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Is scuba diving safe while you are pregnant?
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No: Scuba diving is one of the sports that pregnant women should not do, according to experts in maternal and fetal health.
Answered 1/12/2013
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NO!: For ethical reasons, this is an area with little human research. Animal studies of hyperbaric exposure revealed the following impacts on fetal development: low birth weights; fetal abortions & premature deliveries; malformations of the skull & limbs; amniotic fluid bubbles & blindness as well as cardiac and circulatory problems. There is a higher incidence of birth defects in diving mothers.
Answered 1/23/2013
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