Maternity blues

Maternity blues/ baby blues 3-10 days 1-2 days Tearful, sad, anxious Labile Overwhelmed Reassurance normal and self-limiting Recruit family support AskGPto monitor for PND... 

Majewska MD, Ford-Rice F, Falkay G Pregnancy-induced alterations of GABAa receptor sensitivity in maternal brain an antecedent of post-partum blues Brain Res 482 397-401, 1989... 

Jones TK, Lawson BM. Profound neonatal congestive heart failure caused by maternal consumption of blue cohosh herbal medication. J Pediatr 1998 132(3 Pt l) 550-2. 

Gauthier TW. Methylene blue-induced hyperbilirubinemia in neonatal glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency. J Matern Fetal Med 2000 9(4) 252. ... 

These studies would suggest that the moderately elevated plasma vitamin A levels in the blood of pregnant women who have taken OCA are unlikely to adversely affect a fetus if pregnancy did develop. In fact, the mechanism by which excess of maternal vitamin A in the guinea pig leads to congenital anomalies has not been elucidated. It is well to note that exposure of the maternal rat or mouse to unrelated noxious agents such as radiation, trypan blue, and hypoxia may also lead to similar fetal anomalies (C5). 

Wright, I.M. 1999. Neonatal effects of maternal consumption of blue cohosh. J. Pediatr. 134 (3) 384-385. 

Sporozoite of a piasmodium (a), ring-forms and gametocytes of Plasmodium falciparum in human blood (b), and a micrograph of a placenta from a stillbirth due to maternal malaria. (Haematoxylin and eosin stain) (c). Red blood cells are anuclear blue/black staining In bright red structures (red blood cells) Indicate foreign nuclei from the parasites. 

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