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This is a single-centre, open, parallel-group study with three age groups; no study medication or intervention will be provided. This is a longitudinal follow-up of physiological parameters.

The subjects will be investigated as outpatients. For each subject, 4 individual dates with a duration of approximately 30 minutes each are scheduled - at the end of the first trimenon, at the end of the second trimenon, 4 weeks prior to the calculated date of birth, and 6 weeks after the effective date of birth.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant women without major concomitant disease

• Willing and able to provide informed consent

• Age (three age groups):

  • 20 to 22 years
  • 30 to 32 years
  • 40 to 42 years

Exclusion Criteria:

• Non pregnant women
• Men
• No informed consent
• Age not included in inclusion criteria
• Major concomitant disease

three age groups