To Be Mom

Caffeine during pregnancy does not have a direct impact on the fetus’ growth however it might have other side effects. Meanwhile, doctors have added that it seems to disprove that ‘caffeine intake can lead to low birth weight and perhaps preterm delivery, but it’s only one study’ and have advised to reduce the ‘consumption of [...]

Not only mother but father too plays an important role in the formation of baby’s brain during the nine months. Lately researchers have postulated that if would-be mothers experience some kind of stress caused by their partners, it would negatively influence the baby. A researcher asserted, ‘ we found that if the woman had a [...]

Pregnancy, a time when woman is standing on a threshold of a new life, heralding birth of a new living being. Most of you must be feeling good off course for the ‘life within’. And might have taken various measures to provide the growing embryo with utmost comfort. Also you might have even avoided tiring [...]

Women who experience high blood pressure during pregnancy are 57% more prone to develop a coronary-related heart problem later in life in comparison with other women had normal blood pressure levels during pregnancy. The study is based on 491 healthy postmenopausal women, where it recorded the coronary artery calcium in the women in 2004 and [...]

Who doesn’t want bright children? Eat fish and save all the money you will be spending on your children polishing their mental and social skills. The health experts say that the amount of sea food should be restricted as they may contain dangerous pollutants which maybe harmful to the child. On the contrary, research has [...]

Pregnant moms should stay away from environmental chemicals, to be found in products like plastics and pesticides, because exposure to such chemicals may turn an unborn child more susceptible to obesity in its later life. Prof. Frederick Vom Saal, of Missouri-Columbia University expounded this view after he found that mice exposed to bisphenol-A (BPA) before [...]

Women who were underweight when they were born are at greater risk of pre-eclampsia during pregnancy. Pre-eclampsia is a common condition that causes high blood pressure and can put the mother’s life at risk. The result is based on a study of more than 6,000 women under the age of 30 years. The findings also [...]

A pregnancy hormone, prolactin, might help repair the damage to nerves caused by multiple sclerosis, (MS). Researchers working on mice discovered that prolactin encourages production of myelin, the fatty substance that protects nerve cells. Myelin is degraded by multiple sclerosis damaging nerves’ ability to transmit messages. The newest discovery elevates hopes of new treatments for [...]

High-frequency sound waves could capture an image of fetus by an obstetric ultrasound mechanism. And obstetricians usually ask to check on the fetus’s health at regular intervals throughout pregnancy. As said by the Radiological Society of North America, an ultrasound may be used to verify: (1) The presence and age of an embryo/fetus. (2) Any [...]

Scholars from the UK and US asserted that if women are trying to conceive, they might gain success if they use the Clearblue Easy Fertility Monitor. Dr. Jayne E. Ellis stated, One known cause of failure to conceive is the mistiming of intercourse. In our studies, only one quarter of women knew when their fertile [...]