If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Has your obstetrician talked to you about cytomegalovirus? This infection, also known as CMV, is a member of the herpes family and causes birth defects in thousands of babies each year. Infection occurs from contact with saliva or urine [...]
Most people know that increasing activity levels can assist them in losing weight. A new study, reported in the Annals of Family Medicine, recently reported that purchasing a pedometer can assist in this pursuit as well. Pedometers track the distance walked, lessening the walker’s wonder if she has gone far enough. Caroline Richardson and her [...]
There is new hope for pregnant women who need their daily cuppa joe. A study from Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City reported on January 9th found that moderate coffee intake during pregnancy does not increase the risk of miscarriage.
In the study, 2,407 pregnant women consumed two cups or less of coffee [...]
Diabetes, gestational or not, is a disorder characterized by an elevated level of sugar in your blood, caused either because your body doesn’t produce enough insulin, or cannot properly use the insulin it does create. According to the March of Dimes, about 1% of women have diabetes before they become pregnant, and about 3-7% more [...]
You have probably heard rumors about the disgustingly sugary drink you’re forced to gulp at your doctor’s office around week 28. Perhaps I was just prepared for the worst, but I didn’t find it as horrendously appalling as the rumors made it out to be. It was an orange soda with what tasted like two [...]
Calcium promotes your baby’s bone structure development, which continues throughout all three trimesters of pregnancy. In fact, in a study published in Obstetrics & Gynecology, infants of moms who took 2,000 milligrams of calcium supplements per day during their second and third trimesters were born with 15 percent greater bone density than newborns whose mothers [...]
You might know that exercise can help stave off excess weight gain during pregnancy; you might also know that doctors warn of over-exerting yourself during pregnancy. Walking might just be the happy medium between these two.
The ACOG recommends healthy pregnant women exercise moderately for at least thirty minutes on most, if not all, days of [...]
Denmark’s Aarhus University Hospital recently released information stating that babies who are born via elective C-sections before the 39th week are delivered too early. Their research shows that these babies “have a three- to fourfold higher risk of breathing trouble than do babies whose mothers have a normal vaginal delivery.” Startlingly, their research also shows [...]
our sleeping habits can definitely impact your pregnancy, and now, according to a new study by the University of California, it can impact your delivery as well. According to the new study, women who got less than six hours of sleep late in their pregnancy averaged a 29 hour labor. Women who slept for more than seven hours each night labored on average for only 17.5 hours. Another significant finding in the study was that women who slept for less than 4.5 hours on average each night had a 4.5 times greater chance of…
Most women wonder, if not concerned, about how much weight they will gain during pregnancy. Although no one can foresee how much weight you will gain, doctors have agreed upon a range of healthy weight gain. Although it has fluctuated all over the map (when my grandmother had her four babies, she was only allowed [...]
