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Hypothesis of an Ovular Regulation of Pregnancy Weight-Gain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

E. Papiernik ,
L. Gerard ,
A. M. Hult  and
L. Schneider
E. Papiernik*
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Antoine Béclère Hospital, Clamart, France
L. Gerard
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Antoine Béclère Hospital, Clamart, France
A. M. Hult
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Antoine Béclère Hospital, Clamart, France
L. Schneider
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Antoine Béclère Hospital, Clamart, France
*
Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique, 157 Rue de la Porte de Trivaux, 92140 Clamart, France

Abstract

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A retrospective study of 127 twin pregnancies has been carried out, considering the relation between maternal weight-gain and zygosity of the ovum. At 28 weeks of gestation, the maternal weight-gain distribution goes on according to a bimodal curve, the analysis of which shows that each pike corresponds to one twin-pregnancy variety. Whatever the considered term might be (28-32-36 weeks), the maternal weight-gain is higher in DZ than in MZ pregnancies, and it should be pointed out that toxemic pregnancies, in each group, have nothing to do with this difference. This maternal weight-gain difference may reflect the known quality difference between MZ and DZ ova. The data lead to set up the more general hypothesis of an ovular regulation factor of the maternal weight-gain, in addition to classic data such as the own fetal weight, its annexes, and maternal diet.

Type
9. Science For Twins/Twins For Science
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 25 , Issue 1 , January 1976 , pp. 328 - 330
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1976

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