vitamin D associated with increased Pre term delivery in twin pregnancies. This is a cohort, so not the most reliable of study designs, but known that vitamin D inhibits inflammation and that this plays a role in labor...logic makes sense.
This article's conclusion fits the definition of insane.
This article found that the flu vaccine in pregnant women found significant increased CRP, TNF-alpha, and IL-6 inflammatory biomarkers. It is well recognized the impact of inflammation on health and in this case the developing baby. For example, preeclampsia and preterm birth are inflammatory conditions. Yet, ACOG has made recommmendations for all pregnant women to get the flu vaccine?!?!
Here is their conclusion: "However, further research is needed to confirm that the mild inflammatory response elicited by vaccination is benign in pregnancy". Take home, you are being studied to see the effects of the flu vaccine on you, if you are pregnant, and your developing child. And who decides what "mild" is anyways. If you develop preeclampsia and delivery early, where is the "mild" in that?
