Background: Nausea and vomiting during pregnancy (NVP), is one of the most common complaints of pregnant women. Fetus's gender is one that stimulates these complaints. Aim: This study aimed to assess the relationship between fetal sexand pattern of nausea, vomiting and cholasma among pregnant women. Methods: Descriptive research design. Sample size included 400 pregnant women in their third trimester, that divided into four groups (primi-gravida with female fetus, primi-gravida with male fetus, multi-gravida with female fetus and multi-gravida with male fetus), each group haveone hundred women, The study was conducted at antenatal outpatient clinic, Woman's Health Hospital, Assiut University and Qlta Maternal and Child Health Care center, Assiut, Egypt. Data was collected by using interview questionnaire. Results: This study showed there was relationship between gender of the current pregnancy , pattern, onset, time, frequency, end date of nausea, vomiting and cholasma (p-value 0.001, 0.005, 0.001, 0.002, 0.003 and 0.003 respectively). Conclusion: This study revealed that NVP and cholasma are more likely to occur among female fetus than male. Recommendations: Increase mother's knowledge about the effect of pregnancy hormones related changes on thier health through health education program.

Background: Preconception health includes health of woman and man before pregnancy to reduce risks that woman may face during pregnancy and enhance fetal and maternal outcomes. This study aimed to: identify and increase knowledge of the undergraduate nursing students concerning preconception health and pregnancy. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study design implemented on 320 nursing students at Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, tool divided into three parts; part one included students' personal data, part two included eight ended questions directed to students to identify their knowledge regarding preconception health issues and part three designed to evaluate issues related to pregnancy and contained ten ended questions. Results: 38.4% and 31.6% of nursing students had good score of knowledge regarding preconception health and pregnancy respectively, there were statistical significant differences between preconception health and students' gender, age, university grade and previous perceived obstetric course (P-values=0.013, 0.00, 0.00 and 0.00 respectively). Also, there was a relationship between score of students' knowledge regarding pregnancy and their age, university grade and previous perceived obstetric course (P-values=0.00, 0.00 and 0.00 respectively). Conclusion: There were relationship between total score of students' knowledge regarding preconception health and pregnancy with student's age, university grade and previous perceived obstetric course. Recommendation: Further research should include all university students in practical versus theoretical faculties to identify how the knowledge and information gaps.