Exercise and the pregnant athlete.
By Margie Davenport (who hasn’t made it to BlueSky yet)

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Cardiac implantable electronic devices in pregnancy: A position statement - PubMed The aim of this document is to provide guidance for the management of women and birthing people with a permanent pacemaker (PPM) or implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD). Cardiac devices are be...

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One of those common issues that cause unnecessary drama. Thank you to the authors of this guideline.

Pandemic linked to 16% rise in babies born with heart defects The proportion of babies born with a congenital heart abnormality increased by 16 per cent after the first year of the pandemic, according to research at City St George's, University of London and pub...

Pandemic* linked to 16% rise in babies born with heart defects

*note that the authors controlled for maternal variables & compared to number of babies born with trisomy 21 to determine if the difference was due to healthcare disruption vs. COVID infection

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Time to start again in a space that respects all people and truth.