A healthy diet before and during pregnancy is beneficial in acquiring essential B vitamins involved in 1-carbon metabolism, and in maintaining a healthy gut microbiota. Each play important roles in…
Placenta accreta has been described as a spectrum of abnormal attachment of villous tissue to the uterine wall, ranging from superficial attachment to the inner myometrium without interposing decidua to…
Open spina bifida is the most common congenital anomaly of the central nervous system compatible with life. Prenatal repair of open spina bifida via open maternal-fetal surgery has been shown…
Background Bacterial vaginosis—a condition defined by a shift from Lactobacillus dominance to a polymicrobial, anaerobic bacterial community—increases the risk of acquiring sexually transmitted infections and other complications of the female…
Background Globally, the number of children born by cesarean delivery is constantly increasing. However, hormonal and physiological changes associated with labor and vaginal delivery are considered necessary for lung maturation….
Background Progesterone, acting via its nuclear receptors called progesterone receptors, promotes myometrial relaxation during pregnancy, and suspension of this activity triggers labor. We previously found that 20α-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase causes a…
Background Concerns have been raised regarding a potential surge of COVID-19 in pregnancy, secondary to the rising numbers of COVID-19 in the community, easing of societal restrictions, and vaccine hesitancy….
A 25-year-old primigravida, on scan at 27 weeks, was diagnosed with a large vascular placental chorioangioma ( Figure 1 ). The different intrauterine treatment options such as ablation of vessels by…
Background Large-for-gestational-age fetuses are at increased risk of perinatal morbidity and mortality. Magnetic resonance imaging seems to be more accurate than ultrasound in the prediction of macrosomia; however, there is…
Objective Vaccination in the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is important, especially to protect pregnant women and the unborn. In 2021, the messenger RNA (mRNA)-based vaccines BNT162b2 (BioNTech/Pfizer) and mRNA-1273 (Moderna), and the…
