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. 1984 May;29(5):334-6.

Influence of work during pregnancy on fetal weight

A Alegre, F J Rodriguez-Escudero, E Cruz, M Prada
  • PMID: 6726703

Influence of work during pregnancy on fetal weight

A Alegre et al. J Reprod Med. 1984 May.

Abstract

To discover the influence of maternal work upon fetal birth weight, we compared 1,140 women who worked during pregnancy to a random, equal sample of women not working during pregnancy. Work during pregnancy appears to reduce the mean fetal weight in both primigravidas and multigravidas . Rest during the last six weeks of pregnancy improves fetal weight significantly. This finding underscores the importance of rest in cases of insufficient fetal growth.

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