1A. Isobaric hypoxic chamber; maternal variables measured during the experimental period are the following: 1B, maternal atmospheric oxygen exposure; 1C, arterial blood partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2); 1D, Sat Hb; 1E, plasma NOx during the experimental period and at PM; 1F, maternal daily food consumption; 1G, maternal weight gain during the experimental period; 1H, plasma vitamin C during the experimental period and at PM, and 1I, the P50 value of the relationship between the maternal PaO2 plotted against the Sat Hb. Values are mean ± SEM for all data. Groups are N (open symbols, n = 7–21), H (black/grey symbols, n = 7–22), HC (red symbols, n = 6–19), and NC (blue symbols, n = 9–18). Significant (P < 0.05) differences are the following: *versus normoxia, † versus baseline, ‡H versus HC, and two-way repeated-measures ANOVA with posthoc Tukey test (1B–1F and 1H) or Student t test for unpaired data (1I). H, hypoxia; HC, hypoxia with vitamin C; N, normoxia; NC, normoxia with vitamin C; NOx, plasma concentrations of total NO3− + NO2−; P50, PaO2 value at which 50% of hemoglobin is saturated with oxygen; PaO2, arterial blood partial pressure of oxygen; PM, post mortem; Sat Hb, arterial blood percentage saturation of hemoglobin with oxygen.