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Journal articles on the topic "Pregnancy advice literature"
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Yam, Charmaine, Vilija Jokubaitis, Kerstin Hellwig, and Ruth Dobson. "MS, pregnancy and COVID-19." Multiple Sclerosis Journal 26, no. 10 (August 17, 2020): 1137–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1352458520949152.
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Concerns regarding infection with the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 leading to COVID-19 are particularly marked for pregnant women with autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS). There is currently a relative paucity of information to guide advice given to and the clinical management of these individuals. Much of the limited available data around COVID-19 and pregnancy derives from the obstetric literature, and as such, neurologists may not be familiar with the general principles underlying current advice. In this article, we discuss the impact of potential infection on the pregnant woman, the impact on her baby, the impact of the current pandemic on antenatal care, and the interaction between COVID-19, MS and pregnancy. This review provides a framework for neurologists to use to guide the individualised advice given to both pregnant women with MS, and those women with MS who are considering pregnancy. This includes evidence derived from previous novel coronavirus infections, and emerging evidence from the current pandemic.
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Midgley, Georgia, Hayley Smithers-Sheedy, Sarah McIntyre, Nadia Badawi, John Keogh, and Cheryl A. Jones. "Congenital Cytomegalovirus Prevention, Awareness and Policy Recommendations - A Scoping Study." Infectious Disorders - Drug Targets 20, no. 3 (July 20, 2020): 291–302. http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1871526518666181009093725.
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Background: Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) is known to cause childhood deafness, neurodevelopmental disability and death. Simple hygiene precautions are effective in reducing maternal risk of CMV infection. Objective: To review i) awareness of CMV infection and available primary prevention strategies both in the community and amongst health professionals ii) available cCMV information sources in the literature, grey literature and published professional guidelines. Methods: Scoping study to i) identify literature pertaining to cCMV awareness amongst parents and health professionals using MedLine and CINAHL databases via EBSCO ii) review one high income country’s guidelines and recommendations regarding cCMV infection and pregnancy (example country Australia) iii) grey literature for parental information. Results: Worldwide awareness of cCMV and of available prevention strategies amongst women and health professionals are poor. Findings internationally suggest at least half of maternity care health professionals do not routinely provide advice to women regarding simple hygiene precautions that can reduce their risk of infection during pregnancy. Though information resources regarding cCMV are available, they are frequently not included within general healthy pregnancy advice and require individuals to search for ‘congenital cytomegalovirus’. Conclusion: cCMV is a preventable cause of serious congenital disability and death. Prevention opportunities are being missed because most women are not aware of cCMV or how to reduce their risk of infection in pregnancy, in part due to poor health professional awareness. New strategies to disseminate cCMV information to the community and to support health professionals to embed cCMV advice within routine pregnancy counselling is required.
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Wiersma, Thomas K., Marijn C. Visschedijk, Nanne K. de Boer, Marjolijn N. Lub-de Hooge, Jelmer R. Prins, Daan J. Touw, and Paola Mian. "The Effect of Pregnancy and Inflammatory Bowel Disease on the Pharmacokinetics of Drugs Related to Inflammatory Bowel Disease—A Systematic Literature Review." Pharmaceutics 14, no. 6 (June 11, 2022): 1241. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics14061241.
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Due to ethical and practical reasons, a knowledge gap exists on the pharmacokinetics (PK) of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)-related drugs in pregnant women with IBD. Before evidence-based dosing can be proposed, insight into the PK has to be gained to optimize drug therapy for both mother and fetus. This systematic review aimed to describe the effect of pregnancy and IBD on the PK of drugs used for IBD. One aminosalicylate study, two thiopurine studies and twelve studies with biologicals were included. Most drugs within these groups presented data over multiple moments before, during and after pregnancy, except for mesalazine, ustekinumab and golimumab. The studies for mesalazine, ustekinumab and golimumab did not provide enough data to demonstrate an effect of pregnancy on concentration and PK parameters. Therefore, no evidence-based dosing advice was given. The 6-thioguanine nucleotide levels decreased during pregnancy to 61% compared to pre-pregnancy levels. The potentially toxic metabolite 6-methylmercaptopurine (6-MMP) increased to maximal 209% of the pre-pregnancy levels. Although the PK of the thiopurines changed throughout pregnancy, no evidence-based dosing advice was provided. One study suggested that caution should be exercised when the thiopurine dose is adjusted, due to shunting 6-MMP levels. For the biologicals, infliximab levels increased, adalimumab stayed relatively stable and vedolizumab levels tended to decrease during pregnancy. Although the PK of the biologicals changed throughout pregnancy, no evidence-based dosing advice for biologicals was provided. Other drugs retrieved from the literature search were mesalazine, ustekinumab and golimumab. We conclude that limited studies have been performed on PK parameters during pregnancy for drugs used in IBD. Therefore, more extensive research to determine the values of PK parameters is warranted. After gathering the PK data, evidence-based dosing regimens can be developed.
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Rodgers, Ornaith. "“Relinquish the reins”: Persuasion and consensus in the discourse of pregnancy and childbirth advice literature." Women and Birth 28, no. 1 (March 2015): 40–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2014.10.005.
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Dobson, Ruth, Pooja Dassan, Megan Roberts, Gavin Giovannoni, Catherine Nelson-Piercy, and Peter A. Brex. "UK consensus on pregnancy in multiple sclerosis: ‘Association of British Neurologists’ guidelines." Practical Neurology 19, no. 2 (January 5, 2019): 106–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/practneurol-2018-002060.
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is more common in women than men and is most commonly diagnosed in early adulthood; thus, many patients will not have completed their families at the time of diagnosis. There is increasing awareness of the importance of early treatment in preventing long-term disability in MS. Delaying treatment until women with MS have completed their families can lead to the development of irreversible disability in at least some cases. It is therefore important to discuss family planning and pregnancy proactively. However, to date there is limited evidence to inform such discussions. We set out to develop consensus guidelines for the treatment of MS in pregnancy to encourage and facilitate discussions in this important area. The guidelines draw on available evidence from drug-specific pregnancy registers and published literature and have been scored by a panel of experts from a variety of disciplines using modified Delphi criteria. They cover prepregnancy counselling, management during pregnancy, delivery and anaesthetic options, postpartum advice and specific advice regarding currently licensed disease-modifying drugs. As the complexity and range of available disease-modifying drugs increase, further data gathering via a UK-wide MS pregnancy register is recommended.
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Mansfield, Phyllis Kernoff. "Midlife Childbearing: Strategies for Informed Decisionmaking." Psychology of Women Quarterly 12, no. 4 (December 1988): 445–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-6402.1988.tb00977.x.
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More and more women in the United States are choosing to delay motherhood until their 30s or even 40s. Yet traditional medical advice warns against midlife pregnancy, predicting a variety of adverse reproductive outcomes associated with “advanced maternal age.” Assignment to a high-risk category may result in heightened feelings of concern about pregnancy complications among midlife mothers. Because it is possible that increased emotionality during pregnancy may itself give rise to various childbearing complications, some middle-aged women may become victims of iatrogenic stress during pregnancy. This article first examines critically the medical literature describing the relationship between maternal age and pregnancy outcomes and finds little support for the medical pessimism. Next, the article describes the literature that explores the links between heightened emotionality during pregnancy and various negative outcomes and suggests that, despite serious methodological flaws, there is some evidence that fear-induced stress during pregnancy may place certain middle-aged women at higher risk for complications. Finally, strategies for improved decisionmaking and for enhancing the pregnancy experience of midlife women are proposed.
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Cox, Jessica. "The ‘most Sacred of Duties’1: Maternal Ideals and Discourses of Authority in Victorian Breastfeeding Advice." Journal of Victorian Culture 25, no. 2 (January 8, 2020): 223–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jvcult/vcz065.
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Abstract The maternal role and its associated practices were subject to much scrutiny throughout the Victorian period. Whilst motherhood was seen as the natural destiny of the (respectable) woman, mothers were nonetheless deemed in need of strict guidance on how best to raise their offspring. This was offered in an extensive range of advice and conduct books, via newspapers, journals, and fiction, and from medical practitioners, and covered pregnancy, childbirth, and all aspects of care for babies and young children. This article considers Victorian advice on infant feeding, focusing in particular on the various strategies deployed to encourage mothers to breastfeed. Advice literature for mothers frequently invoked patriarchal – religious, medical, and (pseudo-) scientific – authority, in line with broader Victorian discourses on femininity. Much of this advice was produced by, or drew on, the authority of (male) medical practitioners, whilst comparatively little emphasis was placed on maternal experience as a source of expertise. Set within the wider historical context of shifting trends in infant feeding, this article analyses the various persuasive techniques employed by the authors of advice literature, which ultimately served as an attempt to control women’s maternal behaviours and to suppress their own maternal authority.
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Jouanne, Marie, Sarah Oddoux, Antoine Noël, and Anne Sophie Voisin-Chiret. "Nutrient Requirements during Pregnancy and Lactation." Nutrients 13, no. 2 (February 21, 2021): 692. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13020692.
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A woman’s nutritional status during pregnancy and breastfeeding is not only critical for her health, but also for that of future generations. Nutritional requirements during pregnancy differ considerably from those of non-pregnant women. Thus, a personalized approach to nutritional advice is recommended. Currently, some countries recommend routine supplementation for all pregnant women, while others recommend supplements only when necessary. Maternal physiological adaptations, as well as nutritional requirements during pregnancy and lactation, will be reviewed in the literature examining the impacts of dietary changes. All of these data have been studied deeply to facilitate a discussion on dietary supplement use and the recommended doses of nutrients during pregnancy and lactation. The aim of this review is to evaluate the knowledge in the scientific literature on the current recommendations for the intake of the most common micronutrients and omega-3 fatty acids during pregnancy and lactation in the United States, Canada, and Europe. Taking into account these considerations, we examine minerals, vitamins, and omega-3 fatty acid requirements. Finally, we conclude by discussing the potential benefits of each form of supplementation.
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Edgley, Alison, and Julie Roberts. "Love, Fear, and Disgust: Deconstructing Masculinities and Affective Embodiment in Pregnancy Guides for Men." Men and Masculinities 24, no. 4 (February 3, 2021): 652–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1097184x21990711.
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Employing a material discursive approach, this article deconstructs advice within published guides to pregnancy and birth written by men for men. We deconstruct the representation of feelings and emotions in men during this period rejecting essentialist and social constructionist views of gendered emotionality. We find the texts are saturated with emotional advice, which is ambivalent and resorts to forms of essentialism that obscure male vulnerabilities and leave male forms of power intact. While men can expect to feel love, fear, and disgust, the case for male calm and stoicism is reconstructed, threatening dire consequences if he fails. Our study makes a unique contribution to our understanding of the affective assemblage that accompanies men who are now expected to care during pregnancy, labor, and birth. Men are constructed as having an embodied experience that cannot be admitted to, ensuring that hegemonic masculine understandings reinforce gendered constructions of care, caring and emotions during pregnancy, labor and birth.
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Davidoff, Christopher L., Anna Lo Presti, Jeffrey M. Rogers, Mary Simons, Nazih N. A. Assaad, Marcus Andrew Stoodley, and Michael Kerin Morgan. "Risk of First Hemorrhage of Brain Arteriovenous Malformations During Pregnancy: A Systematic Review of the Literature." Neurosurgery 85, no. 5 (May 31, 2019): E806—E814. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/neuros/nyz175.
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Abstract BACKGROUND Recommendations on the management of brain arteriovenous malformations (bAVM) with respect to pregnancy are based upon conflicting literature. OBJECTIVE To systematically review the reported risk and annualized rate of first intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) from bAVM during pregnancy and puerperium. METHODS MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Scopus databases were searched for relevant articles in English published before April 2018. Studies providing a quantitative risk of ICH in bAVM during pregnancy were eligible. RESULTS From 7 initially eligible studies, 3 studies met the criteria for providing quantitative risk of first ICH bAVM during pregnancy. Data from 47 bAVM ICH during pregnancy across 4 cohorts were extracted for analysis. Due to differences in methodology and definitions of exposure period, it was not appropriate to combine the cases. The annualized risk of first ICH during pregnancy for these 4 cohorts was 3.0% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.7-5.2%); 3.5% (95% CI: 2.4-4.5%); 8.6% (95% CI: 1.8-25%); and 30% (95% CI: 18-49%). Only the last result from the last cohort could be considered significantly increased in comparison with the nonpregnant period (relative rate 6.8, 95% CI: 3.6-13). The limited number of eligible studies and variability in results highlighted the need for enhanced rigor of future research. CONCLUSION There is no conclusive evidence of an increased risk of first hemorrhage during pregnancy from bAVM. Because advice to women with bAVM may influence the management of pregnancy or bAVM with significant consequences, we believe that a retrospective multicenter, case crossover study is urgently required.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Pregnancy advice literature"
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Collins, Elizabeth A. "Governing partners: responsibilization in pregnancy advice literature for men." Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/1359.
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This thesis is an investigation of pregnancy advice books for expectant fathers. It explores how male partners are encouraged to participate in contemporary pregnancy management through medico-moral discourses, This study challenges current theoretical conceptions of responsibilization by contending that responsibilization is a necessarily social process. Working within a governmentality framework, this study uses both content analysis and critical discourse analysis. I found that responsibilization of expectant fathers followed two stages. First, they were invited to accumulate knowledge about pregnancy, and then to adopt behaviours befitting the ideal father. The structure and content of advice invited expectant fathers to become “responsible” by changing their own behaviour—and the behaviour of their pregnant partners. In most cases, the only behavioural modifications required of the expectant father are those that will influence the behaviours of their pregnant partners.
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Toronchuk, Cherie. "Conceiving Women: Childbirth Ideologies in Popular Literature." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/6599.
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North American research on childbearing demonstrates that many first-time mothers rely on educational books for information and advice concerning pregnancy and childbirth. Popular literature on childbearing advises women on a variety of topics including choosing a caregiver, prenatal testing, safety and risk, natural vs. medicated labour, and place of birth. Such information may shape women’s expectations, choices, and belief systems regarding the body, obstetric technology, pregnancy and birth. These varied forces and belief systems coalesce to influence the ways in which women experience birth, thereby affecting post-natal mental, socioemotional, and physical health. Currently, however, research exploring the various messages disseminated by popular literature on pregnancy and birth is limited. In this study, the author examines four popular North American childbearing advice books for discourses related to biomedical and midwifery cultures, ways of knowing, power, and choice. Discourses are considered through a feminist intersectional framework, with particular attention paid to the ways in which childbearing ideologies are shaped by interactive biological, socio- cultural, economic, and political factors. The author explores how power matrices and the privileging of biomedical knowledge can shape conceptualizations of gender and sexuality, women’s bodies, maternity care, pregnancy, labour, and birth. In addition, peripheral discourses that provide possibilities for other, non-normative narratives of birth are highlighted.Graduate
Books on the topic "Pregnancy advice literature"
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Gluckman, Sir Peter, Mark Hanson, Chong Yap Seng, and Anne Bardsley. Practicalities: understanding nutrient recommendations. Oxford University Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198722700.003.0003.
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There has been much research in recent years on the nutritional requirements of mothers during pregnancy, as well as an increasing focus on the nutrition of women before conception. Because there has been much confusion with regards to some nutrients such as vitamin D, iron, and polyunsaturated fatty acids, the second section of this book contains specific advice, based on an in-depth interpretation of the current clinical and scientific literature, on macro- and micronutrient dietary components and their effects on pregnancy and lactation outcomes. This chapter provides an introduction for the subsequent chapters in this section by discussing the practicalities of understanding nutrient recommendations. The chapter also gives an overview of the terms used by various agencies to describe nutrient requirements. In addition, the chapter goes into detail about food labelling standards from the US, Canada, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand.
Book chapters on the topic "Pregnancy advice literature"
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Krumbügel, Janne. "Bodies in Transition. Gendered and Medicalized Discourses in Pregnancy Advice Literature." In Life Course Research and Social Policies, 203–18. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13512-5_13.
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AbstractBodily changes and processes play a crucial role in the emergence of life course transitions. Pregnancy is a clear example of this, being a temporary corporeal and transitional, biographical state. While bodily and material aspects of transitions are often naturalized, this chapter highlights discourses that give culturally and historically contingent meaning to the pregnant body and its changes. Focusing on German pregnancy advice literature, it shows how discourses on bodies in transition are articulated with medical risk concepts and gendered ideals to form specific normative notions of doing pregnancy as well as being pregnant the “right” way. The ambiguous concept of pregnancy as a natural, healthy condition and in need of medical control strongly responsibilizes pregnant persons for the development of the fetus. Fathers-to-be figure as supporters and controllers, their involvement in pregnancy expressed in narratives about “pregnant men”. While gendered ideals are challenged by the bodily and practical changes during pregnancy, they are recalibrated and reproduced in advice discourse.
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Vaughan, Theresa A. "Evolving Advice for Women’s Health Through Diet." In Women, Food, and Diet in the Middle Ages. Nieuwe Prinsengracht 89 1018 VR Amsterdam Nederland: Amsterdam University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5117/9789462989382_ch09.
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This chapter is a summary overview of how dietary advice for women changed from Galen through the Early Modern period. Literature from both anthropology and folklore are used to compare how both contemporary and historical foodways can inform our understanding of medieval medicine, and how women face some of the same cultural obstacles today regarding pregnancy and health as they have in other eras. Looking at folk medicine and traditional foodways can help us better understanding many aspects of the life of subaltern classes in the Middle Ages and beyond, and how food, medicine, and diet are ultimately culture-bound, even when they purport to be scientific.
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Ainsworth, Sean. "Maternal medication and its effect on the baby." In Neonatal Formulary, edited by Sean Ainsworth, 858–942. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198840787.003.0037.
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All too often the pregnant or breastfeeding mother is told that she cannot receive a drug because the manufacturer has advised against its use. Such information is usually derived from the Summary of Product Characteristics and reflects a lack of information of such use during the early stages of drug development and licensing. These statements are always cautious, seldom very informative, and often merely designed to meet the minimum requirement laid down by the licensing authority. While there are a small number of drugs whose use during pregnancy and lactation is extremely unwise, for most drugs it is more a matter of balancing the advantages and the disadvantages. Information from pregnancy and lactation databases increasingly supplements the information from animal teratogenicity and toxicology studies. Prescribers must consider both disease and drug characteristics when making decisions on medication use during both pregnancy and lactation. They can then use this information to balance the risks of fetal or neonatal exposure against the potential benefits of maternal treatment and the risks of untreated disease. This section allows the reader to quickly look up such risks and, through the references, examine the primary literature to help the mother make an informed choice.
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Howard, Louise M. "The obstetric outcome of pregnant women with psychotic disorders." In Perinatal Psychiatry. Oxford University Press, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199676859.003.0005.
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In 1996, when I was working with Channi as a psychiatry trainee, we were both struck by how often we were seeing women with psychotic disorders in the outpatient clinic who were seeking advice on whether or not they should try to conceive and have a family. Although there was a small amount of literature on the parenting difficulties some of these women would experience, there was a very limited evidence base on their risk of adverse obstetric outcomes. We felt we needed to know more about the outcome of pregnancy for women with pre-existing psychotic disorders, and this led to my PhD, funded by a Wellcome Trust Clinical Training Fellowship, with Channi as my primary supervisor. Channi became too ill to continue working on this project, but our work together led to my perinatal mental health research programme, for which I will always be in his debt. This chapter describes this early PhD research, and the research it has led on to, over the subsequent years. We initially thought about collecting detailed clinical outcome data from the women we were seeing locally, who came from a large catchment area. However, to obtain a large enough sample size would take many years and it became clear we needed large epidemiological datasets in order to optimize statistical power and minimize bias. We therefore started to look for such data, with the first dataset available coming from colleagues at the Institute of Psychiatry—the PriSM psychosis study (Thornicroft et al. 1998). The PRiSM psychosis study research team conducted the complete ascertainment of all prevalent cases of psychosis in the two study catchment areas in the index year (1991–1992) providing us with a representative population of mothers with psychotic disorders. We found that 63% of women with psychotic disorders (n = 155) were mothers, and that these women were more likely to be older and live in unsupported accommodation than women who had not had children, although they had similar levels of disability and health and social care needs (Howard et al. 2001).