Obesity in pregnancy: Altered onset and progression of labour Annick Bogaerts, RM, MSc, Ingrid Witters, MD, PhD, Bea R.H. Van den Bergh, MSc, PhD, Goele Jans, RM, MSc, Roland Devlieger, MD, PhD Midwifery Volume 29, Issue 12, Pages 1303-1313 (December 2013) DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2012.12.013 Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions
Fig. 1 Hypothetical model, developed by the authors, on maternal, fetal and placental factors playing a role in the initiation of labour. AF=amniotic fluid; pCRH=placental corticotropin-releasing hormone; CRH-BP=corticotropin-releasing hormone binding protein; DHEAS=dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate; CAP=contraction associated proteins; IL=interleukin; TNFα=tumour necrosis factor α; positive stimulus/up-regulation; negative stimulus/downregulation; yellow rectangle=crucial factors in onset of labour; red outline=possible changes due to maternal obesity. (For interpretation of the references to colour in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the web version of this article.) Midwifery 2013 29, 1303-1313DOI: (10.1016/j.midw.2012.12.013) Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions