Women's perspectives on the management and consequences of hyperemesis gravidarum - a descriptive interview study.

Objective: Hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) affects 0.3-3% of pregnant women and is a leading cause of hospitalization in early pregnancy. The aim of the study was to investigate women's treatment and management of HG, as well as the consequences of HG on women's daily life.

The burden of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy: severe impacts on quality of life, daily life functioning and willingness to become pregnant again - results from a cross-sectional study.

Background: Though nausea and vomiting is very common during pregnancy, no studies have investigated the impact of this condition on the women's daily lives in a Scandinavian population. The aim of this study was to describe the burden of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy (NVP) on global quality of life, daily life functioning and willingness to become pregnant again according to the severity of NVP symptoms.

Methods: This study is a cross-sectional population-based study conducted in Norway.

Treatment of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy -a cross-sectional study among 712 Norwegian women.

Purpose: The purposes of this study were to investigate the treatments used for nausea and vomiting of pregnancy (NVP) according to NVP severity among Norwegian women and to assess whether maternal characteristics and attitudes were related to the use of pharmacological treatment of NVP.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional Web-based study. Pregnant women and mothers with children ≤1 year of age were eligible to participate.

Echinacea and elderberry-should they be used against upper respiratory tract infections during pregnancy?

This review evaluates the safety of echinacea and elderberry in pregnancy. Both herbs are commonly used to prevent or treat upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) and surveys have shown that they are also used by pregnant women. The electronic databases PubMed, ISI Web of Science, AMED, EMBASE, Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database, and Cochrane Library were searched from inception to November 2013.

Drug use and breastfeeding.

Background: This article describes the principles of drug transfer into breast milk and how drugs may affect breast-fed infants, and provides practical advice about what should be considered when prescribing medication for a lactating woman.

Material And Method: The article is a review based on a discretionary selection of articles found after a search in PubMed, recommendations from Norwegian and international expert groups, and the authors' own studies and experience.

Results: Recommendations concerning the use of drugs among breast-feeding women tend to be based on studies in which the degree of drug transfer to the mother's milk has been measured or on case studies, sometimes in combination with pharmacokinetic or pharmacodynamic considerations.

Use of herbal drugs during pregnancy among 600 Norwegian women in relation to concurrent use of conventional drugs and pregnancy outcome.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of herbal drugs by pregnant women in relation to concurrent use of conventional drugs, delivery, and pregnancy outcome.

Method: 600 women at Stavanger University Hospital Norway were interviewed using a structured questionnaire within five days after delivery. Medical birth charts were reviewed with respect to pregnancy outcome.

Impact of socio-demographic factors, knowledge and attitude on the use of herbal drugs in pregnancy.

Background: Herbal drugs are often promoted as 'natural' and 'safe'. These claims may especially attract pregnant women who are often concerned about their unborn child's well-being. Few studies have assessed the use of herbal drugs in pregnancy and the factors related to this use.

Use of herbal drugs in pregnancy: a survey among 400 Norwegian women.

Purpose: To investigate the use of herbal drugs by pregnant women.

Methods: We interviewed 400 postpartum women at Ullevål University Hospital in Oslo, Norway about the use of herbal drugs, within 3 days after giving birth by using a structured questionnaire in the period from February to June 2001.

Results: We found that 36% of the pregnant women had used herbal drugs during pregnancy with an average of 1.