Health consequences of obesity in pregnant women
The world’s largest and most comprehensive international study of more than 1.3 million pregnant women, by researchers at the Monash University in Melbourne, Australia found that three out of every four pregnant women worldwide,...
The impact of pre-birth stress
Research into the impact of the 2011 Queensland floods on pregnant women and their babies has found stress from natural disasters affects infant development and temperament.
Mater Research Institute—University of Queensland (MRI-UQ) researchers have found...
Low-level drinking during pregnancy influences babies’ facial development
Researchers studied 415 babies who had 3D photographs of their faces taken at age one. Mothers were asked about their drinking habits before and throughout their pregnancies.
“We know that alcohol use in pregnancy contributes...
Too Much Stress for the Mother Affects the Baby
If the mother is stressed over a longer period of time during pregnancy, the concentration of stress hormones in amniotic fluid rises, as proven by an interdisciplinary team of researchers from the University of...
Expressing breastmilk in pregnancy to prevent diabetes
A world first study has found that women with diabetes in a low-risk pregnancy can safely express breast milk in late pregnancy, with the study dispelling concerns that the practice could cause harm to...
Gradual weight gain raises pregnancy blood pressure danger
Researchers are challenging women to start thinking about pre-pregnancy health sooner, with the finding that years of gradual weight gain more than doubles the risk of blood pressure disorders in pregnancy.
School of Public Health...
Outcomes for home and birth centre births
Women with some characteristics commonly thought to increase pregnancy risks – being over age 35; being overweight; and in some cases, having a vaginal birth after a caesarean section – tend to have good...
Warning labels about drinking while pregnant are working
A random encounter with a warning sign at a north Eugene grocery store put Gulcan Cil on the trail of research toward her doctoral degree and, now, a newly published paper.
The paper, published in the Journal...
Sex selection for non-medical reasons
Allowing parents to select their child's sex perpetuates harmful gender stereotypes and places false constraints on parent-child relationships, according to new Deakin University research.
The research paper, recently published in the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, comes...
Mothers who vape during pregnancy put babies at asthma risk
A UTS-led study of the effects of smoking electronic cigarettes during pregnancy has been hailed by the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ) in its stand against legalising nicotine in e-cigarettes.
Using a...
