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Chapter 41 - Pre-Pregnancy Care

from Section 4 - Subfertility

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2022

By
Swetha Bhaskar ,
Chuchin Lim  and
Tahir Mahmood
Edited by
Johannes Bitzer  and
Tahir A. Mahmood
Johannes Bitzer
Affiliation:
University Women’s Hospital, Basel
Tahir A. Mahmood
Affiliation:
Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy
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Summary

Pre-exisisting disease, infections, counselling, pre-pregnancy risk assessment, contraception, risks, health advice, weight management

Keywords

Preconceptional counselling
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Handbook of Contraception and Sexual Reproductive Healthcare , pp. 255 - 276
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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Further Reading

Dean, S, Bhutta, Z, Mason, E, Howson, C, Chandra-Mouli, V, Lassi, Z, Imam, A (Eds). Care before and between pregnancy. Chapter 3. In, Born Too Soon: Global Action Report on Preterm Birth. 2013. World Health Organisation, New York.Google Scholar
Stothard, KJ, Tennant, PW, Bell, R, Rankin, J. Maternal overweight and obesity and the risk of congenital anomalies, a systematic review and meta-analysis, 2009: The Journal of the American Medical Association; 2009;301:(6).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Lim, CC, Mahmood, T. Obesity and pregnancy (in) Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Obesity in Obstetrics: Elsevier Publications, USA 2015; 29(3):309–19.Google Scholar
Nelson-Piercy, C (Ed.) Handbook of Obstetric Medicine, 4th Ed. Informa Healthcare, UK. 2010.Google Scholar
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Guidance on Pre-Conception: Advice and Management. Quality statement 7, revised August 2017.Google Scholar
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Amniocentesis and Chorionic Villus Sampling, Green-top guideline No 8, RCOG Press, 2010.Google Scholar
Alexander, EK, Pearce, EN, Brent, GA, et al. 2017 Guidelines of the American Thyroid Association for the diagnosis and management of thyroid disease during pregnancy and the postpartum. Thyroid. 2017; 27:315–89.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Laurberg, P, Krejbjerg, A, Andersen, SL. Relapse following antithyroid drug therapy for Graves’ hyperthyroidism. Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes. 2014; 21:415–21.Google Scholar
Siu, SC, Sermer, M, Colman, JM et al. Prospective multicenter study of pregnancy outcomes in women with heart disease. Circulation. 2001;104:515–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/hc3001.093437.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Drenthen, W, Boersma, E, Balci, A et al. Predictors of pregnancy complications in women with congenital heart disease. Eur Heart J. 2010;31:2124–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehq200.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed

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