Effect of fetal sex on labour and delivery: retrospective review

The association of fetal sex with pregnancy induced hypertension and pre-eclampsia, the interaction between sex and risk factors for fetal growth restriction, and the increased likelihood of second stage arrest with male sex have all been studied.1-3 However, a Medline search (1966 to August 2002) u...

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Published in:BMJ 2003-01, Vol.326 (7381), p.137-137
Main Authors: Eogan, Maeve A, Geary, Michael P, P O'Connell, Michael, Keane, Declan P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use
Antibiotics
Biological and medical sciences
Birth Weight
Births
Cesarean section
Childbirth
Delivery method
Delivery, Obstetric - methods
Delivery. Postpartum. Lactation
Duration
Epidural analgesia
Female
Fetus - physiology
Fetuses
Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics
Humans
Hypertension
Infant, Newborn
Infants
Labour
Male
Maternal, fetal and perinatal monitoring
Meconium Aspiration Syndrome
Medical sciences
Obstetric Labor Complications - etiology
Outcomes
Oxytocics
Oxytocin
Predisposing factors
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Outcome
Regression Analysis
Reproduction
Retrospective Studies
Sex
Sex Factors
Sexes
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Summary:The association of fetal sex with pregnancy induced hypertension and pre-eclampsia, the interaction between sex and risk factors for fetal growth restriction, and the increased likelihood of second stage arrest with male sex have all been studied.1-3 However, a Medline search (1966 to August 2002) using the search terms fetal gender, fetal sex, labour, delivery, and childbirth found no studies on the effect of fetal sex itself on labour outcomes and events.
ISSN:0959-8138
0959-8146
0959-535X
1468-5833
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.326.7381.137