A recent study from Italy found that consuming 30 grams of dark chocolate a day during pregnancy significantly reduced systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and reduced the risk of anemia.
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Less medical intervention during planned home birth is associated with a tripling of neonatal mortality.
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The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) is warning that obesity during pregnancy increases the risk of several complications, including high blood pressure, a serious condition called preeclampsia and gestational diabetes. The ACOG opinion, published in the September issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology, says obese women also are more likely to miscarry, to need…Read the Rest of Article
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A recent Dutch study reported in the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology found that delivering at night was associated with an increase in mortality and complications.
The study, led by senior researcher Dr. Eric A.P. Steegers of Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam, is based on more than 700,000 births at all Dutch hospitals between 2000 and 2006.
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Home births are safe for most non-high risk pregnant women. False. Less medical intervention during planned home birth is associated with a tripling of neonatal (baby) mortality. The study to be published in the American College of Obstetrics & Gynecology in September found perinatal (mother) mortality rates were similar for planned home and hospital births,…Read the Rest of Article
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Frisco, TX 75034
