Pregnancy
24 Weeks Pregnant
You are now 24 weeks pregnant and time is going by fast. Are you able to believe you are just about 2/3rds of the way through pregnancy? Changes are happening speedily now with you and your baby. Let’s take a quick look at what is happening right now on 24 weeks pregnant, and what you [...]
Baby and Overweight Pregnancy
Baby and Overweight Pregnancy. Obesity is a serious medical condition regardless of sex and the age. And when the overweight individual is a pregnant, obesity becomes the mother of all health issues during and after pregnancy. As specified by the new study carried out by the English scientists, the babies of the overweight mas are [...]
Depression during Pregnancy Might Affect Baby
Depression during Pregnancy Might Affect Baby. Depression attacks on the pregnant mothers harm the babies in various ways affecting the general health condition of the baby. Stress responses in babies get affected drastically as they find a change in the response issues. Depression in mothers makes the child weaker with its immune power that resists [...]
How to Induce Labor Naturally Using Acupressure Method
How to Induce labor Naturally Using Acupressure Method? Do you know that you can prompt your own labor naturally with acupressure? In contrast to what most believe – acupressure is a mixture of systems that are engineered to excite varied pressure points around your body and can be beneficial in some ways. Yes, there’s little [...]
Sexual Relations after Giving Birth
Some couples are ready to resume sexual relations or love-making as soon as the doctor gives the go ahead, other couples, particularly the new mother, worry about discomfort after having a baby. Fatigue and stress may also influence how you feel about making love. And in some cases, you may be concerned about getting pregnant [...]
Preparing for Birth – Labor and Delivery
Preparing for Birth – Labor and Delivery. Okay, the big day is approaching and you are excited and nervous. What can you do about your nervousness? • Learn more about what to expect. This will help you minimize fear of the unknown in your Labor and delivery day. • Take a childbirth preparation class. You [...]
Getting Support from Your Partner during Bed Rest
Getting Support from Your Partner during Bed Rest. When you’re put on bed rest, your partner will be precipitously thrust into multiple roles. He may have no previous experience with many of these roles. Suddenly, he’ll have to create a safe and comfortable environment in the home for you, keep the home clean and stocked [...]
Pre-Pregnancy Consultation
Pre-Pregnancy Consultation. Attention pregestational aims to identify and act on the risks of pregnancy before it occurs, promoting the health of women and their offspring. It is addressed to the couple before the pregnancy. Consultation is a pre-pregnancy in which a medical history to the detection of a hereditary type of disease to advise the [...]
Pregnancy Induced Hypertension – Preeclampsia
Pregnancy Induced Hypertension – Preeclampsia. When after the twentieth week of pregnancy, The pregnant high blood pressure, fluid retention with edema and protein loss in urine trigger table known as preeclampsia. Although the root causes of Pregnancy Induced Hypertension are unknown, it seems that because there is a poor adaptation of the uterus at the [...]
Childbirth Preparation Techniques
While you’re making your birth plan, we suggest you look into the philosophies of several childbirth preparation techniques. To be effective, all of these techniques require you to start practicing their methods before the third trimester. Three of these techniques are ASPO/Lamaze, the Bradley method, and HypnoBirthing. All of them teach you how to be [...]