Prepregnancy weight status, prenatal weight gain, and outcome of term twin gestations

Article Abstract:

Twins are more than five times more likely to die in the perinatal period than are their single counterparts. In addition, twins are five times as likely to be born prematurely and over four times as likely have low birth weights than are babies of single births. Since prepregnancy weight status and weight gain during pregnancy are known to be significant factors in predicting the outcome of singleton births, it would be useful to know more about how these factors affect twin births. Data from the Office of Vital Statistics of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment were studied, and a total of 1,984 twin births were tabulated. A total of 30,777 births were used for the tabulation of singleton infant mortality rates, and an overall total of 201,784 births were used to tabulate maternal features. The rate of infant low birth weight declined with the mothers' increasing weight, even for women classified as very obese. Very obese women had a lower rate of delivering babies with low birth weight than obese women, normal women, or underweight women, and their pregnancies were more likely to go to full term. For women beginning their pregnancy at normal weight or underweight, the probability of a low birth weight infant correlated inversely with weight gain during pregnancy. The same was not true of overweight or obese women. (Consumer Summary produced by Reliance Medical Information, Inc.)

Risk factors, Birth weight, Low, Low birth weight, Twins

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Profet, profits, and proof: do nausea and vomiting of early pregnancy protect women from "harmful" vegetables?

Article Abstract:

Claims that pregnant women may harm themselves or their fetuses by eating bitter-tasting vegetables may not be true. Author Margie Profet's 1995 book claims that women in their first trimester of pregnancy who eat certain vegetables and foods may harm their babies. Researchers obtained food intake information from 549 pregnant women and compared it to pregnancy illnesses and outcomes. No link was substantiated between food intake and nausea and vomiting in early pregnancy, or between food intake and adverse pregnancy outcomes. Media should treat popular health claims as fiction until they are proven scientifically.

Pregnant women, Vegetables, Works, Nausea, Vomiting, Profet, Margie

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Predictors of red cell folate level in women attempting pregnancy

Article Abstract:

Women of childbearing age may need to consume folic acid supplements to ensure that they have adequate blood folic acid levels. Folic acid appears to prevent neural tube abnormalities in the growing fetus. Researchers assessed diet and blood folic acid levels in 189 healthy women 22 to 35 years old. Only 25% of the women had blood folic acid levels of 400 nanograms per milliliter or higher, which is considered to be the level needed to prevent neural tube abnormalities. Most of the remaining women would benefit from a 400 microgram folic acid supplement every day.

Measurement, Women, Prevention, Folic acid

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