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First Pregnancies May Lower Mom's Blood Pressure Permanently
in Next Nine Months, on December 15, 2008
...ldbirth? I thought it would be the opposite! But according to a new research, in women with healthy pregnancies, blood pressure levels were lower among women after a first pregnancy , compared to wom...
Non-Invasive Blood Test for Fetal Genetic Anomalies
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 12, 2008
...ntists were able to correctly identify the 12 women who carried aneuploid fetuses and the six whose pregnancies were normal. Their results matched those of amniocentesis or CVS test that were done on ...
Septuplets Born in Egypt
in Next Nine Months, on August 18, 2008
...less to have them survive all. Multiple pregnancy is a common 'side effect' of IVF-assisted pregnancies.
Story and Photo Source: BBC News ...
Dental Treatment with Anesthetics, Safe For Pregnant Women
in Next Nine Months, on June 18, 2008
...recommended treatment.
The researchers then monitored the women for "adverse outcomes" - pregnancies that ended in a nonlive birth and other adverse events that did not result in pregnancy ...
Why Do Celebrities Deny Their Pregnancy?
in Next Nine Months, on June 16, 2008
... I've never understood the lengths celebrities would go to hide their pregnancies. Of course, some journalists cry "pregnant" at every hint of a bump, but if it's true anyway, wh...
Breaking the News About Your Pregnancy
in Next Nine Months, on June 13, 2008
...se family members. Friends and work colleagues comes next.
But when?
Believe it or not, a lot of pregnancies end up in a spontaneous abortion within the first trimester. If it weren't for the a...
Working Woman's Pregnancy Book
in Next Nine Months, on May 20, 2008
...gnancy plus issues of special concern to the 60 to 80 percent of women who hold jobs during their pregnancies :
· Is my workplace safe for my developing baby?
· When should I tell my employer ...
Smoking During Pregnancy Increases Risk of Pre-Eclampsia
in Next Nine Months, on February 28, 2008
...times more likely to develop eclampsia.
What is pre-eclampsia ?
Affecting at least 5-8% of all pregnancies , it is a rapidly progressive condition characterized by high blood pressure and the...
Routine HIV Test During Pregnancy in New Jersey
in Next Nine Months, on December 31, 2007
...natal test for pregnant women in New Jersey.
Under the law, women will be tested early in their pregnancies and again in their third trimesters unless they refuse. If a woman refuses, it will...
In Utero Arsenic Exposure Leads to Increased Cancer Risk
in Next Nine Months, on November 24, 2007
...is week indicates that women who whose water supplies were contaminated with arsenic during their pregnancies gave birth to children who manifested changes in their genetic expression such that...
Pregnant Women who Drink Subjects Offspring to Behavior Problems
in Well Woman Blog, on November 9, 2007
...rs until 2004 the mothers answered questions regarding their own substance use during each of their pregnancies. As from 1986, 8,821 of their children were also assessed for behavioral problems once e...
Plus-Sized and Pregnant
in Next Nine Months, on November 2, 2007
...nd Pregnant, Cornelia van der Ziel, a highly sought-after obstetrician who specializes in plus-size pregnancies, and Jacqueline Tourville, a plus-size mom who's lived the experience, offer ...
Does Breastfeeding Cause Sagging Breasts?
in Well Woman Blog, on October 30, 2007
...e not significant predictors for losing breast shape. However, body mass index (BMI), the number of pregnancies, a larger pre-pregnancy bra size, smoking history, and age were significant risk factors...
What's In Store for the Next Nine Months
in Next Nine Months, on October 28, 2007
...egnancy Tests -pregnancy tests, ultrasounds, amniocentesis , genetic tests
IVF and Assisted Pregnancies - procedures, ethics, modern technology
Infanticipating Dads - hey it's his baby, ...
Gestational Diabetes Can Recur
in Daily Diabetic, on October 15, 2007
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Moreover, those who had gestational diabetes in one pregnancy can develop the condition on future pregnancies.
That's why it is important for pregnant women to be testes for gestational diabetes...
Metformin May Later Improve Pregnancy Outcomes in Women with Insulin Resistance
in Daily Diabetic, on September 13, 2007
..., then it will be great for those in the abovementioned conditions to have the chance on successful pregnancies.
Anyway, however much metformin work successfully on these women, I guess it would be b...
TONI COLLETTE IS PREGNANT NICOLE RITCHIE MAY BE
in The Celebrities Weblog, on July 24, 2007
...alian actress Toni Collette has announced that she is pregnant with her first child.
celebrity pregnancies always cause quite a stir among fans and the past two years have provided, and cont...
Gestational Diabetes in Moms and Risks in Their Born Babies
in Daily Diabetic, on July 11, 2007
...babies' early childhood.
I have a couple of girlfriends that got gestational diabetes in their pregnancies and it reminded me of how much I binged on most kinds of food when I was pregnant. I nev...
First Born Baby from Lab-matured (Woman's) Eggs
in The Biotech Weblog, on July 6, 2007
...ted for the first time that it is possible to do this and, so far, we have achieved four successful pregnancies, one of which has resulted in a live birth. The other three pregnancies are ongoing. The...
Lab-matured egg produces first baby
in The Parenting Weblog, on July 2, 2007
... Out of the 20 women who underwent In Vitro Maturation or IVM, four have achieved pregnancies and one baby has been born.
Although the research is still in its early stages, the researchers at the ...
Maybe Breech Babies Can be Turned Earlier in the Pregnancy?
in Straightfromthedoc, on June 22, 2007
...ccessful in turning the baby in about 30 per cent of first-time moms, and 58 per cent of subsequent pregnancies.
This kind-a remind me of a procedure used by local village midwifes (I live in a far-f...
Non-invasive Early Pregnancy Screening: Can Reduce Down Syndrome Births?
in Straightfromthedoc, on June 18, 2007
...k was a drop in the number of invasive pre-natal diagnostic procedures from 11% to approx. 6% of pregnancies.
If I would read between the lines of what is being stated here, what did the scientists d...
Discovery Health's Baby Week
in The Parenting Weblog, on June 4, 2007
...until Friday, June 15.
So if you want to watch baby-themed stories, remarkable families, inspiring pregnancies and medical mysteries, then you better tune in.
First in the lineup is the Quintuplets ...
Alcohol and Your Baby's Health
in Well Woman Blog, on May 19, 2007
...of pregnant women in a newly published study said they had drunk alcohol at least once during their pregnancies. And although most of those women reported on an anonymous survey that they'd had le...
Spit test for pre-eclampsia
in Well Woman Blog, on May 11, 2007
...lains pre-eclampsia this way:
Also known as toxemia, preeclampsia affects some 5 percent of pregnancies and is a leading cause of maternal and fetal illness and death, particularly in developi...
Abortion, Miscarriage and Breast Cancer
in Well Woman Blog, on April 30, 2007
... Some women worry because one or more pregnancies may have terminated early, either through abortion or because of a miscarriage. They fear that this may put them at a higher risk for breast cancer....
Is Natural Family Planning Method As Effective As Contraceptive Pill?
in Straightfromthedoc, on February 23, 2007
...either abstained from sex or used a barrier method during the fertile period, the rate of unplanned pregnancies per year was 0.4% and 0.6% respectively.]
The study - the largest prospective study of ...
Ectopic Pregnancy
in Well Woman Blog, on February 6, 2007
... I was lucky. I had six easy pregnancies and six natural births. Four girls and two boys. Some women, however, aren't so lucky. The embryo starts to grow outside the womb. This is called ectop...
Headaches During Pregnancy
in Well Woman Blog, on February 5, 2007
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Sometimes being pregnant can be a real headache, and I mean that literally. With all of my pregnancies, I suffered through some terrible head pounders. Migraines run in my family, and I've had...
The Birth Control Patch
in Well Woman Blog, on February 2, 2007
... Teenage pregnancies seem to be on the decline. This is good news. However, the rate is still far too high. Statistics taken from Family First Aid indicate that there are over 800,000 such pregnan...
Should You Drink Coffee When You're Pregnant
in Well Woman Blog, on February 1, 2007
...regnant reduced the weight of the baby. Well, I had six children and drank coffee through all six pregnancies , and, if it lowered the birth weight, more power to it. My last baby was over nine ...
Global gag rule ...
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on January 6, 2007
...vious years as a guide, the UNFPA estimated that the funding cut would result in 2 million unwanted pregnancies, 800,000 abortions, 4,700 instances of maternal mortality, and the death of 77,000 child...
NSAIDs Intake at First Trimester of Pregnancy Linked to Cardiac Abnormalities In Babies
in Straightfromthedoc, on September 1, 2006
...ns) have reported that women who take non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) early in their pregnancies may be more likely to give birth to babies with congenital defects, particularly cardia...
Epilepsy Drug Valproate, Associated with Higher Risk for Fetal Death and Birth Defects
in Straightfromthedoc, on August 18, 2006
... the study, valproate was found to have the highest risk to the fetus with over 20 percent of the pregnancies exposed to valproate resulting in death or birth defects such as skull and limb deformit...
Diabetes In Pregnancy Not A Health Motivator
in Daily Diabetic, on August 17, 2006
...e opposite direction.
They have less healthy diets and are more likely to smoke than women whose pregnancies were free of diabetes, a large new study shows.
Gestational diabetes occurs in up to 8 ...
Regular Multivitamin Use at Pre-conception Significantly Reduces Risk of Preeclampsia
in Straightfromthedoc, on August 3, 2006
...rotein in the urine and swelling of the hands and feet. This condition, affecting about 7% of first pregnancies and is the leading cause of premature delivery and maternal/fatal death, when untreated ...
Aging in Men Deteriorates Genetic Quality of Sperm
in Straightfromthedoc, on July 4, 2006
...f sperm deteriorates thereby increasing a man's risk of being infertile, fathering unsuccessful pregnancies and passing along possible genetic diseases like dwarfism to his offspring.
These were...
Placenta Praevia Directly Linked to Assisted Reproductive Techniques (ART)
in Straightfromthedoc, on June 5, 2006
...ute terms is that after adjusting for factors such as maternal age, which tends to be higher in ART pregnancies, the risk of placenta praevia rose from about three in 1,000 births to 16 in 1,000 birth...
Dairy and Genes Equals Increased Chance of Having Twins
in Straightfromthedoc, on May 29, 2006
... in New Hyde Park, New York) obstetrician well known for his acre and research into multiple-birth pregnancies found a woman's overall chances of having twins is determined by a combination of di...
Molar Pregnancy Traced to NALP7 Gene Mutations
in The Biotech Weblog, on February 8, 2006
...e that the NALP7 gene, which is involved in inflammation, plays a role not only in repeated molar pregnancies but also in other forms of reproductive failure such as spontaneous abortions and...
Premature Birth
in The Parenting Weblog, on January 13, 2006
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multiple gestation (twins, triplets, etc.),
miscarriages between 14 and 24 weeks in two prior pregnancies,
malformation of your uterus including fibroids,
too much amniotic fluid in this pre...
Pregnancy Trend
in The Parenting Weblog, on January 4, 2006
...their thirties and forties have risen. More and more women have chosen to quit smoking during their pregnancies thus, improving their healthy habits and ensuring what is best for their yet to be born ...
Obese mothers, obese children
in Straightfromthedoc, on December 5, 2005
...te University researchers found that babies born to women who were overweight at the start of their pregnancies had up to three times the risk of becoming overweight themselves compared to children of...
Pregnant at Work
in The Parenting Weblog, on November 16, 2005
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Lucky are those who go through pregnancies feeling like a million dollars. With nary a sign of malaise, these women breeze through the 9-months as if it was the best moment of their lives.
Ther...
Air Travel While Pregnant
in The Parenting Weblog, on November 13, 2005
...For most pregnant women, particularly those with uncomplicated pregnancies, the second trimester is usually the best time to take off and travel as morning sickness and fatigue has usually lessened by...
Breast cancer and weight loss
in Straightfromthedoc, on August 20, 2005
... of researchers, who also found that women with harmful BRCA1 mutations who opt to have two or more pregnancies and who gain 10 or more pounds between the ages of 18 and 30 increase their risk of earl...
Politics and Parenting: Abortion Choice
in The Parenting Weblog, on February 12, 2004
...empowering feeling. Generations of women before us died, while others were forced to continue their pregnancies only to have their children harvested for adoption, all because they didn't have the...