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Pregnancy Outcomes and Infant Health Suffer When A Woman's First Two Children Have Different Fathers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) |
 | | Norwegian women, like their counterparts in other developed countries, are increasingly changing partners between their first two pregnancies, and evidence from a population-based study suggests that this trend may have adverse implications for pregnancy outcomes and infant health. |
 | | Women who changed partners had a slightly elevated risk of delivering their first infant before term (relative risk, 1.2), but the increase in risk was even greater in the second pregnancy (2.0). |
 | | The researchers conclude that "changes in lifestyle or social circumstances may accompany change of partner, and these changes could be important." They stress, however, that whether women who change partners between pregnancies also adopt a "less healthy lifestyle" than others still needs to be investigated. |
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