Pregnancy Complications

Chemo During Pregnancy Doesn't Seem to Harm Baby

9 Feb 2012

THURSDAY, Feb. 9 (HealthDay News) -- A new study finds that the babies of women who had chemotherapy while pregnant aren't at higher risk for a variety of medical disorders, a sign that the treatment should be safe for the fetus in most instances.

Complications of blood cancers make termination advisable at early stages of pregnancy

9 Feb 2012

Lymphoma is the fourth most common cancer in pregnancy, affecting one in 6000 pregnancies. Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, acute leukaemia, and other blood cancers, while also rare, can also occur in pregnancy. The need for urgent chemotherapy and the increased risk of blood clots during pregnancy, which is enhanced in blood cancers, mean that it is advisable to terminate a pregnancy if it is in its early ...

Dental treatment during pregnancy: oral health and safety tips for expectant mothers

9 Feb 2012

Over six million women throughout the U.S. become pregnant each year, and subsequently begin the exciting and demanding nine-month process of caring for the health and safety of an unborn child in addition to their own. A healthy pregnancy begins with awareness of important risks and requirements for both the mother and the fetus: and while many of these (such as drug, alcohol and tobacco ...