The effectiveness of integrated online health-coaching on physical activity and excessive gestational weight gain: a prospective randomized-controlled trial.

Purpose: Low levels of physical activity during pregnancy go along with increased risks for numerous health complications. We investigated whether an integrated lifestyle intervention leads to higher levels of physical activity and reduces the rate of excessive gestational weight gain (EGWG).

Methods: We conducted a randomized-controlled trial on 97 pregnant women, randomly assigned to receive an additional telehealth lifestyle intervention (experimental group, EG; n = 49) or conventional antenatal care (control group, CG; n = 48).

[Follow-up Routine in Primary Care of Women after Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy - a Single-Center, Survey-Based Study].

Introduction: Women with a history of a hypertensive disorders of pregnancy have a significantly higher risk of future cardiovascular diseases and are therefore recommended to participate in screening examinations and counseling on primary prevention. To understand the current routine of postpartum care, we examined how many women engage in follow-up examinations and whether counseling takes place.

Methodology: Single-center, survey-based study of 113 women affected by hypertensive disorders of pregnancy between 2014 and 2019.

Position Paper of the Task Force for Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine (AGG - Section Preterm Birth) on the Placement, Removal and Surveillance of the Arabin Cervical Pessary in Patients at Risk for Spontaneous Preterm Birth.

This position paper describes clinically important, practical aspects of cervical pessary treatment. Transvaginal ultrasound is standard for the assessment of cervical length and selection of patients who may benefit from pessary treatment. Similar to other treatment modalities, the clinical use and placement of pessaries requires regular training.