Does Lifestyle Affect Pregnancy and Congenital Birth Defects?

Guest: Katie Young, M.D.
Guest: Carl Rose, M.D.

Host: Marysia Tweet, M.D., M.S.

Lifestyle selections earlier than and through being pregnant can form each maternal cardiovascular danger and fetal growth. In this podcast, we discover how life-style elements earlier than and through being pregnant affect maternal cardiovascular well being and being pregnant outcomes.

Topics Discussed:
• If a girl needs to turn into pregnant, what can she do to attenuate danger of antagonistic occasions throughout being pregnant or the postpartum interval?
• Are there sure life-style selections which might be recognized to trigger being pregnant problems?
• Are there sure life-style selections which might be recognized to trigger congenital delivery defects?
• Are there any ladies for whom you’ll advise day by day child aspirin throughout being pregnant?
• Are there life-style elements that ought to immediate enhanced fetal cardiac surveillance?
• What cardiovascular or metabolic danger elements ought to ideally be optimized earlier than conception?

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