One carbon metabolism supplementation in maturation medium but not embryo culture medium improves the yield of blastocysts from bovine oocytes by Arefeh Golestanfar, Amir Niasari Naslaji, Farnoosh Jafarpour, Nima Sadeghi Borujen, Shiva Rouhollahi Varnosfaderani, Yves Menezo, Maurizio Dattilo, Mohammad Hossein Nasr-Esfahani

“…After single embryo transfer, the supplemented blastocysts were at least as competent as non-supplemented ones with a non-significantly higher (20% vs. 14%) pregnancy rate and the advantage of several good quality blastocysts available for future use. …”
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Associations Between Ambient PM_2.5 and Thyroid Hormones in Pregnant Persons in Puerto Rico by Trenton Honda, Trenton D. Henry, Laura Corlin, Kipruto Kirwa, Akram Alshawabkeh, Julia R. Varshavsky, Winston Kennedy, José F. Cordero, Carmen M. Velez Vega, Zaira Y. Rosario Pabon, John D. Meeker, Helen Suh

“…Introduction: This study investigates associations between fine particulate air pollution (PM_2.5) exposure and thyroid hormone levels during pregnancy in Puerto Rican individuals, a vulnerable population facing socioeconomic and environmental disparities. …”
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Maternal Vitamin D Status and Its Effect on Vitamin D Levels in Early Infancy in a Tertiary Care Centre in Sri Lanka by Kaneshapillai Anusha, Usha Hettiaratchi, Dulani Gunasekera, Shamini Prathapan, Guwani Liyanage

“…Low maternal 25(OH)D during pregnancy was a risk factor for deficiency in infants. …”
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IVF cycle safety when a positive passive air sampling occurs under laminar flow hood in absence of a detectable contamination in the embryo culture by Claudia Omes, Roberto Bassani, Patrizia Cambieri, Fausto Baldanti, Fausto Baldanti, Rossella Elena Nappi, Rossella Elena Nappi

“…There were no statistically significant differences in biochemical pregnancy, live birth rate, and abortion between the “contaminated” Group P and the “negative” Group N. …”
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Prenatal malaria exposure and risk of adverse birth outcomes: a prospective cohort study of pregnant women in the Northern Region of Ghana by Akbar Fotouhi, Masud Yunesian, Hawawu Hussein, Mansour Shamsipour, Mohammad Sadegh Hassanvand, Percival Delali Agordoh, Mashoud Alabi Seidu

“…A decisive policy to eradicate or minimise perinatal malaria is needed to contribute to the prevention of LBW and adverse pregnancy outcomes.…”
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Single-cell sequencing provides clues about the developmental genetic basis of evolutionary adaptations in syngnathid fishes by Hope M Healey, Hayden B Penn, Clayton M Small, Susan Bassham, Vithika Goyal, Micah A Woods, William A Cresko

“…Seahorses, pipefishes, and seadragons are fishes from the family Syngnathidae that have evolved extraordinary traits including male pregnancy, elongated snouts, loss of teeth, and dermal bony armor. …”
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Contradictory Effect of Lymphocyte Therapy and Prednisolone Therapy on CD3+CD8+CD56+ Natural Killer T Population in Women with Recurrent Spontaneous Abortion by Fatemeh Rezayat, Nafiseh Esmaeil, Abbas Rezaei, Roya Sherkat

“…Background: Natural killer T (NKT) cells are influential immune cells in pregnancy failures, including recurrent spontaneous abortion (RSA). …”
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Estimating avoidable burden of stillbirth attributable to greenness improvement in Iran by Yang Yuan, Fatemeh Mayvaneh, Yaqi Wang, Jixing Yang, Yunquan Zhang, Fang Shi

“…Greenness exposure during pregnancy was assessed using the satellite-based normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and enhanced vegetation index (EVI) with multiple buffers. …”
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Predictors of non-response to successive waves of surveys in the Japan Environment and Children’s Study during the 3-year postpartum period: a longitudinal cohort study by Mika Kigawa, Akiko Tsuchida, Tomomi Tanaka, Kei Hamazaki, Yuichi Adachi, Hidekuni Inadera, Kenta Matsumura, Haruka Kasamatsu

“…Objectives We examined changes in factors related to non-response to successive waves of the nationwide birth cohort study, the Japan Environment and Children’s Study (JECS), during the first 3 years after childbirth.Design Longitudinal cohort study.Setting As the baseline survey, mothers completed self-administered questionnaires distributed by hand during pregnancy or 1 month after delivery. The self-administered questionnaires that we used in this study were then distributed by mail every 6 months until the children were 3 years old, for a total of six times.Participants Of 103 060 mothers who consented to participate in the JECS during pregnancy, 88 489 mothers were included in the study after excluding those with multiple births, miscarriages or stillbirths and those who withdrew from the study within 3 years after providing informed consent.Primary and secondary outcome measures Data were collected at the baseline survey on participants’ socioeconomic status, medical history, health status, health-related behaviours and their children’s health conditions and living situations. …”
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Multidimensional Plasma Lipids Affect Preeclampsia/Eclampsia: A Mendelian Randomization Study by Shaole Shi, Fangyuan Wu, Shanshan Zhao, Zilian Wang, Yongqiang Fan

“…ABSTRACT Circulating lipids play a crucial role during pregnancy and may impact various pregnancy‐related diseases. …”
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Effect of folic acid supplementation on diminished ovarian reserve: study protocol of a single-centre, open-label, randomised, placebo-controlled clinical trial by Yan Wang, Ling Zheng, Kaijun Liao, Dongli Lu, Jiaxin Wu, Binjin Wu, Zhaochun Wu, Zhenghua Jiang

“…Failure in early diagnosis and treatment may result in continuous decreases in ovarian function and the resultant loss in an opportunity of pregnancy, which greatly affects the happiness of the women’s family and women’s physical and mental health. …”
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A risk prediction model of gestational diabetes mellitus based on traditional and genetic factors by Ying Li, Xinli Zhong, Mengjiao Yang, Lu Yuan, Dandan Wang, Ting Li, Yanying Guo

“…Background Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a prevalent pregnancy complication during pregnancy. We aimed to evaluate a risk prediction model of GDM based on traditional and genetic factors.Methods A total of 2744 eligible pregnant women were included. …”
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A descriptive analysis of a medical humanitarian aid initiative for quality perinatal management in war-torn Ukraine by Iryna Mogilevkina, Dmytro Dobryanskyy, Rhona MacDonald, Diane Watson, David Southall

“…Methods Data from 28,808 births were collected in specially developed database which contained information on maternal characteristics, course of pregnancy and childbirth, maternal and neonatal outcomes and donated drugs and equipment used. …”
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Determinants of postnatal care service utilization among mothers of Mangochi district, Malawi: a community-based cross- sectional study by Jonas, Sagawa, Allen, Kabagenyi, Godwin, Turyasingura, Saul Eric, Mwale

“…Mother’s and partner’s secondary education level and above (AOR = 2.42, CI: 1.97–6.04; AOR = 1.45, CI: 1.25–2.49), partner’s occupation in civil service and business (AOR = 3.17, CI: 1.25, 8.01; AOR =3.39, CI:1.40–8.18), household income of at least MK50, 000 (AOR = 14.41, CI: 5.90–35.16), joint decision making (AOR = 2.27, CI: 1.13, 4.57), knowledge of the available PNC services (AOR = 4.06, CI: 2.22–7.41), knowledge of at least one postpartum danger sign (AOR = 4.00, CI: 2.09, 7.50), health facility delivery of last pregnancy (AOR = 6.88, CI: 3.35, 14.14) positively associated with PNC service utilization Conclusion: The rate of PNC service utilization among mothers was 85%. …”
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ERYTHROCYTE SEDEMENTATION RATE:A USEFUL TOOL IN DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH by Muhammad Usman

“…Although it doesn’t enjoy the status of being called a diagnostic test,even then it is in continuous use as a good indicator in conditions like infections and inflammations; for screening and prognosis of certain diseases and also for monitoring the course of an existing disease.It is a good indicator to estimate the quantitative change in plasma that may occur in a lot of clinical conditions ranging from simple to much serious disorders such as inflammation, infection, pregnancy, obesity and even malignancies. In certain hematological conditions such as polycythaemia, sickle cell anaemia, leukemia, hypoproteinaemia as well as few other conditions like hyper viscosity, congestive heart failure etc. …”
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Laparoscopic Salpingectomy for Isolated Fallopian Tube Torsion in the Third Trimester by R. P. Duncan, M. M. Shah

“…In our case the women went on to successfully complete her pregnancy with no further complications.…”
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Chamanisme féminin « contre nature » ? Menstruation, gestation et femmes chamanes parmi les Shipibo-Conibo de l’Amazonie occidentale by Anne-Marie Colpron

“…Amazonian shamanism is often described as a male social role from which women are ‘naturally’ excluded because of taboos concerning the particularities of their biology, namely menstrual blood and pregnancy. However, we do find evidence of women shamans in certain Amazonian populations, such as the Shipibo-Conibo. …”
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Delayed Recognition of a Rare Mediastinal Lymphoma Presenting as Postpartum Circulatory Collapse by Jasmina Kevric, Sanil Nair, David Ernest

“…The presented case highlights the consequences of delayed recognition of SVC obstruction due to a reluctance to undertake appropriate radiological imaging during pregnancy.…”
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The Benefits of Breastfeeding by Cassie C. Rowe, Karla P. Shelnutt, Gail P. A. Kauwell

“…For the mother, it may help to lose weight gained during pregnancy and reduce the chances of developing common diseases like diabetes and breast and ovarian cancer. …”
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Daughters of the Dust (Julie Dash, 1991), le récit d’esclave revisité by Delphine Letort

“…Whilst allowing women to address their most intimate dilemmas (rape, skin colour, pregnancy, sexuality, gender roles), the director tries to undermine Hollywood stereotypes of black women. …”
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