Sunday, March 31, 2013

Stillbirth risk upped by how mom sleeps

ANN ARBOR, Mich., March 30 (UPI) --Pregnant women in Ghana who slept on their backs were at heightened risk of stillbirth compared with women who did not, U.S. researchers say.

Senior author Louise O'Brien, an associate professor in University of Michigan's Sleep Disorders Center, and colleagues and said although the study was conducted in a maternity hospital in Ghana, a recent case-control study from New Zealand also found a link between maternal supine sleep -- sleeping on their backs -- and stillbirth.

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