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  • Maternal-Fetal Medicine
  • Diving Medicine

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  • Professional organizations advocate exercise in pregnancy but advise against diving.
  • Diving risks in nonpregnant women include oxygen toxicity, nitrogen narcosis, and decompression sickness.
  • Animal models, particularly sheep, show adverse effects of diving on fetuses.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review the risks and outcomes of diving during pregnancy.
  • To evaluate the safety of diving for pregnant women and their fetuses.
  • To provide guidance for pregnant women who choose to dive.

Main Methods:

  • Review of animal model studies (sheep) on diving effects during pregnancy.
  • Analysis of limited human data on pregnancy outcomes associated with diving.
  • Examination of physiological responses to increased ambient pressure and gas dissolution.

Main Results:

  • Animal studies show fetal bubbling and potential fetal death with improper decompression.
  • Human data on diving and birth defects, spontaneous abortion, and stillbirth are inconsistent.
  • Placental blood flow is often maintained, potentially preventing adverse outcomes despite increased circulatory resistance.

Conclusions:

  • The safest choice during pregnancy is to avoid diving.
  • Accidental diving before pregnancy awareness typically results in normal outcomes.
  • If diving during pregnancy is unavoidable, limit depth to 60 ft and dive duration to half of recommended times.