However it is helpful to all of us to understand just what
happens in normal pregnancy and childbirth so that can know what to look out for.
In normal pregnancy production of this hormone does not increase the risk of premature birth, but it affects the uterine contractional capacity only after 37 weeks.
Measurements of fetal levels of maternally infused stable isotope - labeled myo -
inositol in normal pregnancies at term demonstrated that less than 10 % of fetal inositol was maternally derived, suggesting little placental transport in late pregnancy (19)»
«This suggests that
even in normal pregnancies, the fetal environment has major effects on subsequent development,» adds fetal physiologist and co-author Peter Gluckman of the University of Auckland.
Of the 898 high risk women followed in the study, only 3.8 % of women with concentrations less than 10 ng / mL (tested at 18 - 21 weeks) delivered before 34 weeks of gestation, a similar rate to that
expected in a normal pregnancy.
In a normal pregnancy, the fertilized egg enters the uterus and settles into the uterine lining where it has plenty of room to divide and grow.
In a normal pregnancy that has been without complications, the need for emergency action during a home birth is remote.
As a result, the woman's abdominal organs and lungs become even more squished than
in normal pregnancy.
In normal pregnancies, sex isn't harmful.