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Physiological Changes during PregnancyOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
Background: The changed lifestyle, which was the requirement of time, has touched all dimensions of woman’s health. These factors are interdependent and influence each other in multiple ways. A healthy planned lifestyle may act as primary prevention to many of the problems.
Aim: The present study was designed to investigate effect of lifestyle of pregnant women on fetal health and fetal wellbeing during the third trimester.
Subjects and methods: It is a cohort study which included 100 pregnant women who was attending outpatient clinic of Bolak-El-Dakror Hospital in their third trimester, they were subdivided into two groups according to their socioeconomic levels; the first include those with low socioeconomic standard (first group; 56 cases) and the second included cases with high socioeconomic standard (second group; 44 cases). This classification is based on the assumption that, people with high socioeconomic standard often follow a healthy life style pattern, although it is not correct all the time.
Results: There is significant increase of disturbance of fetal wellbeing in cases with low socioeconomic standard in comparison to cases high ocioeconomic standard (First
versus second; 62. 5% vs 13. 6% respectively). First group cases had significant increase of BMI, married at younger age, had higher menarche; shorter duration of menses;
exposed increasingly to passive smoke; consumed more tea and coffee with higher sugar intake; had decreased relationship and satisfaction; used more cosmetics, hair dyes, kuhl,
synthetic material cloths; had less physical activity; consumed more spicy foods; exposed to more dangers at the site of work; had lower housing conditions, lower hygienic habits;
more exposed to noise and ionizing radiation; were anemic and had more disturbance of fetal wellbeing
Conclusion: healthy lifestyles were associated with less disturbance of fetal wellbeing and subsequently decreased pregnancy complications and better pregnancy outcome.
Recommendation: Design intervention program to change unhealthy lifestyle before and during pregnancy. Screen for possible risk factors to remove effects of them on pregnant women. Further studies to examine each item of unhealthy lifestyle on pregnancy and
designe intervention programs according to such studies.