Archive for the ‘Pregnancy’ Category
How To Lose Weight For Pregnant Women
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
How To Lose Weight For Pregnant Women may seem like a discouraging job after giving birth, but has to be started well in time, because postponement can spoil all your efforts. The post-pregnancy time is crucial, because time is always short. So, how can you change your routines, to lose weight? Read this article for tips that will put you back on track and help in your weight loss.
Take Some Time
We understand that it seems easy to talk about, , but if your going to get back in shape you must make time from your busy schedule, and start exercising. The max. of 20 minutes a day is enough to get good results for weight loss for pregnant women. (more…)
Is Your Fertility Window Closing?
Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
Women in their 30s and early 40s have new options for gauging whether they’re still fertile: Doctor’s-office and at-home tests supposedly can estimate the number of viable eggs in their ovaries. There is a booming market for this kind of ovarian-reserve testing. In the United Kingdom, a private company associated with the University of Sheffield is even selling a mail-in blood test (it’s not yet available in the United States).
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Asthma Drugs in Pregnancy Might Pose Risk for Kids
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
Infants born to mothers who use inhaled glucocorticoids — a class of steroids — to treat asthma during pregnancy may be at risk for endocrine and metabolic disorders, a new study indicates.
Researchers looked at more than 65,000 mother-child pairs from the Danish National Birth Cohort who were followed from early pregnancy into childhood.
Of the women in the study, about 61,000 (94 percent) had no asthma during pregnancy while almost 4,100 (6 percent) did have asthma during pregnancy. At the end of follow-up, the median age for the children was about 6, with an age range of about 3.5 to 9. (more…)
World’s Tiniest ‘Preemies’ Growing Up Healthy
Tuesday, December 27th, 2011
When she was born prematurely in 1989, weighing less than two-thirds of a pound, Madeline Mann was the world’s smallest surviving baby.
At the same hospital in 2004, Rumaisa Rahman took over the title of world’s tiniest infant, weighing in at 0.57 pounds. She was one of twins, and she spent 50 days on a ventilator in the neonatal intensive care unit at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Ill.
At her five-year checkup, Rumaisa weighed 34 pounds and had grown to 3 feet, 3 inches. She was attending first-grade on an individual learning plan. She wears glasses because of retinopathy of prematurity, an eye problem common in preemies. (more…)
Limit Cold Medications During Pregnancy, Experts Advise
Saturday, December 24th, 2011
It’s prudent to limit the use of over-the-counter cold and flu medications during pregnancy, experts say.
This is because some medications may contain substances that are potentially harmful to developing fetuses, or that have not been well-studied for use in pregnant women. (more…)
Birth Defects Lawsuit- The Growing Antidepressant Pregnancy Intake Phenomenon
Friday, December 9th, 2011
A great majority of parents are now learning about the congenital defects allegedly linked to Zoloft use during pregnancy. Given the widespread use of the drug and the assumed consensus of safety, Zoloft enjoys status as one of the most commonly prescribed drugs for the treatment of depression, especially for pregnant women. From the first onset of depression and the subsequent first dosage of Sertraline to a Zoloft birth defects lawsuit, the road traveled is often a difficult one. How did this irresponsibility occur, and what is it that affected families can still do? (more…)
Studies in Mice May Offer Clues to Cleft Lip
Saturday, December 3rd, 2011
The genetic repair of cleft lips in mice embryos could eventually lead to new ways to treat and prevent the birth defect in humans, U.S. researchers report.
The scientists pinpointed the role of genes for specific proteins that coordinate cellular signaling behaviors that play a major role in the development of cleft lip and palate. Working with specially engineered mice, they also reported that altering one type of molecule within a specific signaling pathway can correct cleft lip and palate. (more…)
Yeast infection and pregnancy
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011
Every woman dreams of getting pregnant at one stage of her life. There can never be better news to a woman than knowing she has conceived and that several months later she is going to become a mother to a healthy, bouncing baby.However, it is important to know that pregnancy many times can come with lots of difficulties and complications. It is during this period that the female body is undergoing major hormonal changes. The immune system is likely to get compromised, and opportunistic infections are known to take advantage of this.
One of those opportunistic infections is the yeast infection. The yeast infection is caused by microscopic fungi known as Candida albicans. Yeast infection and pregnancy are closely linked. The higher levels of estrogen (more…)
Pregnancy in healthy condition
Thursday, October 13th, 2011In the past, women were usually told to stop exercising completely during pregnancy. Many health care providers now realize that exercise can be an important adjunct to a healthy pregnancy and encourage women to be physically active.
In 1983, Melpomene Institue initiated a descriptive study of pregnant, exercising women in a natural, rather than a laboratory, setting. For the most part, what we learned from these women was that women and their babies tolerate physical activity very well. From a psychological standpoint, exercising women said being physically active was definitely an emotional plus. Furthermore, research done in 1984 by Dr. James Clapp put to rest the fears that exercise might negatively influence fetal weight gain. (more…)