What is a nuchal translucency scan? Well, it’s really something I just learned more about today. The technology has been around for a few years I believe, but I was just talking with the folks at Delhi Women’s Medical Services today and they were explaining the new 3D/4D machine to me. This is an awesome [...] Read more »
Nursing and back pain: 3 steps to avoidance.
Nursing and back pain kind of go together, but they don’t have to. There are at least a few things you can do to help you avoid this common problem. I’ll give you a few tips which should not be kept secret. The first step is prevention, the next is preparation, and the third is [...] Read more »
“Pregnancy and Oral Hygiene”
I picked up a brochure at the dentist’s office for you. I always figured dental health during pregnancy had to do with calcium. Calcium intake during pregnancy has long been considered important for maternal and fetal health because developing bones require calcium. However, there is more to dental health during pregnancy that just that: Among [...] Read more »
The importance of knowing your cycle
Besides knowing when you might need some absorbent protection, there is much more to the importance of knowing your cycle. And when I say knowing your cycle, I mean each phase of your cycle too, not just when to expect your period. I’m a bit embarrassed to say that I have only recently begun to [...] Read more »
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effects
I know I’ve discussed Pregnancy and Alcohol before, but it’s important enough to discuss again. I drive by a huge billboard every week reminding people about Fetal Alcohol Syndrome which tells me that there are still people who apparently aren’t aware of the negative affects alcohol can have on a developing fetus. So in efforts [...] Read more »
Pregnancy and Constipation Remedies
I know it can be embarrassing, but it is a fact of life for many people and something that is quite common during pregnancy too. Constipation, you know, that awful feeling of needing to … poop, and not being able to for some reason. So what do you do about it? What to do: There [...] Read more »
What’s happening?
First off, I’d like to give a warm welcome to Isabelle and a heart felt congratulations to her mom Kendra. I’m so thrilled that you are so happy with your VBAC Kendra. That is wonderful and I’m sure you will be an inspiration to many other women facing the same challenges that you were. I [...] Read more »
Antibiotics and Breastfeeding
Needs for antibiotics may make it so you should not breastfeed your baby, regardless of whether or not you had planned to. If the benefits of antibiotics out-weigh the cons, then obviously you need to do what you need to do. However, if you minimize the risk of you needing antibiotics in the first place, [...] Read more »
Media Births
While reading another blog the other day, some things were brought to my attention that I hadn’t really thought about before. The blog was vbac adventure and the post was about media births. A commenter, Kara, pointed out some media births (on the show “Friends”) that weren’t the typical horrifying portrayal of childbirth we usually [...] Read more »
Book Review :: Emergency Childbirth: A Manual
Since this month is dairy month, and a couple of fire departments/emergency squads are hosting the Meredith Dairy Fest, I thought it’d be kind of appropriate to do this book review in honor of the volunteers that help us out in a an emergency (and their making an attempt to encourage healthy habits, in the [...] Read more »
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