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Gestational Diabetes
Study Shows Obesity Increases Risk of Pregnancy Complications
Image by size8jeans via Flickr Expectant mothers who are obese are much more likely to suffer from minor complications such as heart burn and chest infections during pregnancy, a study suggests. Research by the University of Edinburgh found that obese mothers-to-be were nearly 10 times more likely to suffer from chest infections, and more than [...]
Sugar and Pregnancy
Everyone knows that sugar is not good for them but most people do not know the real toll that sugar can take on their health. The health effects of sugar are unfortunately compounded during pregnancy for a number of reasons. Excessive or even moderate sugar intake during pregnancy can have a very direct and negative [...]
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 which OBs will [...]
Gestational Diabetes
by Carl DiNello When pregnant, a woman is not only responsible for her body, but also for her growing fetus. For the period of her pregnancy, whatever she does is doubled. In this case, the primary concern is her health, and the health of her unborn child. She must take considerable care of herself. Should [...]
Miscarriage – A Living Nightmare
by Juzaily Ramli A miscarriage is the natural end of pregnancy when the developing embryo or fetus is less than 20 weeks old and incapable of surviving outside the womb. Miscarriages that occur less than six weeks after your last menstrual period are referred to as an ‘early pregnancy loss’, whereas miscarriages that occur after [...]
Prenatal Testing and Ultrasound
Author: Mandy Robinson With advances in technology, even if there was a problem with the prenatal development of your baby, doctors are able to respond sooner. This is all made possible due to technologies such as ultrasound. It is a common misconception that pregnancy testing takes place only once, at the beginning of your pregnancy. [...]
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