Reproductive Health News

Among a select group of women with uterine factor infertility, uterus transplant was feasible and associated with a high live birth rate after successful graft survival, data from a case series show.

Women with vs. without intellectual and developmental disabilities have greater risks for stillbirth and other adverse obstetric, mental health and medical outcomes, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

Studies on the risk for maternal, fetal and infant outcomes with exclusive vaping, smoking or nonuse during pregnancy have contradictory and unreliable conclusions with poor study quality, according to a systematic review.

Women who were pregnant during cardiology fellowship reported basic radiation safety standards were “variably enforced” during pregnancy, along with a rate of pregnancy complications higher than the general population, survey data show.

Pregnant women with opioid use disorder treated with buprenorphine combined with naloxone had similar and, in some cases, more favorable neonatal and maternal outcomes vs. treatment with buprenorphine alone, researchers reported in JAMA.

Women with polycystic ovary syndrome are more likely to have any form of disordered eating, particularly bulimia or binge eating disorder, suggesting a weight-neutral treatment plan could be beneficial, data show.

Nearly 10% of women infected with SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy had post-acute sequelae 6 or more months later, according to results of the RECOVER-Pregnancy study published in Obstetrics & Gynecology.

A remote postpartum blood pressure management program led to fewer hospital readmissions, greater postpartum visit attendance, improved guideline adherence and higher rates of antihypertensive prescriptions, researchers reported.

In the U.S., diabetic ketoacidosis frequency at prenatal and delivery hospitalizations increased from 2010 to 2020 for mothers with pregestational diabetes, according to study results published in Obstetrics & Gynecology.

A low-cost, battery-powered ultrasonography probe with integrated AI for image interpretation reliably measured gestational age compared with standard ultrasound, providing a possible option for low-resource settings, diagnostic data show.