Pregnancy: Victims of Abuse Often Experience Complications
April 9th 2010 -
Women who were sexually abused as a child should expect more frequent in a later pregnancy complications – even if they want the pregnancy. Rachel Lev-Wiesel from the University of Haifa, Israel, and colleagues presented in these women down, even years after the abuse a higher rate of high-risk pregnancies. Obviously, the pregnancy, the trauma experienced call awake again, so the researchers in a communication from the university.
The three scientists examined 1830 pregnancies and divided them into those with high risk for complications and those with low risk. Among the high-risk pregnancies, the team found a higher number of women who reported traumatic experiences in their youth. Most clearly was the difference from pregnant women who were sexually abused as a child. They had the highest risk for depression, and gynecological problems during pregnancy.
“Even if a woman starts willingly and happily in a pregnancy, it seems as if the body the sexual act of procreation to connect to the trauma of abuse,” says Lev-Wiesel. The professor says the phenomenon of retraumatisation. The negative sentiments expressed then in physical problems. Affected women should be cared for during pregnancy by specially trained teams, suggests Lev-Wiesel.
Tags: gynecological problems, high-risk pregnancies, pregnancy complications, sexually abused as a child, traumatic experiences
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