Reproductive Health Pregnancy

Pregnancy is a major life event associated with very unique health care needs. Providers and patients can track breaking news in pregnancy and fertility research here as well as find information on pre-pregnancy planning, infertility, healthy pregnancy, obstetric care, labor and delivery, postpartum wellness, and related topics.

News

November 15, 2008: Diabetes plus excess weight in pregnancy bad combo from Reuters India
November 14, 2008: ASRM: Pressure Builds for Open-Identity Sperm Donation in the U.S. from MedPage Today
November 14, 2008: High-Fat Diet While Pregnant May Produce Obese Kids from U.S. News & World Report
November 14, 2008: ASRM: Specialized Fertility Services Offered to Patients with HIV from MedPage Today

Featured Research

Mumford SL, Siega-Riz AM, Herring A, Evenson KR. Dietary Restraint and Gestational Weight Gain. J Am Diet Assoc. 2008 Oct; 108(10):1646-53.
Odibo AO, Dicke JM, Gray DL, et al. Evaluating the rate and risk factors for fetal loss after chorionic villus sampling. Obstet Gynecol. 2008 Oct; 112(4):813-19.
Sathyanarayana S, Calafat AM, Liu F, Swan SH. Maternal and infant urinary phthalate metabolite concentrations: Are they related? Environ Res. 2008 Aug 18.

Patient Resources

Dental Care for Healthy Pregnancy from the American Academy of Periodentology
Managing Gestational Diabetes: A Patient's Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy from the NICHD
MyPyramid for Pregnancy and Breastfeeding: Nutritional Information from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Your Six-week Post-partum Check-up How a Woman's

Continuing Education

American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) Annual Meeting, November 8 - 12, 2008, San Francisco, CA
The Compendium on Preterm Birth, a joint sponsorship from ARHP and the March of Dimes
The Spectrum and Treatment of Gastrointestinal Disorders During Pregnancy from Medscape
Weekly CME Program: Pregnancy from the New England Journal of Medicine

Clinical Publications & Resources

Cesarean Delivery on Maternal Request National Institutes of Health State-of-the-Science Conference Statement (PDF)
Diabetes in Pregnancy from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, UK
Misconceptions About Conception: Clinical Considerations in the Diagnosis and Management of Female Infertility from Medscape
Quick Reference Guide for Clinicians: Postpartum Counseling

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