The large, population - based study also found a correlation between preeclampsia and developmental delay without autism, primarily in instances
involving placental insufficiency.
The implications of these data are that maternal treatment with antioxidants may provide possible therapy against the programming effects on vascular dysfunction in pregnancy complicated by fetal hypoxia, such as
during placental insufficiency, preeclampsia, gestational diabetes or high altitude pregnancy.
In a subsequent pregnancy, the Research Centre would be able to measure and assess the placenta in the clinics, any growth change would be investigated, and that
placental insufficiency is a prominent area for their research.
Mothers of children with autism and children with developmental delay also were significantly more likely to have had
placental insufficiency, severe preeclampsia or both, when compared to the mothers of children who were developing typically.
When I was pregnant, my bump was pretty small and at week 30, the midwife was seriously concerned that I had
placental insufficiency.