The Science of Pregnancy
isbscience.org/news/2019/08/06/the-science-of-pregnancy/Pregnancy is a biological necessity for survival. Traditionally, however, our knowledge about pregnancy and pregnant women have lagged.
Dr. Alison Paquette, a research scientist in ISB’s Hood-Price Lab, hosted a video question-and-answer session where she discussed pregnancy, the placenta, preterm birth, and much more.
Are you curious about the science behind pregnancy? You can watch Paquette’s Q&A video presentation at the top of this page, or you can watch her answers to individual questions (What is a healthy pregnancy? What happens when you donate your placenta to research? What country has the lowest maternal mortality rate, and why?) below.
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- If you’re watching with no sound, enable captions with the “CC” button.
- You will find a list of references at the bottom of this story.
What is a healthy pregnancy?
Length: 2 minutes, 16 seconds
How to maintain a healthy pregnancy
Length: 2 minutes, 37 seconds
Common pregnancy complications
Length: 47 seconds
What is — and what causes — preterm birth?
Length: 1 minute, 35 seconds
Why is it important to identify pregnancy complications?
Length: 1 minute, 6 seconds
How has pregnancy changed over time in the U.S.?
Length: 2 minutes, 20 seconds
Who has the lowest maternal mortality, and why?
Length: 1 minute, 32 seconds
What is the placenta?
Length: 2 minutes, 4 seconds
Donating your placenta for research
Length: 1 minute, 38 seconds
Gender differences while pregnant
Length: 1 minute, 48 seconds
Foods to avoid during pregnancy
Length: 1 minute, 45 seconds
References
- https://www.marchofdimes.org/mission/the-economic-and-societal-costs.aspx
- https://www.mcgill.ca/projetverglas/icestorm
- https://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/preconceptioncare/conditioninfo/healthy-pregnancy
- https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14767050902866804
- https://bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2393-11-71
- https://www.marchofdimes.org/complications/treatments-for-preterm-labor.aspx
- https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr63/nvsr63_06.pdf
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3479086/
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3678806/
- https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.STA.MMRT?locations=FI-VE&year_high_desc=false
- https://www.marchofdimes.org/mission/prematurity-reportcard-tv.aspx
- https://www.americashealthrankings.org/explore/health-of-women-and-children/measure/maternal_mortality
- https://www.ajog.org/article/S0002-9378(17)30963-8/fulltext
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26043976
- https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ajhb.20995
- https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1471-0528.14163
