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Does illness in pregnancy affect my breathing pattern?

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Dr. Nikolaos Zacharias answered

Specializes in Maternal-Fetal Medicine

It can.: Any pregnancy complicated by illness can lead to even more frequent respiration which is typically more shallow in pregnancy as a result of the elevation of the diaphragm from the enlarging uterus and the effects of progesterone.

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Answered 7/1/2012

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