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Re: Does hypoxia affect an unborn baby?

Posted by SGS on October 27, 2004 at 13:56:13:

In Reply to: Does hypoxia affect an unborn baby? posted by windsong on October 26, 2004 at 05:52:36:

The short answer is that yes OSA and resultant hypoxia in a mother will affect her unborn child. Try looking for some work coming from Australia by Natalie Edwards and Colin Sullivan about what happens to unborn children when their mothers have OSA during pregnancy

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