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Health News and Information - News Medical

	August 14, 2018
	Pregnancy / Maternal Health
	The latest pregnancy / maternal health news from News Medical

Inducing labor in first-time mothers at 39 weeks can help prevent cesarean births, finds study

A new national study has found that inducing labor in first-time mothers at 39 weeks can help prevent cesarean births and high blood pressure. The University of Texas Medical Branch participated in the study and Dr. George Saade, chief of obstetrics and the principal investigator at UTMB, said that babies born to women induced at 39 weeks did not have worse outcomes compared to those who were not induced at 39 weeks.

			What is Amniotic Fluid? Amniotic fluid fills the amniotic sac, a bag inside a woman’s uterus (womb) where an unborn baby will develop. The sac provides protection and a constant temperature for the baby to grow in, as well as giving the baby fluids so it can breathe, swallow and develop its muscoskeletal system.

			Long term effects of Zika virus exposure during pregnancy studied Zika is a mosquito borne virus that can be dangerous in pregnant women as it can cause severe congenital malformations and damage to the baby. The extent of danger however is not known and a large study followed children who were exposed to this virus during their time within the womb.

	New study may advance clinical management of infertile couples A research team have identified the mechanism by which the fertilized egg balances out chromosomes inherited from the mother and the father.

	NCCN releases new treatment guidelines for rare cancers that impact women during pregnancy The National Comprehensive Cancer Network has released new treatment guidelines for a group of rare cancers that impact women during pregnancy.

	Study finds increased rate of repeat pregnancies in women with intellectual and developmental disabilities Women with intellectual and developmental disabilities have nearly double the rate of having another baby within a year of delivering compared to women without such disabilities, according to a new study published in CMAJ.

	Adolescent abortion-fund patients experience greater hardships than adults Adolescents who received funding to help pay for an abortion experienced greater hardships that affected abortion access compared to adult abortion-fund patients, according to the results of a new study by a University at Buffalo social work researcher.

	ERAS pathway helps enhance a mother's recovery after cesarean delivery A new enhanced recovery after surgery process -; also known as ERAS -; has been developed and implemented at the University of Alabama at Birmingham to help enhance a mother's recovery after a cesarean delivery, one of the most common surgeries performed in the United States.