Women’s Health News

Previously healthy women who underwent cesarean delivery had increased short-term risk for CVD complications after delivery, according to data presented at The Pregnancy Meeting.

Preterm and early-term birth rates increased significantly from 2014 to 2022, with a 42% increase in births at 37 weeks’ gestation, according to CDC researchers. Rates of late-term and post-term births fell during the same period.

Multiple risk markers during a first pregnancy were associated with an adverse pregnancy outcome for a second pregnancy, according to analysis results presented at The Pregnancy Meeting.

Preterm birth was not associated with the development of autism spectrum disorder in childhood, according to findings presented at The Pregnancy Meeting.

Hypoglycemia was not associated with later neurodevelopmental outcomes for children born late preterm, according to findings presented at The Pregnancy Meeting.

Women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, gestational diabetes or both had higher likelihood of having children with worse CV health 10 to 14 years after delivery, according to a presenter at The Pregnancy Meeting.

About one in 10 women who develop COVID during pregnancy will have post-acute sequelae, or long COVID, according to a presenter at The Pregnancy Meeting.

Different surgical approaches to apical pelvic organ prolapse were significantly associated with different long-term risks for reoperation among women aged 65 years or older, according to study results published in Obstetrics & Gynecology.

Women with more autistic traits during pregnancy had higher risks for adverse birth outcomes, especially for preterm birth, compared with lower levels of autistic traits, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.

Preterm and early-term birth rates in the United States rose from 2014 to 2022 while rates of late- and post-term births declined, according to a report published this week by the CDC.