All Entries in the "Pregnancy Health" Category

Pregnancy week by week, so much happens. There are changes to your body and growing of new person inside. As the pregnancy week by week goes the anticiapation grows and it becomes more exciting to know what is happening inside with the baby but its better to be prepared for early signs, maternal discomforts, change in lifestyle, going for prenatal tests and baby’s growth. Pregnancy week by week is the milestones that you pass from conceiving to delivery. Take a learning of what will happen of Pregnancy week by week, as what kind of body changes happens and how the feelings change. As baby’s growth and development happens there are tests to be conducted and complications that you are need to be aware of. Pregnancy week by week is the most enjoyable time of women’s life where it takes on  [...]

Pregnancy at times become a puzzling times for expectant dad. Spouse is on roller coaster ride with vast body changes and beholder of your bundle of joy. You will have to bear the grunt of mood swings and you have to very supportive and take a very good care of the mother of your child. For this it is important for you to know the Pregnancy stages which are also known as trimesters. Basically there are nine months of pregnancy and these are divided in to three trimesters and these are important pregnancy stages marking development of fetus. Knowing this will help you to know the growth and development in the baby and also the pregnancy of your spouse will become less puzzling. Each stage has something unique in which the mother and baby will develop and grow and in each trimester will  [...]

The Transport Security Administration (TSA) was established subsequent to the horrendous 11th September, 2001 attacks for safeguarding transportation systems and keeping public travel as risk free as possible. The TSA has undertaken the testing of the duo scanning devices namely: the millimetre wave and backscatter imaging technology and has made announcement that it is taking into consideration purchasing further a hundred and fifty backscatter pieces. The usage of these sophisticated scanning technology is however non-compulsory to all air travellers. After this announcement there have been rising concerns regarding these novel scanners particularly among pregnant women. Often expectant mothers wonder that passing through the airport security threshold would cause any harm to their unborn  [...]

Pilates is an amazing exercise type during pregnancy. Regularly practising pilates help expectant mother in staying healthy and strong, assisting them in staying tuned with the changes in their body, enhances body posture and lowers pregnancy-associated aches and discomforting pains. During pregnancy strengthening the abdominals like the rectus and especially the internal oblique and transverses abdominus muscles with safe Pilates exercises aids women in preparing for child birth as all these muscles particularly the transverses abdominus dons a significant role of assisting in the push or forced expiration process essential during delivery. The toning of these muscles could be done in varied positions, though expectant mothers are mostly at ease when they are in the seated and quadruped  [...]

In case one is expecting or those who intend to get pregnant, there is plentiful info regarding sex prior to getting pregnant and sex subsequent to delivery. However, often there is dearth of discussion on the matter of sex during pregnancy, as due to cultural propensity to detach pregnant women from sexuality. Often several couples expecting a child are confounded with a myriad of doubts regarding the safety quotient of sex and what is deemed standard in case of majority of the couples. In case the doctor has given the thumbs-up for a normal pregnancy then sex is deemed risk-free in all the three trimesters of pregnancy. Yet, there are certain sexual practises are considered risky in case of any pregnant woman. These include: In case one engages in oral sexual practises then  [...]

The below mentioned are the widely prevalent queries that confound many couples regarding sex during the time of pregnancy. Could sexual contact be harmful to the foetus? There is no direct harm to the unborn child as it is properly encased in the amniotic sac (a thin-wall pouch holding the unborn child and the adjacent fluid) and the firm uterine muscles. A thick mucus cap plugs the cervix and aids in safeguarding from infection. There is no chance of the foetus coming in contact with the unborn child at the time of sexual contact. Could penetrative sexual contact or orgasms lead to miscarriage or uterine contractions? Taking into consideration a normally occurring and less-risk pregnancy, there is generally no such occurrence. The spasms that pregnant women experience at the instant or  [...]

The safety and wellbeing of an unborn baby is the utmost priority for a pregnant woman. Providentially, it is possible to safeguard the baby by steering clear from risks that have potential to create complications or be detrimental to the baby. The following 10 behaviours must be avoided during pregnancy to ensure a safe and sound pregnancy. Avoiding stressful situations Episodes of stress and anxiety assaults the body in unexpected ways. For instance, stress during pregnancy leads to improper bowel clearance, back aches, wakefulness and cause preterm or underweight delivery. Avoiding tobacco inhalation Smoking has scarring effects on the foetus and the mother and should totally be kept at bay. It is so damaging that expectant women must also keep away from second hand smoke.   [...]

A startling revelation made by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicates that nearly thirteen percent of women indulged in smoking during their last trimester of pregnancies. Though there is awareness about smoking affecting the foetus, one would be stunned by the intensity and range of damage that one’s smoking habit could have on one’s unborn baby and oneself. Facts depict wide-ranging effects Cigarette smoke has 2,500 kinds of chemicals constituents. Though the extent to which these chemicals have a bearing on the foetus is yet fuzzy. However, the carbon monoxide and nicotine present in cigarette could majorly lead to complications with one’s pregnancy and the foetus. Krisa Van Meurs, M.D., associate professor of paediatrics from the Stanford University School of  [...]

One could opt from many technical and non-scientific means for ascertaining the sex of the baby. One must bear in mind that one would be correct on half of the occasions with any method. Below mentioned are some of the means of finding if one is going to have a boy or girl child. The technician conducting the ultrasound would offer the most precise evaluation; many of whom would not make forecasts until they have a lucid observation of the genitals of the foetus. It is possible if the ultrasound is performed at eighteen weeks of pregnancy or later. The technician would needs a minute’s time to reveal the sex of the foetus on the screen as the foetal movements in the uterus could make it tricky to decipher. Male foetuses have a tiny protuberance in between their legs that is nearly  [...]

An astonishing relation between commonly employed drugs for treating urinary tract infections and congenital defects was uncovered by the researchers during the course of a study delving into the outcome of antibiotics use during pregnancy. It was reassuring for the researchers to find that the prevalently employed antibiotics during initial pregnancy such as penicillin appeared to be most safe. As bacterial infections when untreated could lead to complications for the fetus, hence experts recommend pregnant women should not totally keep away from antibiotics. Rather women need to speak with their doctors regarding the available and best suited antibiotic options. The study is the foremost large-scaled examination of antibiotics usage during pregnancy. It showed that those mothers that  [...]