Mindfulness acting with awareness and emotional eating among polycystic ovary syndrome women with infertility: the mediating role of depression.

Emotional eating, characterized by the tendency to increase food intake in response to negative emotional states, is often linked to poor emotion regulation. While mindfulness-based interventions have been studied for their benefits in reducing emotional eating, less is known about how inherent mindfulness traits, relate to emotional regulation particularly among individuals with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), a population known for high rates of psychological distress and disordered eating behaviors. This study investigates the associations between different facets of mindfulness, depressive symptoms, and emotional eating among individuals with PCOS and infertility who had not received any formal mindfulness intervention.

15 and 30 min of immobilization after IUI: a randomized control trial.

The purpose of this study is to provide evidence for better guidance related to bed rest after intrauterine insemination (IUI). We conducted a randomized trial to compare the effect of 15 min versus 30 min of bed rest after IUI on pregnancy rate. A total of 204 couples were recruited from May 2021 to December 2021 and randomized to remain in the supine position for either 15 or 30 min after the procedure.

Emphasizing mindfulness training in acceptance relieves anxiety and depression during pregnancy.

Mindfulness intervention, which trains participants to monitor momentary experiences with an accepting attitude, is effective for reducing maternal anxiety and depression. Monitoring and acceptance are two central components of mindfulness training. The aim of the study is to clarify whether adding acceptance component to monitoring training can help improve the mental health of pregnant people by comparing the effects between mindfulness training on monitoring with an emphasis on acceptance training and training on monitoring alone.

Sleep quality is associated with the weight of newborns after in vitro fertilization (IVF)/intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI).

Background: Sleep disorders are thought to be common in women with in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF-ET) conception. Although a few studies have investigated the association between maternal sleep quality and infant birth weight, it is unclear to what extent birth weight is associated with sleep quality during pregnancy among these women. Therefore, we conducted a cohort study to assess sleep quality among women receiving IVF-ET during the subsequent pregnancy and investigated the association of self-report sleep quality on infant birth weight.

Heritable shifts in redox metabolites during mitochondrial quiescence reprogramme progeny metabolism.

Changes in maternal diet and metabolic defects in mothers can profoundly affect health and disease in their progeny. However, the biochemical mechanisms that induce the initial reprogramming events at the cellular level have remained largely unknown owing to limitations in obtaining pure populations of quiescent oocytes. Here, we show that the precocious onset of mitochondrial respiratory quiescence causes a reprogramming of progeny metabolic state.

Psychological trajectories of Chinese women undergoing pregnancy termination for foetal abnormality: A descriptive qualitative study using expressive writing.

Aims And Objectives: To explore the psychological trajectories of women who have had a diagnosis of foetal abnormality from the time of receiving a definite diagnosis to one month after discharge.

Background: Foetal abnormalities are not uncommon worldwide. Such situations are devastating, and the termination of a pregnancy due to foetal abnormalities is a traumatic and stressful event for the mother.

Family support for pregnant women with foetal abnormality requiring pregnancy termination in China.

Family support is an important protective factor for pregnant women with a foetal abnormality and can prevent adverse psychological outcomes in this population. This study aimed to explore the importance and influencing factors of family support for pregnant women with foetal abnormalities requiring pregnancy termination and then determine the correlation between family support and women's post-traumatic stress symptoms. A mixed methods study was conducted from March 2016 to September 2017.

Expressive writing for Chinese women with foetal abnormalities undergoing pregnancy termination: An interview study of women's perceptions.

Objective: To investigate the effectiveness and applicability of expressive writing and women's experiences during the process.

Design And Setting: A descriptive qualitative study using a phenomenological approach was employed, and telephone interviews were conducted from February to April 2019 at a tertiary hospital in China.

Participants: The present study included 14 women with foetal abnormalities purposively sampled based on women's scores on the Impact of Event Scale-Revised one month after the completion of the expressive writing intervention.

Effects of an Online Mindfulness Intervention Focusing on Attention Monitoring and Acceptance in Pregnant Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Introduction: Attention monitoring and acceptance underlie the effects of mindfulness meditation. This study tested the feasibility and acceptability of an online mindfulness intervention for pregnant women as an approach to reduce depressive and anxious symptoms.

Method: We developed an 8-week mindfulness intervention program that trained participants to monitor their internal and external experiences in an accepting way.

Retinoic acid-induced CYP51 nuclear translocation promotes meiosis prophase I process and is correlated to the expression of REC8 and STAG3 in mice.

Lanosterol 14 α-demethylase (CYP51) plays a crucial role in cholesterol biosynthesis. In gamete development, CYP51 is involved in initiating meiosis resumption in oocytes through its product, meiosis activating sterol (MAS). In this study, CYP51 was observed to localize within the nucleus of germ cells undergoing meiotic prophase I.

Parental exposure to heavy fuel oil induces developmental toxicity in offspring of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus intermedius.

The present study investigated the toxic effects of parental (maternal/paternal) exposure to heavy fuel oil (HFO) on the adult reproductive state, gamete quality and development of the offspring of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus intermedius. Adult sea urchins were exposed to effluents from HFO-oiled gravel columns for 7 days to simulate an oil-contaminated gravel shore, and then gametes of adult sea urchins were used to produce embryos to determine developmental toxicity. For adult sea urchins, no significant difference in the somatic size and weight was found between the various oil loadings tested, while the gonad weight and gonad index were significantly decreased at higher oil loadings.