To compare several maternal-fetal morbidities comparing the Institute of Medicine IOM 2009 recommendations (IOMR: 5-9 kg in all obese women) between women with adequate gestational weight gain (GWG) and Inadequate (less than 5 kg), and excessive those gaining more than 9 kg among obese women class I (30-34.9 kg/m2) and class II (35-39.9 kg/m2). Sou...
Published in Child psychiatry and human development
Maternal-infant bonding is important for children's positive development. Poor maternal-infant bonding is a risk factor for negative mother and infant outcomes. Although researchers have examined individual predictors of maternal-infant bonding, studies typically do not examine several concurrent and longitudinal predictors within the same model. T...
Published in Research on child and adolescent psychopathology
Early life adversity is a potent risk factor for poor mental health outcomes across the lifespan, including offspring vulnerability to psychopathology. Developmentally, the prenatal period is a sensitive window in which maternal early life experiences may influence offspring outcomes and demarcates a time when expectant mothers and offspring are mo...
Access to comprehensive contraceptive services for youth is essential to improving sexual and reproductive health. However, youth in many countries still face substantial obstacles to contraceptive access and use. The purpose of this study is to compare the contraceptive access experiences and perspectives of pregnant and parenting Mexican-origin y...
Published in Vaccine: X
Influenza poses a serious health risk to pregnant women and their babies. Despite this risk, influenza vaccine uptake in pregnant women in the UK is less than 50%. Little is known about how COVID-19 affects pregnant women, but its management may affect attitudes and behaviours towards vaccination in pregnancy. The study objectives were to establish...
Published in European journal of obstetrics & gynecology and reproductive biology: X
With increase in prevalence of obesity and an increasing trend in the birth of macrosomic infants, Institute of Medicine (IOM) guidelines pertaining to optimal gestational weight gain (GWG) required for positive pregnancy outcome were revised in 1990 and 2009. Since, in the Indian scenario, no recommendations exist for optimum GWG for obese (OB) an...
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic forced unprecedented disruptions in higher education operations. While the adverse mental health effects experienced by college students due to these changes are well documented, less is known about the impact on their sexual and reproductive health (SRH), and the reciprocal relationships between SRH and mental health...
Published in Case reports in women's health
Small intestinal arteriovenous (AV) malformations may cause gastrointestinal hemorrhage, occasionally leading to anemia; however, they are rarely seen in pregnancy. This report presents a case of a pregnant woman who had recurrent severe anemia that was attributed to a small hemorrhagic intestinal arteriovenous malformation. A 24-year-old pregnant ...
Published in Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung
To examine whether or not folic acid (FA) supplementation may modify the relationships between duration or quality of sleep and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) risk. In a case-control study of patients with GDM and controls, mothers were interviewed face-to-face at enrollment. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Scale was used to assess duration and q...
PURPOSE: Pregnancy intentions are associated with preconception health behaviors but are understudied among female adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer survivors. Preconception health is critical for survivors because they face unique risks to fertility and pregnancy from late effects of cancer treatments. This study prospectively assessed the e...
