Is birth weight modified during pregnancy? Using sibling differences to understand the impact of blood glucose, obesity, and maternal weight gain in gestational diabetes

Article Abstract:

The extent to which blood glucose, obesity, and maternal weight gain explains the difference in birth weight is examined by using offspring sibling pairs in gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). The results have shown that controlling pregnancy weight gain might reduce offspring birth weight in individual women with GDM, while the association between high birth weight and elevated prepregnancy body mass index might represent a predisposition to both characteristics.

Obesity, Weight gain, Diabetes in pregnancy, Gestational diabetes

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Thrombophilia and pregnancy complications

Article Abstract:

A review is conducted to examine the association between thrombophilia and re-current pregnancy loss and other obstetric complications. Women with thrombophilia were found to have an increased risk of pregnancy loss and possible other serious obstetric complications, while definition of the magnitude of risk needs further prospective longitudinal studies.

United States, Causes of, Pregnancy, Complications of, Pregnancy complications, Hypercoagulation

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