Dollar Store Pregnancy Tests: How Good Are They?
Pregnancy tests purchased at dollar stores appear to be just as accurate as more expensive at-home tests and also appear to be easier to read. Patient Perceptions of the Effect of Weight on Pregnancy This study finds that many overweight and obese women are unaware that weight has an effect on fertility. Use of Nonprescribed Methods to Induce Labor About half of pregnant women admitted to trying to induce labor on their own by walking, having sex, eating spicy food, or nipple stimulation. Pregnancy Outcomes Post Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (RYGB) Surgery Women who became pregnant after gastric bypass surgery had lower rates of cesarean delivery and gestational diabetes than did obese pregnant women. Although post-gastric bypass women had higher rates of cesarean delivery, low hemoglobin, and preeclampsia than normal-weight women did, they had similar neonatal outcomes, which should provide reassurance to women planning childbearing after gastric bypass surgery. Gynecology Chronic Pelvic P
