Fishy pregnancies can be good news
The State Column, Tom Sherman | January 23, 2015
New research shows women that eat fish during their pregnancies are more likely to have smarter, healthier babies.
Normally when a woman talks about a fishy pregnancy, people begin to phone the producers at Maury. However, the FDA now hopes more women in America will experience fishy circumstances throughout their prenatal term.
“For years many women have limited or avoided eating fish during pregnancy or feeding fish to their young children,” said Stephen Ostroff, M.D., the FDA’s acting chief scientist. “But emerging science now tells us that limiting or avoi...
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Pregnancy and Chicken Pox and Shingles
By Roisin O’Connor,
After contacting their doctor, women who develop chickenpox in pregnancy should be referred to a foetal medicine specialist
Pregnant women who have not had chicken pox should be advised to avoid people who have the virus and be referred to a specialist if they develop the rash, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaeocologists (RCOG) has said.
Estimates suggest chickenpox, which usually causes a mild infection in children, complicates three in every 1,000 pregnancies.
Published on Wednesday, the updated guidelines say that women should be asked...
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How a C-Section Changes Your Body
When I discovered I was pregnant with twins, my husband and I burst into tears of joy, followed by utter panic. Two of them? I soon realized that carrying multiples meant I would likely wind up having a C-section (a typical procedure for twin pregnancies). However, the idea of a potentially long and painful labor and delivery—times two—was scary, so I was relieved when my obstetrician suggested we go with a C-section.
But the experience wasn’t all spinal taps and roses: In addition to a long and painful recovery, I was left with a surprising post-surgery souvenir: a brand new pooch that hovers right above my C-sectio...
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Painkillers? Prozac? Brazilian Blowout? Hotline Counsels Pregnant Women On Risks
By Carey Goldberg
Reprinted from Common Health
Joy Shapiro of Framingham, Mass., was the sort of hyper-cautious expectant mother who doesn’t just cut out alcohol and caffeine. She worried about the ingredients in everything she consumed or put on her body, from fitness drinks to sunscreen.
But thanks to a referral from her obstetrician, she had a secret weapon against her anxiety: Patricia Cole, the program coordinator for MotherToBaby Massachusetts — also known as the Pregnancy Exposure Infoline — whom she “bombarded” with queries.
“At one point, I emailed her like 20 ingredients that were in ...
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Mothers’ Sounds Are Building Block for Babies’ Brains
By DOUGLAS QUENQUA
reprinted from the New York Times
The sound of a mother’s voice plays a critical role in a baby’s early development, multiple studies have shown. Now, researchers have demonstrated that the brain itself may rely on a mother’s voice and heartbeat to grow.
Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston studied 40 babies born eight to 15 weeks prematurely. Like most severely premature babies, the infants were confined to incubators and spent limited time with their mothers.
“Preemies born this early are basically fetuses that happen to be out there by accident,” said Amir ...
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What Vitamins Should My Baby and I Be Taking While Breastfeeding?
By Sixty Second Parent
Breastfeeding mothers should continue to take whatever prenatal vitamin supplement they took while they were pregnant. Many mothers choose to stop their prenatal once their baby is a year old and eating more solids, and switch to a regular woman’s multivitamin. You should think about what vitamins you are getting through your diet when deciding whether to stop taking a prenatal vitamin and switch a regular vitamin. When you are breastfeeding, you have the same need for extra vitamins as you did while you were pregnant. You should also pay careful attention to your vitamin D levels, as well as your ...
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6 things to do in the last weeks of pregnancy
by Tsh.. She is the founder of this blog and is currently traveling around the world with her husband and 3 kids. Her latest book is Notes From a Blue Bike, and believes a passport is one of the world’s greatest textbooks.
My due date is in just a few days. Yep, I’m in that very last stage of pregnancy, when there’s not much you can do other than watch your body swell to unbelievable proportions and reminisce of the days when you could get up without grunting.
I’ve been busy getting ready for number three to join our family, and a big part of that is editing and scheduling guest posts from editors and co...
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9 Pregnancy Milestones No One Tells You About
1. The first day you make it through without puking.
While the pregnancy books and articles like to make you think that you magically wake up on the day that you hit 12 weeks, completely cured of morning sickness, it doesn’t exactly work that way. Instead, you may find yourself cursing all the “what to expect” advice out there when you’ve passed well into the second trimester without a puking reprieve in sight.
But I assure you, if you’re one of the lucky ones, there will come a day, somewhere around the 15-week mark, when you find yourself sitting down to dinner and looking around in amazement...
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The Truth About Sex After Baby
By Sia Cooper
Sex after baby is a highly talked about topic when it comes to the postpartum experience.
Doctors say “no sex” until after getting the clear at your 6 week postpartum check up. If you had any complications during the delivery, then that time may even be extended. Regardless of when the doctor tells you that you can have sex again, the main issue is: you are scared to!
Most of the fear comes from simply not knowing what to expect-especially if this is your first baby. It is totally normal to feel this way! I am not going to lie to you. You obviously clicked this link to find out the truth about postpartum ...
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New Regulations for Food Labels and Breastfeeding Risks.
The Food and Drug Administration has released new labeling rules that are intended to give doctors a better understanding of how specific drugs may benefit or harm their pregnant and breastfeeding patients.
A final draft rule, which is scheduled to be published in the National Register on Thursday, will replace a decades-old labeling system that used letters of the alphabet to describe risk.
At a news conference Wednesday, Dr. Sandra Kweder, deputy director of the office of new drugs at the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, told reporters that the old letter system was “extraordinarily misleading.&...
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Nutrition for Pregnancy and Beyond
Moms-to-be already know how important nutrition is to the health of their developing child, but experts say expecting parents should also pay close attention to the food itself.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 1 in 6 Americans are stricken by food poisoning every year, with 128,000 Americans going to the hospital as a result of contaminated food.
The immune system is changed during pregnancy, which can make expecting mothers more susceptible to these types of bacteria, according to Dr. Pamela Schultz, an Oakhurst obstetrician-gynecologist who is affiliated with Jersey Shore University M...
Source: Cord Blood News - December 20, 2014 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: joyce at mazelabs.com Tags: babies blood disorder Cord Blood medical research parents pregnancy stem cells cord blood informtion pregnancy nutrition Source Type: blogs
The Future of Cord Blood Research
You may have heard that the stem cells in your baby’s umbilical-cord blood can save lives, but if you’re like most people, you have only a vague notion of how stem cells work — or which diseases they can treat. Right now, certain cancers, blood disorders, and immune disorders, among other conditions, are being successfully treated with cord-blood stem cells — and thanks to cord blood research, the list of conditions and diseases that may be treated by these stem cells is growing.
Why is it important to know about the cord blood research and what types of diseases it can treat? Knowing what cord blood can and...
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Prenatal Testing
During pregnancy a woman should be having tests done left and right to ensure that she and her baby are in good health. Below are some of the various tests that should be done throughout pregnancy, and some that should be done during specific trimesters. All of them are similar, yet each test is unique. These tests provide useful information about your baby to help prepare you for when it arrives.
General Prenatal Tests
There are five tests in particular that you should definitely have done in the early stages of your pregnancy. Blood tests are a given, and should be done regularly. Urine tests are useful when trying to ...
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Gym Workouts That Get the Green Light During Pregnancy
Worried about potential risks? Don’t be. There just aren’t any if you’ve been green-lighted by your practitioner, you choose the right pregnancy workouts, and you exercise smart. So lace up those sneakers, grab your water bottle (it’s important to stay hydrated when you’re working out for two!), and get moving, Mama!
Here are some safe-during-pregnancy exercises you can try (assuming your practitioner has given the okay):
Swimming: It’s fun, safe, low-impact, and you’ll feel lighter and more limber when you’re in the water! Like any cardiovascular exercise, swimming help...
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Pregnancy Myths
There are numerous myths surrounding pregnancy. Here are some of the most popular and most common pregnancy myths.
Myth 1: A woman can’t get pregnant if penetration only happens for a few seconds.
Any time you have intercourse there is a risk of pregnancy. Of course, there’s a greater chance of getting pregnant if ejaculation occurs, but there is a risk of pregnancy even prior to ejaculation, and you should always be concerned about the potential transmission of STDs.
Myth 2: Once sperm comes into contact with air, it dies.
Actually, sperm can live in the open air for three to five days. Sperm onl...
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