Sentences with phrase «of placental blood»

Unlike in a hospital birth, most midwives do not immediately cut the cord on delivery, preferring instead to allow the baby to receive the last of the placental blood.

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Maternal medical conditions (e.g. high blood pressure, low thyroid levels, retained placental fragments and use of the birth control pill.)

Premature separation of the placenta from the uterine wall can occur resulting in excessive blood loss for both the baby and mom, as in cases of placental abruption or with placenta previa where rapid blood loss may be an issue.

Your risk of pregnancy complications — like pregnancy - induced high blood pressure and placental abruption — may be slightly increased as compared to a naturally conceived pregnancy.

Similarly, in another study, Nakai et al. (1998) proposed that prone position during pregnancy may offer complete relief of uterine compression on large maternal vessels, improving feto - placental blood flow.

Research using methylergometrine indicates that use of an oxytocic will hasten the baby's placental transfusion, but, in this study, the babies did not get too much blood.9

Early cord clamping carries the further disadvantage of depriving the baby of the oxygen - rich placental blood that Mother Nature provides to tide the baby over until breathing is well established.

This procedure is somewhat similar ultrasound, but it can help to judge the condition of blood circulation of the woman and fetus and speed placental circulation.

Considering what we know about placental transfusion immediately after birth, and the importance of adequate blood volume for newborns, it would be unethical to randomly allocate newborns to have premature clamping of their cords (and many mother's would refuse consent).

I'm wondering if there has been any difference noted between babies who have their full placental transfusion and those who have their cords cut prematurely depriving them of 30 - 50 % of their total blood volume?

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The study authors write that placental arteries are dynamic during pregnancy, remodeling themselves to accommodate increased blood flow as fetuses undergo explosive growth spurts in later stages of pregnancy.

If fertilized, the egg grows in place, supporting itself via placental tissues that eat into the wall of the tube and by releasing chemicals that stimulate the formation of new blood vessels.

More virus in any single drop of blood, for example — thanks to boosted replication rates of the organism — could perhaps help the virus to more readily cross the placental barrier and reach a developing fetus.

One of the largest studies carried out to date in order to determine mercury levels in umbilical cord blood samples and its association with different reproductive effects: measurements of fetal development (weight, height and head circumference at birth), placental weight, duration of pregnancy and risk of premature birth.

The embryo and mother work together to create the placenta; while the trophoblast of the embryo becomes the chorion part of the placenta, the maternal uterine cells and surrounding blood vessels form the maternal placental components (Gilbert, 2003).

Only women who have previously suffered from placental malaria develop substantial levels of protective antibodies that prevent the adhesion of red blood cells to placental CSA.

- It is believed that Celiac impacts fertility due to a combination of malnutrition (nutrient deficiencies interfere with sex hormone function) and the formation of small placental blood clots (thromboses) due to Vitamin B12 deficiency.

However, since pregnancy depresses the immune system, these bacteria may enter the bloodstream in the pregnant dog and preferentially go to the placental sites (because of their increased blood supply) where they may cause infection and fetal death or abortion.

Your Labrador will expel the remaining placental material, blood, and other fluids in the final stage of delivery.

Yes, it heralds yet another study that confirms what toxicologists increasingly know: the plethora of chemicals in our environment and consumer products do stay in the body, from whence the once reassuring blood - brain barrier or placental barrier effects have proven less reliable than hoped.

Women who have unnecessary C - sections are at increased risk of death, blood transfusions, and hysterectomies, as well as future placental problems.