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Showing 1 to 20 of 2595 for “"Pregnancy."”.
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A narrative inquiry into early pregnancy loss, subsequent pregnancy and maternal attachment
Early pregnancy loss is a multi-layered phenomenon with profound physical, emotional and psychological implications. Existing research has consistently recognised that it can lead to psychological sequelae in a significant proportion of women, affecting many areas of their lives and having broader …
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Influence of Pre-pregnancy and During Pregnancy Exercise On Infant Heart Outcomes
Maternal exercise during pregnancy is quickly becoming a new norm that has been shown to have benefits for fetal and infant development. Most studies examining the influence of exercise during pregnancy on infant outcomes have utilized women that were previously active and the exercise was …
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Heart disease in pregnancy
… disease is reviewed, showing its incidence in pregnancy to be 0.8 per cent, and its mortality 3.1 per cent.
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Adolescent Pregnancy Attitudinal Survey
<p>A census of 53 adolescent females was conducted over a period of time beginning July 15, 2001 and ending March 5, 2002. Each subject was surveyed by using an interview with 66 items. The resources examined in this census were means of transportation and the social support structure before the …
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Vitamin D during Pregnancy
… D plays an important role in promoting healthy pregnancy and fetal development. There is a lack of knowledge on (1) the effect of vitamin D deficiency/ insufficiency on pregnancy and neonatal outcomes, (2) the association between maternal plasma vitamin D concentration and dietary intake, and …
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Hesitantly Happy: The Influence of a Late Term Pregnancy Loss during the Subsequent Pregnancy
This research explores the influence of pregnancy loss and coping strategies employed while connecting to the fetus in a subsequent pregnancy following a late term loss. Nine participants were interviewed using a qualitative, phenomenological methodology to determine participant's experience. Four …
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Allergen specific immunoglobulins during pregnancy.
… been investigated prospectively during and after pregnancy in healthy women and women suffering from allergic rhinitis. The results show that the total serum IgG concentration remained unchanged in both groups during pregnancy. There was no significant difference in the serum concentration of IgG …
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Improving self-management in pregnancy
… changes and conditions commonly associated with pregnancy. Improving educational material includes adapting the presentation and dispersion of the material according to the education level of the patient/learner. This patient centered education allows for both improved comprehension and …
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Parents' Perceptions of Teenage Pregnancy
… perceptions and attitudes about adolescent pregnancy. This study aims to reveal how parental perceptions and attitudes may impact parental communication with their children about teen pregnancy. Considering that parents play in important role in adolescent pregnancy prevention, this research …
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Maternal Supplement Use During Pregnancy
… for vitamin and mineral supplementation during pregnancy. The composition and use of supplements among pregnant women varies greatly. Toxicity or inadequacy of nutrients could have health effects on the mother and fetus. A recent study reported inadequate micronutrient consumption in United …
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Queer Pregnancy in Shakespeare's Plays
… examines Shakespeare’s representations of pregnancy divorced from their promised duration and promised end, revealing that the pregnant body is not wholly symbolic of futurity, chastity, or even heterosexual desire. In queer readings of Shakespeare’s plays and in the methodological debates …
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Urinary Sodium Chloride in Pregnancy
… change in the excretion of this electrolyte in pregnancy which will account for the edema so often present in most pregnant women, and also to correlate this finding with others such as albumen and blood pressure which will indicate a deviation from a normal pregnancy into a pregnancy which may …
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Perspectives on intimacy during pregnancy
… perspectives of patterns of intimacy during pregnancy. Intimacy is a complex concept and, as a consequence of this, much of the research previously conducted has restricted its focus to a particular aspect of intimacy. Characteristically, it has also taken intimacy to be synonymous with …
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Closed mitral valvotomy in pregnancy
… cause of maternal mortality and morbidity during pregnancy, despite its low incidence of less than 1%. This is due to the decline in the number of deaths from haemorrhage, infection and toxemia. In addition, a striking change in the pattern of proportional distribution of organic heart disease in …
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