#pre-eclampsia

[pro-birth]

Podcast recap: “Forensics and Abortion” with Equal Rights Institute

An especially engaging discussion for people interested in both the abortion debate and true crime content.

"Interview with Dr. Christina Francis regarding the case of Tierra Walker

Key Takeaways

Tierra Walker’s death reflects repeated failures in basic medical care and coordination.

Standard protocols for managing severe hypertension and preeclampsia exist and should have prevented discharge at 20 weeks.

Improving maternal outcomes should be a shared goal across abortion disagreements, with many avenues for common ground.

...ProPublica focuses on whether and when doctors should suggest abortion, but is less detailed about non-abortion standards of care."

I've said this over and over and over and OVER again for the past five years: ABORTION LAW HAS LITTLE, IF ANY, EFFECT ON MATERNAL MORTALITY. So long as abortion restrictions make room for medical procedures that end a pregnancy before viability and other similar scenerios, obstetric care is usually unaffected.

So why do pro-abortion publications regularly ignore or straight up lie about specialist maternal care? If they care so much about pregnant women, why are they conflating obstetrics with elective abortion? Why are they not highlighting medical neglect - a common killer of pregnant women ALL AROUND the US, regardless of abortion law? ProPublica and other similar outlets lack the integrity to accurately report on something that has been a problem well before Roe was overturned. I'm so damn tired.

[bpod-bpod]

Placental Invasion

The ability of a fertilised egg to not only create a whole life form, but also the placenta, an organ vital to its survival, is mesmerising. For a successful pregnancy, the placenta has many crucial jobs including invading and attaching to the uterus so nutrients can be passed to the embryo. This is called extravillous trophoblast invasion and is done by cells called extravillous trophoblasts (EVTs). If this isn’t done correctly, it can result in miscarriage, early-onset pre-eclampsia or even foetal growth restriction, but what might be controlling this important step was unclear. Researchers have now revealed that a protein called TGF-β plays a key role. By preventing TGF-β signalling (bottom with and without fluorescent markers), EVTs can form structures called lamellipodia, long spindles that are indicative of cell’s moving. EVTs thus become invasive and able to support placental function. Such detailed understanding of this process may inform future treatments for complications of pregnancy.

Written by Sophie Arthur

Image adapted from work by Sandra Haider and colleagues

Placental Development Group, Reproductive Biology Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Image originally published with a Creative Commons Attribution – NonCommercial – NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)

Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS), July 2022

You can also follow BPoD on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook

[bpod-bpod]

First Contact

An unborn baby’s very first connection with its mother comes via the placenta. It intrinsically links mother and child, trading nutrients and signals. In the placenta, specialised cells called trophoblasts help the embryo settle in the womb and direct the growth of blood vessels (stained in the pictured mouse placenta). If these trophoblasts don’t spread far enough through the womb, the mother is at risk of pre-eclampsia – high blood pressure that threatens both lives. How trophoblasts infiltrate the womb to do their vital work is largely unknown, but a new study has revealed the role of a gene called INF2. Pregnant mice genetically engineered to lack this gene developed pre-eclampsia symptoms and had fewer blood vessels feeding the placenta, as their trophoblasts couldn’t penetrate deep enough. Identifying this gene’s role in placental development and ailments could ultimately lead to new approaches to tackling preeclampsia and other placental conditions.

Written by Anthony Lewis

Image from work by Katherine Y. Bezold Lamm and colleagues

Center for the Prevention of Preterm Birth, Perinatal Institute, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA

Image originally published under a Creative Commons Licence (BY 4.0)

Research published in eLIfe, January 2018

You can also follow BPoD on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook

[jornalo]

Bebê desafia expectativas médicas e inspira equipe de saúde

Um recente caso de um bebê de apenas 16 meses, que veio ao mundo prematuramente devido a uma grave condição da mãe, atraiu a atenção de muitas pessoas e gerou discussões intensas sobre os limites da medicina e a força do espírito humano. Cooper, como é chamado, nasceu 16 semanas antes do esperado devido a complicações de pré-eclâmpsia, uma condição que pode ter sérias consequências tanto para a mãe quanto para o bebê. Desde o nascimento, sua jornada teve desafios imensos e, de acordo com sua mãe, a dedicação da equipe médica foi crucial para que ele estivesse vivo.(...)

Leia a noticia completa no link abaixo:

https://www.jornalo.com.br/bebe-desafia-expectativas-medicas-e-inspira-equipe-de-saude

[nd-babblinggoblinfromthevoid]

I'm glad I listened to my gut.

Sunday evening I came upstairs and felt....off. it didn't feel like my usual pots flare up. It felt different. Worse.

Checked my bp and it was wild high. And I wasn't tachy.

Monitored from 6pm till like 2am and I was high bp all night.

Monday lowered to normal so I thought, maybe I'm fine and just over exerted myself yesterday cuz I was up and bustling from 345am till 6pm when I went up to rest.

Midday I started getting cluster contractions which spiked my bp higher and higher. My gut told me to get checked out.

Glad I did because after evaluation and monitoring it's a severe pre-eclampsia situation. I've been admitted, I'm on bp meds which HAVE stabilized me.

They're going to start pre-induction meds here within the next 30 minutes (i think) so we'll see how that goes.

Since this all hit unexpectedly..... my husband is stuck at work. The only one on shift. In the middle of a massive project. Alone. His only coworker is on vacation. His supervisor doesn't answer his phone for anything.

I'm facing possibly solo labor and I'm hating every second of this looming over me.....

[esalazar26-blog]

Eclampsia: Una Alerta Vital en el Embarazo | Nueva Aventura Paternal

Eclampsia en el embarazo: qué es, síntomas, riesgos y tratamientos. Infórmate para proteger tu salud y la de tu bebé.

Eclampsia en el embarazo: qué es, síntomas, riesgos y tratamientos. Infórmate para proteger tu salud y la de tu bebé.

[ivfmmc]

Learn about pre-eclampsia risks, symptoms, and treatment. Know how MMCIVF, the leading fertility clinic in Dubai, supports high-risk pregnan

Learn about pre-eclampsia risks, symptoms, and treatment. Know how MMCIVF, the leading fertility clinic in Dubai, supports high-risk pregnant women in making an easy journey.

[jornalo]

Entenda tudo sobre gestações de alto risco e cuidados essenciais

A gravidez representa um período repleto de transformações físicas, hormonais e emocionais para a mulher. Durante esses meses cruciais, o corpo se adapta para assegurar o desenvolvimento saudável do bebê, demandando uma vigilância constante sobre a saúde materna. Apesar do acompanhamento médico apropriado e da adoção de cuidados recomendados, algumas mulheres podem enfrentar complicações que caracterizam a gravidez de alto risco.(...)

Leia a noticia completa no link abaixo:

https://www.inspirednews.com.br/entenda-tudo-sobre-gestacoes-de-alto-risco-e-cuidados-essenciais