New Israeli comprehensive study examines massive physiological load of childbirth
During pregnancy, the mother’s cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, gastrointestinal, skeletal, metabolic, endocrine, and immune systems are all affected by fetal demand.
PROF. URI ALON: Over the course of three years, we examined data on Israeli Jews and Arabs, ultra-Orthodox (haredi) and Bedouin women who give birth to large children.(photo credit: Ohad Herches/Weizmann Institute of Science)ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
