Women with low
risk pregnancies who choose to give birth at home have a lower risk of severe complications than women who plan a hospital birth, finds a new study.
UVM Medical Center's Mother - Baby Unit serves women and newborns as well as those with high -
risk pregnancies who need special care and bed rest before and after giving birth.
Studies of place of birth have consistently shown lower rates of intervention in labor and birth for women with low -
risk pregnancies who planned their birth at home [1 - 7].
A new study in England shows little difference in complications among the babies of women with low -
risk pregnancies who delivered in hospitals versus those who gave birth with midwives at home or in birthing centers.
Women with Low - Risk Pregnancies Can Safely Give Birth outside Hospitals with Midwives A new study in England shows little difference in complications among the babies of women with low -
risk pregnancies who delivered in hospitals versus those who gave birth with midwives at home or in birthing centers.
For women with low -
risk pregnancies who want something in between the hospital and home, birthing centers are another option.
I used birth data from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services to compare percentages of people with low -
risk pregnancies who have a cesarean after a prior cesarean in Muskegon and surrounding counties.
Birth centers are an option for women with a low -
risk pregnancy who don't plan to get an epidural.
Home birth is another option for women with a low -
risk pregnancy who don't want to use pain medication.
Not exact matches
Like
pregnancy, combination hormonal birth control methods increase the
risk of serious blood clots (see graph below), especially in women
who have other
risk factors, such as smoking, obesity, or age greater than 35.
In 2016, as we consider the woman with the unplanned
pregnancy, the single mother or the woman
who is at
risk for having an unplanned
pregnancy, we know from Jesus» example that condemnation and shame is not the answer.
More
pregnancies will result from this increased
risk taking and these will counter-balance anyreduction in
pregnancies from those
who were taking
risks anyway but
who are now more likely to use EBC.
But I find it difficult for a male
who has never and will never understand what it means to be pregnant to speak so dismissively of women
who must put themselves at
risk in
pregnancy and
who understand that those
risks sometimes outweigh the positives of their situation and their families.
In developing countries, education and contraceptives can help the 120 million women of childbearing age
who want safe, healthy timing and spacing of their
pregnancies — and reduce the
risk of maternal and infant death.
Unfortunately, one significant, and modifiable,
risk factor for preterm birth was completely ignored by the
WHO report: prior termination of
pregnancy.
Two other reports in the same issue of Cancer Causes and Control suggest that children born to mothers
who eat at least one hot dog per week during
pregnancy have double the normal
risk of developing brain tumors, as do children whose fathers ate hot dogs before conception.
A recent analysis of available clinical trials found that women
who take probiotics — i.e. healthy bacteria — during
pregnancy reduce their child's
risk of developing allergies.
The colt is the first live foal of Genuine
Risk, the 16 - year - old mare
who as a 3 - year - old won the 1980 Kentucky Derby but has had nine failed
pregnancies since then.
Husbands
who understand the
risk of
pregnancy complications will support their wife's use of appropriate services
Health
risks: A few years ago, in my work with the survivors of relationship abuse I came across a woman
who during a routine screening in
pregnancy tested positive for chlamydia.
If you have symptoms of depression during or after a previous
pregnancy, a history of depression or other mood disorders at another time in your life, or a family member
who has been diagnosed with depression or other mental illness, your
risk of PPD is increased.
If your
pregnancy is low -
risk, consider using a certified midwife or certified nurse midwife, health professionals
who can provide a range of women's healthcare services during
pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period.
The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology reports a three-fold increased
risk of uterine rupture for women
who attempt to have a VBAC with a
pregnancy that began fewer than six months after the end of the last one.
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.
reports a three-fold increased
risk of uterine rupture for women
who attempt to have a VBAC with a
pregnancy that began fewer than six months after the end of the last one.
Trained volunteers
who previously experienced a high -
risk pregnancy provide friendship, support and real life experience.
I am a proponent for home birth for those
who a) want one b) are healthy c) have had healthy
pregnancies d) are in a low
risk category.
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.
On a
pregnancy message board to which I once belonged, there were a fair number of women
who'd brag about their postdates births, and dismiss any comments or questions about the inherent
risks.
The fathers most at
risk are young fathers, men
who are ambivalent about the
pregnancy or their relationship with their baby's mother or have experienced depression before, or whose partner becomes depressed.
Women often make light of the burdens of
pregnancy because «
pregnancy - related impairments have and continue to deter employers from hiring women and focus on the
risks of abortion may play into the hands of those
who wish to re-criminalize it.»
It is a FREE program for low
risk pregnancies where you have your own midwife
who does all prenatal appointments.
However, women
who have a history of preterm labor or miscarriages from earlier
pregnancies, nursing can increase the
risk of miscarriage of preterm labor.
Something that isn't often thought of or talked about is that postpartum depression is a
risk for anyone
who has been pregnant, regardless of whether the
pregnancy resulted in a healthy baby or not.
Sidelines offers international support services for moms
who are on bedrest and or experiencing a high -
risk pregnancy.
Those
who are at
risk for preterm labor,
who experience health problems during
pregnancy,
who have a history of infertility or have had a previous traumatic birth experience may also experience
pregnancy as a stressful time.
If these «late preterm infants» have no other health problems, they generally do significantly better than those born earlier, though they still face a higher
risk of problems than babies
who are born later in
pregnancy.
The authors looked more closely at the 4,863 women
who delivered and had no medical
risk factors or
pregnancy complications.
Q: If a woman
who is not pregnant is bitten by a mosquito and infected with Zika virus, will her future
pregnancies be at
risk?
You may not need a high -
risk doctor, but it's still best to choose someone
who is experienced with multiple
pregnancies.
The
WHO says that at least 85 % of
pregnancies are low
risk.
We analyzed 8 outcomes of child health (neonatal deaths, prenatal deaths, Apgar...», or even «The findings suggest that homebirths attended by midwives may be equally safe if not safer for women with low -
risk pregnancies», which could mean «safer for women»
who have «low -
risk pregnancies» or equally «safer» for «women
who have low -
risk pregnancies».
were the hospital group and homebirth group comprised both of low -
risk women with singleton
pregnancies who were striving for vaginal birth?
Although there are numerous conflicting opinions on the issue of breastfeeding during
pregnancy, no research has ever found an increased
risk of miscarriage in women
who continue breastfeeding an older child during
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.
Obstetricians may also study to become perinatologists
who specialize in high -
risk pregnancies, testing for high -
risks and fetal therapy.
Much more is known about the harmful effects on babies whose mothers drink during
pregnancy than on the children of mothers
who drink and breastfeed, but there are some
risks we know about from research:
In particular, women
who are expecting twins or multiples are at increased
risk of experiencing
pregnancy complications.