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Dental Treatments and Pregnancy
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to the Natural Pregnancy RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!According to a recent study published in the June issue of The Journal of the American Dental Association, essential dental treatments are safe for pregnant women in their 13th -21st weeks of pregnancy. The study [...]
Music to Your Baby’s Ears
Have you ever watched parents who place earphones on their pregnant belly to try to increase their babies IQ with a little Mozart? While that may be a stretch, the type of music your baby hears while you are pregnant will have an impact on his or her overall health. Check out this [...]
Video: Prenatal Yoga: Breathing and Stretching
The following video is a quick 29 second segment that will show you some basic prenatal yoga stretches. You can see how easy these stretches are and naturally you can modify them to your fitness level. Daily prenatal yoga should probably be mandatory for any woman who seeks a healthy pregnancy and a natural childbirth. [...]
Video: Gestational Diabetes
This video is a brief introduction to Gestational Diabetes. Gestational Diabetes is a condition affecting roughly 5% of pregnant women. It is diagnosed by testing your urine for sugar after a glucose challenge test. One of the risks of Gestational Diabetes is that a woman will have a larger than average baby [...]
Are Cleaning Products Safe to Use During Pregnancy?
If you are pregnant, you may be concerned about cleaning products. There is good reason for worry since cleaning products we use every day contain a wide variety of chemicals with unknown side effects.
A recent study in the UK suggests heavy use of cleaning products during pregnancy can increase the unborn baby’s risk of developing [...]
Fetal Brain Food!
Omega3 - Nutrition for the Pregnant Mother and Child
It is widely accepted that your nutritional needs change when you become pregnant. This includes both an increase, as well as a decrease of certain foods, drinks and supplements. We all know that an increase in nutrients during this time is beneficial for fetal development to prevent [...]
Avoid Preeclampsia With Proper Diet
Can Preeclampsia be prevented?
Preeclampsia is a condition that affects 5-7% of pregnant women, most often first time mothers. It is a potentially dangerous condition that must be monitored once it is detected. Although preeclampsia can strike rapidly and with no symptoms, there are generally a number of warning signs to be on the [...]
Your Baby’s Brain Needs Omega 3s!!
A recent study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that a typical North American’s red meat based diet is deficient in Omega 3 Fatty Acids. We don’t need a study to tell us that news. Omega 3 Fatty Acids have been all over the news in the last decade. The [...]
Who Is At Risk for Postpartum Depression?
A study completed at the University of Iowa that included over 4,000 women, concluded that African American women were at the highest risk of postpartum depression, and Latina women at the lowest risk.
Socioeconomic status was a factor in the incidence of postpartum depression. This factor seems to be even more significant than race in raising [...]
How to Avoid Pregnancy Gingivitis
“The “old wives” tale of “a tooth for every pregnancy” is based on misconceptions that oral problems during pregnancy are a normal occurrence and cannot be prevented. Even though hormonal changes are occurring, making the pregnant woman more at risk of developing pregnancy gingivitis, a mouth that is clean (i.e. good plaque control) does not [...]
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