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Men: Don’t Worry, Pregnancy Won't Break Her
If you’re like most men, one of the feelings that overcomes you when you first find out your partner is pregnant is fear. It’s not necessarily that you’re afraid you’ve made a mistake, especially if...
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Pregnancy Nutrition: Eat Your DHA!
By: Rachel, RD, CDNWith health professionals recommending additional DHA, or Docosahexanoic Acid, during pregnancy, many women have become aware that there is something special about this nutrient. DHA...
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Hp Phenotype and Risk of Preeclampsia
Risk of cardiovascular disease and antioxidant response is associated with Hp phenotype in non-pregnant populations, but according to new research from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, New York, Hp...
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Maternal Lifestyle and Social Determinants
Researchers from the University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences published a study in the Global Journal of Health Sciences regarding the use of universal questionnaires to research...
View ArticleObese Women Less Likely to Develop Endometriosis
Medical research has associated obesity with a long list of potential health problems and diseases. Among them is high-risk of pregnancy and delivery complications. According to new research published...
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Educating About Placental Complications Using the Web
The internet offers an instant source of medical information that could prove beneficial for women at high risk of placental complications in pregnancy. Researchers from Toronto recently completed a...
View ArticleHow Diabetes Could Affect Your Fertility
Diabetes doesn’t normally run in my family, but it’s been known to hit a few people. My great aunt developed it later in life and my 2nd cousin developed gestational diabetes when she was pregnant. I...
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Acute Fever, Pregnancy and Fertility
An acute fever can be a sign of a serious complication for a pregnant woman or her baby. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services suggests that a pregnant woman call her doctor immediately if...
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Collagen Vascular Disease and Pregnancy
Collagen vascular disease is an umbrella term for any one of the hundreds of autoimmune diseases that affect the soft or connective tissues of the body. Some of the better known collagen vascular...
View ArticlePredicting Mortality Risk in Critically Ill Obstetric Patients
In some hospital settings the APACHE II (Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II) model is used to determine risk of mortality in obstetric patients. The model is flawed in that it does not...
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Experts Remain Divided on Safety of Home Births
There’s almost no human experience more common than childbirth. Babies were being born long before modern medicine got its start but almost all women in the United States turn to doctors and hospitals...
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Daily Baby Aspirin Could Lower Preeclampsia Risk
The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) drafted a proposed recommendation that certain pregnant women be routinely prescribed a regimen of one 81-milligram of aspirin — a baby aspirin —...
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Excess Weight Shields Fetal Heart Defects from Ultrasound
Ultrasound scans have revolutionized fetal diagnostics but they are not foolproof. A Swedish doctor says that more than six of every ten serious fetal heart defects go undetected in ultrasound scans....
View ArticleUlcerative Colitis Poses Bigger Pregnancy Risks Than Other IBDs
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) affects approximately 200 of every 100,000 people in the United States. The two main types of IBD are ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. The cause of the disease...
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Very Rare “Mono Mono” Twins — 2 Sets, 1 Hospital, 1 Week
Anyone plugged in to the online world of babies has probably heard about the twin girls born holding hands. Their adorable photo went viral before the girls were a week old but there are other reasons...
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What is HELLP Syndrome?
What is HELLP Syndrome?Keyword Tags: high risk pregnancyblood pressure
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7 Things You Did Not Know About Getting Pregnant in Your 30s
These seven things here that tell you what you did not know about getting pregnant in Your 30s:1) Get check-ups before trying to get pregnantEven if you had children in your 20s, it’s a good idea for...
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Let’s Take the Mystery Out of Pregnancy Sex
Chances are it was sex that got you pregnant so there’s no reason to stop the fun and games now that the deed is done. Yet sex during pregnancy remains a mysterious subject for many couples. So...
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Maternal Lifestyle and Social Determinants
Researchers from the University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences published a study in the Global Journal of Health Sciences regarding the use of universal questionnaires to research...
View ArticleObese Women Less Likely to Develop Endometriosis
Medical research has associated obesity with a long list of potential health problems and diseases. Among them is high-risk of pregnancy and delivery complications. According to new research published...
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