Summer Banks's blog

There is nothing more painful than losing a pregnancy in the second or
third trimester. Late pregnancy loss, while uncommon, could be a sign of future
pregnancy risk.

An ectopic pregnancy occurs when the fertilized egg implants in the
fallopian tube. The pregnancy is often referred to as a tubal, though
the specific point of implantation can narrow down a more detailed type
of tubal.

The interstitial is the spot where the fallopian tube comes in contact
with the wall of the uterus at just the point where the endometrial
cavity starts. When a pregnancy implants here it is called an
interstitial pregnancy.

Pregnancy is not a time in life when you have to give up everything you love, but you do have to think about making a few changes during pregnancy if your habits could be harmful to baby.

Before you found out you were pregnant it was nothing to head into the
local butcher and buy a pound or two of fresh hamburger for that
last-minute cookout. Now, baby is on the way and you are starting to
think about the foods you choose more closely than before.

Every woman who has ever been pregnant understands pregnancy pains. Some women quickly realize that pregnancy pains last longer than they expected – some for years after childbirth.

Many parents mull over the childcare situation after baby is born. Some
are certain they want one parent to stay home and the other to work to
financially support the family and that works; for some parents.

Sleeping like a baby means, to the non-parent, that you’ll fall asleep
before your head hits the pillow, but is that really how baby’s sleep.
In my experience, my baby never slept more than a few hours at a time.

Many women are now choosing to wait until they are 35 or 40 to start a
family. While this may be the best time for a woman to conceive, it is
not the best time for the female body to conceive.

There was not one inch of space that wasn’t covered in stretch marks. At first, I didn’t care about the marks, but I soon became pregnant with baby number two and things got a lot more interesting.

Reports out of Israel claim parents have obtained legal permission to
extract a child’s eggs and freeze them after she died in a car accident.
The order was issued after the initial request to fertilize the eggs
was denied.

When my first child was born, she was taken to NICU immediately because
of breathing problems. When I finally recovered enough from my C-section
to pull myself out of bed and scuffle to the NICU department, I sat
beside her and cried.

In a previous blog post I talked about C-sections versus vaginal births
and the impact of that decision on brain and mental development of
offspring. In short, children born vaginally get a brain boost compared
to children born via C-section.

The marijuana that kids and teens are using today is far stronger than the marijuana on the streets four decades ago. That is the effect users are going for, but it is that same effect that may be responsible for increased risk of pregnancy complications.

There are all kinds of people in Hollywood, but there is one common thread that keeps many of these stars connected – late in life pregnancies and parenthood.

There is still a stigma that surrounds
men and women with HIV. The stigma is so strong for pregnant women
that many choose to give birth outside of the hospital to escape the
negative stigma.

I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder after my first two children were
born. The condition is said to peak in fertile years and that’s exactly
what happened in my case.

This sounds like a crazy question, but it is a question that many women
face as they age without a steady partner or spouse. If life has been
good for years without children, are children a requirement or rite of
passage that all women must experience?

After 40 weeks of pregnancy, there is a deep-seeded need to have something personal between mom and baby that no one else can touch. It’s hard moving from being the only one who has a personal connection with baby to being the once pregnant woman.

It wasn’t until I chose to switch from breastfeeding to bottle feeding
that I truly understood just how segregated some of the breastfeeding
population is from bottle feeding mothers.