Drinking during pregnancy can be harmful to your unborn child. An article in Review Online warns: Any woman of childbearing age is at risk of having a child with an FASD if she drinks alcohol during...
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Health and Fitness at ArcaMax Publishing tells of a new test for a life-threatening disorder: A home test which uses spit allows mothers-to-be to check for themselves whether they are at risk for...
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This is something new. I received an email telling me about Baby Plus. According to the BabyPlus web site: The BabyPlus Prenatal Education System is a set of sound lessons that are played to the...
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The controversy continues over whether it's safe to eat peanuts when you're pregnant? Could eating peanuts cause allergy problems for your child? According to the Montreal Gazette: Eating...
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Should y ou exercise when you're pregnant? The answer is yes, providing you have no medical conditions that would make it dangerous. According to an article in the Jamaica Gleaner: A study carried...
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I admit it. I smoked when I was pregnant. In fact, I smoked from morning to night and, when I couldn't sleep, I smoked during the night, too. My youngest child is over 30, so this was many years...
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I'm a believer in pro-life. To me, abortion is wrong. It's the taking of an innocent life. But I do believe it is necessary in some cases. For instance, we have a young woman with two or three...
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A while back I wrote a blog entry about doing Kegel exercises for bladder incontinence. One occasion when most women suffer bouts of incontinence is when they are pregnant. Is it okay to practice...
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I've mentioned previously about the possible effects of pregnancy on a woman's teeth. Now a new study suggests that the eyes, too, may be affected by pregnancy. A report from Health News...
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In a recent article on the relationship between migraine, strokes and epilepsy, I mentioned the problems with migraine in my family. I suffered terribly with migraine headaches every time I was...
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Looking for help with menopause misery without using hormone replacement therapy? Some people are finding relief using Chinese herbal remedies. The Medicinal Herbs Guide tells us: People can find more...
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There's been a lot of talk in recent months regarding hepatitis B. What is hepatitis B?C The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety describes it this way: Hepatitis B is an infectious...
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There's no doubt pregnancy puts a strain on the body, and one of the places women feel it is the back. That back pain can cause other problems, including poor sleep. Science Daily reports on a...
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Moth myths have arisen from a grain of truth, like the one about a woman losing a tooth for every pregnancy. Well, here's another myth for you. If a woman suffers from a lot of heartburn during...
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When you are pregnant and visit your doctor, it's not unusual for him to prescribe vitamins. If he doesn't, then expectant mothers should start taking a good multi-vitamin on their own....
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The hype has all been about limiting or avoiding seafood when you're pregnant. There's the possibility that some seafood might have a high mercury content. The FDA issued this warning back in...
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I was 39 when I became pregnant with my youngest son. I have to admit I was worried. This was back in the seventies, and I'd lots of rumors about complications and risks. Of course, this was my...
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You've no doubt heard the old saying about a woman losing a tooth for every pregnancy? Well, apparently there's some truth in it after all. Several dental problems can strike while a woman is...
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I can remember the debates when I was pregnant, some forty or more years ago. Is she carrying low? Is she carrying high? If low, it was a boy for sure, high a girl One lady believed in the pendulum......
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Are you pregnant? Do you smoke? We all know that smoking is a danger to the health. It can cause all sorts of problems, like bronchitis, emphysema and lung cancer. Smoking is addictive. I've heard...
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A few days I wrote about exercise during pregnancy. But what about when the pregnancy is over and you are breast-feeding your little one? Is exercise safe then? This is the time you want to exercise...
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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 ectopic...
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