Perspectives on weight gain and lifestyle practices during pregnancy among women with a history of macrosomia: A qualitative study in the Republic of Ireland

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Heery, Emily ^a   McConnon, Áine ^a   Kelleher, Cecily C ^a   Wall, Patrick G ^a   McAuliffe, Fionnuala M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Lifestyle practices; Macrosomia; Qualitative research; Weight gain during pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EATING HABIT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOOD INTAKE; HEARTBURN; HIGH BIRTH WEIGHT; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; IRELAND; JOGGING; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE; MACROSOMIA; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATERNITY WARD; MEDICAL HISTORY; MULTIGRAVIDA; NAUSEA; PARITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PUERPERIUM; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SWIMMING; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT GAIN; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

DIET; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IRELAND; LIFE STYLE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84887118413     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-13-202     Document Type: Article

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