Exercising Till End Of Gestational Term Deemed Favourable For Materno-Foetal Health

Contradictory to more traditional norms, partaking in exercise till the last trimester of pregnancy has no detrimental outcome on the weight or size of the unborn child, a novel research has indicated. This has been suggested in a study conducted by the researchers from the Polytechnic University of Madrid that additionally revealed the remarkable association between the weight of inactive mothers prior to getting pregnant and the size of the babies born to them. The findings that have lately been printed in the International Journal of Obesity found that engaging in low-intensity physical activity is advantageous to the health of both the mother and the baby. Jonatan R. Ruiz, the main author of the study and a researcher from the Karolinska Institute, Sweden states that maintaining a  [...]

Preterm Labor And Delivery Linked To Bacterial Vaginosis – Part I

Pre-term labor or PTL accompanied by ensuing premature delivery continues to be the significant cause of perinatal deaths and morbidity in many underdeveloped countries. The etiological factor that leads to PTL is still vague in huge percentage of cases leading to augmented incidence of idiopathic PTL. Lately, the infection of the lower genital tract particularly bacterial vaginosis or BV has been highly doubted as being the aberrant agent in idiopathic cases of PTL cited till now. A recent study undertaken in India to examine the relation of BV with idiopathic PTL and preterm delivery involved 150 women hospitalised with idiopathic PTL that were chosen for the study on the basis of the following criteria stated below: Inclusion criteria Singleton pregnancy. Gestation age lying  [...]