Impact of maternal posture on fetal physiology in human pregnancy: a narrative review.

ABSTRACT: In numerous medical conditions, including pregnancy, gravity and posture interact to impact physiology and pathophysiology. Recent investigations, for example, pertaining to maternal sleeping posture during the third trimester and possible impact on fetal growth and stillbirth risk highlight the importance and potential clinical implications of the subject. In this review, we provide an extensive discussion of the impact of maternal posture on fetal physiology from conception to the postpartum period in human pregnancy. We conducted a systematic literature search of the MEDLINE database and identified 242 studies from 1991 through 2021, inclusive, that met our inclusion criteria. Herein, we provide a synthesis of the resulting literature. In the first section of the review, we group the re

SUBMITTER: Kember AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11140392 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature