartbeat at that stage.

She did listen when they explained that she was at high risk of repeat dystocia with another pregnancy, so I suppose it doesn't matter.

Love Makes a Family: I am a full time stay at home mom to my 2 year old son born to us after a high - risk Hyperemesis Gravidarum pregnancy.

Fact: Assisted home births may be beneficial to some women with midwives by their side; however, if you are a high risk pregnancy then you may be advised to give birth at the hospital where facilities are easily accessible to monitor the baby.

He is an obstetrician and gynecologist, Professor of Clinicial Obstetrics and Gynecology at New York's most prestigious Ivy League Medical School as well as a specialist in high - risk pregnancies (maternal - fetal medicine) with over 30 years experience in his field.

Infants born before the 37th week of pregnancy are premature, which places them at a higher risk for complications than full - term babies, explains HealthyChildren.org, a website published by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Women with PCOS can struggle to become pregnant and are at high risk of pregnancy complications.

You might be induced for a variety of reasons, including: you've gone a week or 2 past your due date; it's been 12 to 24 hours since your water broke; you've been diagnosed with preeclampsia, a pregnancy condition involving high blood pressure; your placenta doesn't seem to be working properly; you have low amniotic fluid; or your baby's health or yours is at risk.

Women who are experiencing high - risk pregnancies (such as those who have preeclampsia or hypertension) may also wish to check their baby's heart rate at home, in order to help monitor their pregnancies better.

A research declares that more than one and a half cup of coffee can put the pregnancy at higher risk.

At the appointment I will get to know the results of my blood test (testing for a high risk pregnancy).

«Women who retain weight after pregnancy are at risk for starting a subsequent pregnancy at a higher weight which can lead pregnancy - related complications and health issues for the baby,» Dr. Guess says.

Kenneth K. Chen, MD, is the director of the Division of Obstetric and Consultative Medicine and co-director of the Integrated Program for High Risk Pregnancy at Women & Infants Hospital.

If you are at risk for gestational diabetes (diabetes diagnosed during pregnancy that can affect the health of both baby and mom), giving in to high - sugar cravings could cause even more problems.

Women with PCOS are at higher risk for pregnancy and delivery complications.

For women who end up pregnant after experiencing a sexual assault, they're at a greater risk for experiencing longer labors, longer pregnancies, higher birth weights, more terminations, earlier age at first pregnancy, more medical problems, greater stress during pregnancy and more use of ultrasound.

If a women has a high - risk pregnancy, if she has had previous pre-term labors, she is more at risk for pre-term labors and the hormones of pregnancy I mean, the hormones of lactation oxytocin which causes the milk to eject or led down that also causes contractions.

This reserve came from mom during the last trimester of pregnancy, so without an adequate supply of dietary iron (whether through a combination of breastmilk, iron - fortified formula and cereals, or foods naturally high in iron), babies can be at risk for iron - deficiency anemia.

There is evidence (Rudel, Fenton, Ackerman, Euling, & Makris, 2011) to support a theory that a woman's exposure to high levels of certain environmental contaminants, namely dioxin and other endocrine disruptors, before she is born can put her at risk of insufficient breast growth during adolescence and pregnancy.

There are several factors that may put a pregnant woman at higher risk of a preterm birth, including a previous preterm birth, multiple pregnancies such as twins, triplets, etc, some chronic medical conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes and infections.

Research on the comparative safety of different birth settings tends to exclude «high - risk» pregnancy; conventional wisdom states that women with «high - risk» pregnancies should plan a hospital birth because they are at higher risk of negative pregnancy outcomes.

The study also found that women who delivered babies at a higher gestational age (further along in their pregnancy) were less likely to develop PPD, and women who did not have anesthesia, such as an epidural, during delivery had an increased risk.

Topics include: avoiding certain foods during pregnancy and breastfeeding; how to know if an infant is at high risk of developing food allergies; how to introduce solids to a high - risk infant; what formulas are recommended for high - risk infants; and if food allergies can be prevented.

At Northwestern, for example, women with high - risk pregnancies, complications or a baby who will not emerge head - first must have a more conventional delivery.