the Obstetrics and Gynaecology community of South Africa

Leading US gynaecologist recommends flu shots for pregnant women

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:51:00 +0200

Randy A. Fink, MD says pregnant women ought to be shot - with a flu vaccination needle. “A flu shot offers double protection to both mother and baby,” says Dr. Fink, a Miami board certified specialist who was recently named one of “America's Top Obstetrician/Gynaecologists” by the Consumer Research Council.
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Hope for infertiles to conceive - anonymous egg donation

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:16:00 +0200

baby2mom Egg Donation and Surrogacy Programme was initiated in June 2007, starting quite small - via egg donation blogs and explaining via egg donation articles.
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Folic acid and its role during pregnancy

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:45:00 +0200

Blocking folic acid action during early pregnancy leads to increased risk of abnormalities in growing baby.
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Environmental factors play a major role in early pregnancy losses

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:33:00 +0200

When costs outweigh benefits, successful pregnancies are less likely to occur.
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Study reveals that kidney transplants do not affect pregnancy

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:29:00 +0200

Women who have had a kidney transplant and have good kidney function can get pregnant and give birth without jeopardizing their health or the health of their transplant. Having children does not affect patients' kidney function or their life-span compared with transplanted women who do not have children, according to a matching cohort study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN).
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Home births performed by registered midwives are safe and natural

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 07:40:00 +0200

Having your baby at home is as safe as birth in the hospital, according to a new study published in the September Canadian Medical Association Journal. In Ontario, as in BC where the study was conducted, Registered Midwives are the only heath care professionals who attend home births.
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Seizures during pregnancy linked to pre-term, small or low-birth-weight babies

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 06:50:00 +0200

Women with epilepsy who have seizures during pregnancy appear more likely to give birth to pre-term, small or low-birth-weight babies than women without epilepsy, according to a report in the August issue of Archives of Neurology.
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Summer temperatures increase risk of oligohydramnios - amniotic fluid level deficiency

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 08:30:00 +0200

Pregnant women have a higher incidence of insufficient amniotic fluid levels (oligohydramnios) in the summer months due to dehydration, according to a study conducted by researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU).
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Adding neostigmine to epidural analgesia reduces dose needed during labour

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:55:00 +0200

Adding a drug called neostigmine to epidural analgesia during labour can reduce the amount of anaesthetic drug required, while avoiding potential complications caused by morphine-like "opioid" drugs, according to a study in the August issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, official journal of the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS).
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What happens in the womb dictates how well a child does at school

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:15:00 +0200

Australian scientists have found that a person's intelligence starts before birth and they say healthy foetal growth helps to improve a child's performance at school.
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