Pregnancy safety is a relative new term to mean that recommendations are made and guidelines implemented wither outside or inside the hospital to ensure that both mothers and babies are safe.
Is Diet Soda Safe While Pregnant and Breastfeeding?
To drink, or not to drink diet soda: this is a commonly asked question during pregnancy and breastfeeding. Many women whose pre-pregnancy drink of choice was a calorie-free Diet Coke or Diet Pepsi may have a difficult time giving up their beverage fix.
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The Dos and Don’ts for Safe Prenatal Massage
Special techniques are needed for a safe prenatal massage. Remember these dos and don'ts for the most relaxing prenatal massage.
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Chemotherapy: A Safe Option During Pregnancy?
As the average age of pregnancy is slowly increasing, so are the rates of pregnant women being diagnosed with various forms of cancer.
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Home-Improvement DIYers Risk Toxic Dust Exposure
A study measured dust levels when common DIY tasks are done and found these projects to be a lot dirtier work than might be expected. Pregnancy is not the time to be a hands-on DIY participant.
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Car Safety and Pregnancy
Just because you're pregnant doesn't mean you can't drive. Pregnant women simply need to follow a few altered rules to accommodate the ever-growing belly and protect baby from danger in the case of an accident.
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Test on the Horizon
Researchers have found evidence of gestational alcohol intake in the first infant bowel movement.
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LMW Blood Thinner During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
All about dalteparin (LMW blood thinner) and pregnancy/breastfeeding. Is it safe during pregnancy and/or breastfeeding?
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Blood Thinners During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
All about LMW blood thinners (like Heparin) and pregnancy/breastfeeding. Are they safe during pregnancy and/or breastfeeding?
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Non-Food Pregnancy Cravings Could Be the Body’s Natural Detox Cure
Food cravings during pregnancy sometimes go beyond usual edibles. Craving to eat unusual things is called pica.
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hCG While Pregnant and Breastfeeding
All about Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG) during pregnancy, breastfeeding and trying to conceive (TTC). Is it safe for use?
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Chemotherapy During Pregnancy: No Developmental Problem Risk
Using chemotherapy during pregnancy for the treatment of cancer comes
with great concern for the health of the fetus. Researchers have
recently completed a study involving a small number of children born
after in-utero exposure to chemotherapy.
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Bupivacaine During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
All about Bupivacaine and pregnancy/breastfeeding. Is it safe to use while pregnant and/or breastfeeding?
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HIV Positive and Pregnant
The HIV virus can lurk in a person's body for many years, producing no symptoms that would prompt medical examination or suggest the person is contagious with the virus. When left untreated, HIV leads to AIDS.
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75-Percent of Moms-to-be Don't Exercise to Improve Mood
The medical science that documents the value of exercise during
pregnancy is vast. Study results indicate regular exercise minimizes the
musculoskeletal discomforts that come with advancing pregnancy,
improves quality of sleep, minimizes pregnancy weight gain, and even
shortens labor.
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How to Know if Food is Really Safe: Food-Tracking Technology
Pregnancy is one of the most important times in your life to be
concerned about food safety. During pregnancy, the immune system is
weakened, putting pregnant women at higher risk of contracting foodborne illnesses such as Listeria, Methylmercury, and Toxoplasma.
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Fit Moms Have Heart-Healthy Babies
The findings of a joint project involving researchers in the United States and Germany indicate that the exercise a woman does while pregnant will have beneficial life-long effects on the health of the child she carries.
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Mom’s Exercise Powers Up Baby’s Brain
The value of exercise makes headlines everywhere - on TV, on the internet, and in newspapers and in magazines. Exercise energizes us, helps us sleep better, builds stronger bones and muscles, keeps excess weight off, and helps fend off many common ailments.
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Preeclampsia + Kidney Failure = Double Trouble?
Preeclampsia is a pregnancy-related form of hypertension that occurs in fewer than 9 percent of all pregnancies worldwide. The ratio may seem small but the dangers to mother and child are quite serious.
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Fiber Mesh Fabric Prevents Pregnancy and HIV
According to a research study published in PLoS One, the fibers can be modified to release medications immediately or over the course of a few days ' ideal for women seeking pregnancy and HIV protection other than the condom.
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Claritin During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
All about Claritin during pregnancy, breastfeeding and trying to conceive (TTC). Is it safe for use?
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Placenta Accreta: Novel Approach Saves Lives
Dr. Patrick Nicholson used a novel, two-step approach to treat placenta accreta, whereby mothers’ lives are saved, their fertility spared, and no babies suffered ill effects of treatment.
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Preventing Recreational Water Illness During Pregnancy
The summer months mean public pools, private pools, lakes, oceans, and river excursions. But water can be contaminated with germs that cause illness.
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Saunas During Pregnancy
The National Institutes of Health recommends that pregnant women limit sauna use during pregnancy. Increasing body temperature above 100 degrees can increase the risk of fetal complications.
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Are Sports Safe During Pregnancy?
Exercise is a crucial part of a healthy pregnancy. However, while sports may have been an important part of your life prior to pregnancy, but not all sports are safe for pregnant women.
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Safer Swimming During Pregnancy: Fast Facts
When it comes to safer swimming during pregnancy, one of the best tools
pregnant women can have is knowledge. Pregnant women must understand the real risk of swimming in untreated or mistreated pools, oceans, lakes and rivers.
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Spas and Hot Tubs
Always ake a few moments to review hot tub and spa safety precautions, maintenance and testing to ensure the safety of all family members.
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Swimming and Pregnancy
Pregnant women are perfect candidates for swimming, but as is the case with any exercise, there are limitations and safety issues that must be considered.
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Combination Antiretroviral Use in HIV Transmission
Preventing mother-infant transmission of HIV is an important focus
of third-world countries like Zambia. In Zambia, mother-infant
transmission accounts for nearly 500,000 new HIV cases per year,
according to 2009 statistics.
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Three Tips for Ensuring a Healthy Swimming Environment During Pregnancy
Germs present in pool waters can cause recreational water illnesses.
While public pools are typically chlorinated, many public pools fail
inspections and are immediately shut down for maintenance when chlorine
and pH levels test below or above normal.
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How Does Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) Affect a Pregnant Woman?
There appears to be a higher rate of miscarriage, gestational diabetes, pregnancy-induced high blood pressure, and premature delivery in women with PCOS.
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Fresh List of Dirty Foods: The New Dirty Dozen
The 'Dirty Dozen, Clean Fifteen' list has been updated for 2013.
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Use of Prenatal Services in Low to Middle Income Countries
About 50% of women living in low to middle-income countries are not receiving adequate antenatal care. Researchers from the University of Central Lancashire recently published a qualitative study of various countries in the journal PLoS Medicine.
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Declaring Pregnancy a Disability for Workplace Discrimination
She's not alone. Pregnant retail workers get fired for the same reason. Hostesses who usually stand during most of a work shift get fired for using a stool during down times.
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Antidepressants During Pregnancy Do Not Increase Autism Risk
There does not appear to be a connection between taking antidepressant
medication and the risk of autism, according to a new study that could
not find evidence of an association between the two.
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Treatment of Acute Respiratory Infections During Pregnancy is Vital
Researchers published a study in Romanian Journal of Morphology and Embryology showing a connection between acute respiratory infection and inflammatory infiltration of the placenta.
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Diclectin Treats Early Hyperemesis Gravidarum
Hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) can cause severe nausea and vomiting early in pregnancy. Women who suffer from the condition tend to be hesitant to conceive again due to fear of suffering HG again.
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Danish Study: Lifestyle Choices Reduce Risk of Miscarriage
A research team based at the University of Copenhagen explored the incidence of miscarriage in Denmark to see if there might be ways to prevent them.
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Crime or Choice: Law Against Drinking While Pregnant in UK
Lawmakers in the United Kingdom (UK) will soon be called upon to determine if drinking alcoholic beverages while pregnant is a crime or merely a reckless exercise of personal choice.
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Diabetic Neuropathy in Pregnant Women
Researchers from the Center for Pregnant Women with Diabetes in Denmark
recently compared prevalence of diabetic neuropathy and microalbuminuria in pregnant women with type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
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The Maternal and Fetal Effects of Iodine Supplements
The Thyroid Research Group in Cardiff, United Kingdom recently published a study in the European Journal of Endocrinology on the impact of iodine supplements on maternal and newborn health when iodine deficiency was diagnosed.
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Safest Seafood Options for Moms-To-Be
A scientific study of the eating trends of women of childbearing age indicates pregnant women are avoiding the types of seafood known to harbor the most mercury.
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Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension and Effects on Offspring Health
According to a new study published in the journal PLoS One, offspring born to mothers with pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH) in the first trimester were less likely to have health issues later in life.
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Maternal Type 1 Diabetes and Hypertensive Complications
Over the past 20 years, medical records of pregnant women with type 1 diabetes have shown an increase in blood pressure with many women falling into the hypertensive group during pregnancy. However, there are no indications of increased hypertensive complications in the same group of women.
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Inquiry About Partner Violence With Pregnant Women
Current talks among medical experts address the issues related to intimate partner violence, but little is known about how pregnant women react to questioning about potential violence from a medical professional.
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How Pregnancy Affects Running and Walking
Every woman who experiences pregnancy will experience changes in her body. Recent studies on the biomechanical changes of pregnancy on female runners shed light on how pregnancy affects their running stride.
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SSRIs Before Pregnancy May Increase Baby’s Autism Risk
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are a class of medications often prescribed for anxiety and depression, even during pregnancy. The concern has been that these prescription drugs taken during pregnancy may increase the risk that the child the woman carries will develop autism.
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Sugar and Fat Consumption During Pregnancy Linked to Offspring Addiction Risk
Research conducted by a team of neuroscientists at the University of Florida discovered that female rats who consumed a diet high in sugar or fat gave birth to offspring prone to become obese and abuse alcohol and other addictive substances.
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Oral Vs. Intravenous Labetalol: Hypertensive Emergency During Pregnancy
In a randomized controlled trial, researchers from the Dr. Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College in India compared the effectiveness of oral nifedipine to intravenous (IV) labetalol.
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Study Reveals Which Moms are More Likely to Drink Alcohol While Pregnant
One in 10 pregnant women participating in an extensive study of the drinking habits of US women of childbearing age responded positively that they did consume an alcoholic beverage while pregnant.
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Pregnancy Survey: How to Improve What We're Eating
The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics recently teamed up with American Baby Magazine to find out what pregnant women really are eating and offer ways to improve our choices.
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