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Follow the links below to find information about hormonal effects and changes in pregnancy.
Reviewed March 2008
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Nutrition - women's extra needs
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Better Health Channel
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Women need greater amounts of certain nutrients than men, particularly iron and calcium. Menstruation, pregnancy, lactation and menopause are times of increased nutritional demand. Deficiencies can occur if the diet is inadequate over a long period of time.
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Aug 2007
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Progestogen for treating threatened miscarriage
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Threatened miscarriage is when a mother might be losing her baby at less than 23 weeks' gestation. The signs are vaginal bleeding, with or without abdominal pain, while the cervix is closed. Once the cervix begins to open, miscarriage and pregnancy loss...
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May 2007
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Twins - identical and fraternal
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Better Health Channel
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Twins account for over 90 per cent of multiple births. Identical twins form when a single fertilised egg (ovum) splits in two. Fraternal twins develop from two eggs fertilised by two sperm, and are no more alike than individual brothers or sisters (siblings) born at different times.
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Mar 2007
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Gonadotrophin-releasing hormone antagonists for assisted conception
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonist was introduced in assisted conception programs as an alternative to GnRH agonist in order to prevent cycle cancellation secondary to premature LH surge. This updated review evaluated the efficacy of GnRH...
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May 2006
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Biochemical tests in pregnancy
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Australian Prescriber
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Pregnancy is a normal physiological phenomenon with many biochemical changes. The results of biochemical tests during pregnancy may therefore differ from the normal reference ranges so they may be mistakenly interpreted as abnormal. This can lead to unnecessary and potentially dangerous therapeutic actions.
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Aug 2005
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Biochemical tests of placental function for assessment in pregnancy
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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The placenta provides nourishment for the baby in the womb (uterus) during pregnancy. It has been thought that testing women's hormone levels during pregnancy, might show how well the placenta is functioning and whether the baby is growing as would be e...
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Feb 2003
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Hormones for suspected impaired fetal growth
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Babies in the womb growing more slowly than expected (impaired fetal growth) may be receiving too few nutrients from their mother's blood. Hormones are chemicals produced by glands in the body for growth, metabolism (how the body uses food) and reproduc...
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Nov 2002
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Prophylactic oxytocin for the third stage of labour
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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The third stage of labour is that period from birth of the baby until delivery of the placenta. The degree of blood loss depends on how quickly the placenta separates from the uterine wall and the uterine muscle contracts. Severe blood loss - postpartum...
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Jul 2001
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Amniotomy plus intravenous oxytocin for induction of labour
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Sometimes it is necessary to help get labour started. There are several methods used and they either ripen the cervix or make the uterus start contracting. Oxytocin is a drug used to stimulate contractions of the uterus. Amniotomy (breaking the waters) ...
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May 2001
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Intravenous oxytocin alone for cervical ripening and induction of labour
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Sometimes it is necessary to bring on labour artificially, because of safety concerns either for the pregnant woman or her baby. Oxytocin is the most common drug used to induce labour and has been used either alone or with rupturing the membranes. The r...
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May 2001
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