Pregnancy and birth

Professor John Newnham
Dr Craig Pennell

Some of the major diseases in adulthood have their origins before or soon after birth. There are several triggers that program the unborn child for subsequent health and disease. The Raine Cohort were recruited at King Edward Memorial Hospital in 1989 and the Womens and Infants Research Foundation at KEMH have remained involved in research on the cohort. The cohort has provided invaluable information on using ultrasound technology, the factors impacting growth in childhood and pregnancy features that place individuals at risk of diabetes and high blood pressure.
Publications

Newnham JP, Evans SF, Michael CA, Stanley FJ, Landau LI. Effects of frequent ultrasound during pregnancy: a randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 1993;342:887-91.

Harding K, Evans S, Newnham J. Screening for the small fetus: a study of the relative efficacies of ultrasound biometry and symphysiofundal height. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol. 1995 May;35(2):160-4.

Evans S, Newnham J, MacDonald W, Hall C. Characterisation of the possible effect on birthweight following frequent prenatal ultrasound examinations. Early Human Development. 1996;45:203-14.

Macdonald W, Newnham J, Gurrin L, Evans S. Effect of frequent prenatal ultrasound on birthweight: Follow up at 1 year of age. Lancet. 1996 AUG 17;348(9025):482-.

Magann EF, Evans SF, Newnham JP. Employment, exertion, and pregnancy outcome: Assessment by kilocalories expended each day. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1996 JUL;175(1):182-7. 

Dickinson JE, Godfrey M, Evans SF, Newnham JP. Factors influencing the selection of analgesia in spontaneously labouring nulliparous women at term. Aust Nz J Obstet Gyn. 1997 AUG;37(3):289-93. 

Harding K, Evans S, Newnham JP. The prediction of pregnancy outcome by haemoglobin measurement before 20 weeks' gestation. J Obstet Gynaecol. 1997 Jan;17(1):33-8. 

Koong D, Evans S, Mayes C, McDonald S, Newnham J. A scoring system for the prediction of successful delivery in low-risk birthing units. Obstet Gynecol. 1997 May;89(5 Pt 1):654-9. 

Williams LA, Evans SF, Newnham JP. Prospective cohort study of factors influencing the relative weights of the placenta and the newborn infant. Bmj. 1997 Jun 28;314(7098):1864-8. 

Magann EF, Evans SF, Newnham JP. Placental implantation at 18 weeks and migration throughout pregnancy. South Med J. 1998 Nov;91(11):1025-7.Gurrin LC, Blake KV, Evans SF, Newnham JP. Statistical measures of foetal growth using linear mixed models applied to the foetal origins hypothesis. Stat Med. 2001 NOV 30;20(22):3391-409.

Newnham JP, Doherty DA, Kendall GE, Zubrick SR, Landau LL, Stanley FJ. Effects of repeated prenatal ultrasound examinations on childhood outcome up to 8 years of age: follow-up of a randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2004 Dec 4;364(9450):2038-44.
Last updated 4 November 2008