Fetal Growth

Pregnant women with low vitamin D levels during the first trimester were four times more likely to give birth prematurely compared with women with adequate vitamin D levels, researchers wrote in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Researchers found that maternal morbidity risks were higher among women who underwent in vitro fertilization or intrauterine insemination vs. those who had unassisted pregnancies.

An RNA platform successfully predicted fetal growth restriction within the second trimester of pregnancy, independent of other risk factors, according to a presentation at The Pregnancy Meeting.

Fetal growth rate is higher for women with gestational diabetes in the third trimester, and that accelerated growth rate may contribute to an increased likelihood for overweight among children, according to study data from Denmark.

Neonates with prenatally resolved fetal growth restriction continue to have increased risks for adverse perinatal outcomes, according to study results published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Among women in China, depressive symptoms during pregnancy were associated with slower fetal growth rate in the rapid growth stage during weeks 30 and 37 of gestation, according to study findings published in JAMA Network Open.

Current guidelines for the management of twin pregnancies differ regarding recommendations about preterm birth screening and prevention, aspirin use to prevent preeclampsia, fetal growth restriction definitions and delivery timing.

Artificial intelligence models trained to analyze ultrasonograms may help sonographers more accurately estimate gestational age, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.

Fetal growth restriction impaired intrauterine lung development and led to reduced measures of lung function later in life, according to a study published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

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