Sentences with phrase «found by a pregnant woman»

So if you're hoping to adopt, here are 41 ways you can be found by a pregnant woman considering adoption.

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If I were an unwed, pregnant woman in a culture where I would be stoned to death by my family and neighbours if they found out, I'd use any excuse I could to stay alive.

A recent study by the Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good finds that social and economic supports such as benefits for pregnant women and mothers and economic assistance to low - income families have contributed significantly to reducing the number of abortions in the United States over the past twenty years.

A study by the National Sleep Foundation found that more than half of pregnant women take at least one nap during the workweek, and 60 percent take at least one - weekend nap.»

However, a majority of women have had the same experience: a 2009 online poll conducted by the Anxiety and Depression Association of America found that 52 percent of women reported increased anxiety while pregnant.

Side sleepers often find the most comfort at night, as this is the recommended sleeping position for pregnant women by experts.

A lot of it's hormonal, but one fascinating fact about pregnancy is that your body starts making extra blood - one study found that pregnant women's blood volume increased by about 50 %.

The presence of linea nigra seems to be impacted by hormonal levels, as this finding is often seen is pregnant women as well.

Studies have also found that prevention of the flu in pregnant women by immunization can positively affect the growth of the unborn baby.

These and other findings from a new study conducted by researchers at Montefiore Health System and Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, offer the first clinical recommendations for making diagnostic decisions about headaches in pregnant women.

But a major study by a Danish team, to be published this Saturday in The Lancet should help allay those fears: It found the risk of death among more than 5000 breast cancer survivors was no greater for those women who became pregnant.

Earlier studies haven't found this to be the case, but they were plagued by self - selection: Women with more advanced tumors tend to avoid having babies, so those who did become pregnant may have had a better average prognosis.

Willett: That we looked at how this influences pregnancy by a woman's age, and that's really important because a lot of women are delaying pregnancy, and we found that that this [these] dietary patterns related to infertility about the same whether women's [are] in their 20s or in their 30s; but don't worry if you're 65, and follow this diet, you're not going to get pregnant.

A new study led by biologist R. Thomas Zoeller of the University of Massachusetts Amherst provides «the strongest evidence to date» that endocrine disrupting chemicals such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) found in flame retardant cloth, paint, adhesives and electrical transformers, can interfere with thyroid hormone action in pregnant women and may travel across the placenta to affect the fetus.

Prolonged paracetamol use (also known as acetaminophen, or under the brand name Tylenol) by pregnant women may reduce testosterone production in unborn baby boys, research has found.

Normally calm women may be disturbed to find themselves suddenly beset by new fears and catastrophic visions while pregnant.

The new UTMB study by Dr. Ramkumar Menon, assistant professor in the department of obstetrics and gynecology, in collaboration with Winthrop University Hospital and the Kaiser Permenante Southern California Medical Group, found that pregnant women with higher levels of flame - retardant chemicals in their bodies, namely polybrominated diphenyl ethers, were more likely to deliver their babies early than women with lower levels.

The study found women who were pregnant during the 2008 Beijing Olympics, when pollution levels were reduced by the Chinese government, gave birth to children with higher birth weights compared to those who were pregnant before and after the games.

«We found that telbivudine not only eliminated vertical transmission of HBV from pregnant women to theirs infants, but that it is also safe and well tolerated by women and infants.»

Social support was negatively associated with distress by several studies; the review found that several different measures of social support (the tendency to use a partner, friends and / or family when experiencing difficulties and distress), were associated with far better emotional outcomes, both for the women who got pregnant and those who didn't.

When scientists tried to clarify the fatal effects the drug had when taken by pregnant women, they found that only (S)- thalidomide caused birth defects, whereas (R)- thalidomide had the desired calming and anti-nausea effects.

Also, another recently published study by Patrick found that pregnant women are commonly being prescribed opioid pain relievers, increasing the likelihood their infants are born with NAS.

The authors found increased complement activation, as measured by the modified Ham test, in women with classic or atypical HELLP, compared to those with normal pregnancies or those not pregnant.

A January 2017 report issued by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, which provides nonpartisan guidance for national decision - makers, found substantial evidence that cannabis is effective for treating chronic pain, nausea and vomiting, and in reducing spasticity symptoms in multiple sclerosis, but also found clear risks for pregnant women and youth.

But, considering that whey is found in cheese and milk and these are two very commonly consumed products by millions of pregnant women, it is unlikely to be an issue.

The app also allows pregnant women to find doctors in their area, sorting by specialty and medical institution.

Other studies (including http://www.bmj.com/content/321/7254/142) found that in pregnant women toxoplasmosis was usually caused by eating undercooked meat and cured meat.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed a class - action lawsuit against Bloomberg L.P., the financial - services and media company founded by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, on behalf of at least 54 women who accuse the firm of discriminating against pregnant employees.

The question whether the woman is pregnant or not shall be determined by the judge on such evidence as may be laid before him on the part of the woman or on the part of the Republic, and the judge shall find that the woman is not pregnant unless it is proved affirmatively to his satisfaction that she is pregnant.

In a recent study of fetal scans, researchers found that when mothers are stressed out, their fetuses also show signs of distress.1 And in a separate study of nearly 8,000 pregnant women, researchers noted that moms with high anxiety and depression are at greater risk of adverse birth outcomes, such as low birth weight.2 These studies highlight the importance of identifying and alleviating prenatal maternal stress, a conclusion supported by CFRP data.

In 1994 the Village Voice investigated several California CPCs in Care Net, the largest network of centers in the country, and found gross ethical violations at an affiliated adoption agency, where director Bonnie Jo Williams secured adoptions by warning pregnant women about parenthood's painfulness, pressuring them to sign papers under heavy medication and in one case detaining a woman in labor for four hours in a CPC.

I found this article interesting as it looked at sexual distress, sexual problems, and compared the sexual and relationship satisfaction with sexual distress experienced by pregnant women to those without distress.

A qualitative study of pregnant Indigenous women in Perth found that women commonly referred to smoking as normal, a stress release, a low health priority and a social experience, and commented that it was difficult to quit because they were surrounded by smoking from their family and household members.11 In the social context of high smoking rates and large numbers of adults per household, smoking may offer an opportunity to alleviate stress, acting as a social lubricant in «time - out, yarning, and sharing with others».11 This provides a critical target for intervention in antenatal smoking; in order to help women to quit, it seems that consideration of and involvement with the social context in which women live are essential.