According to a Philadelphia psychiatrist, Elyse Rubenstein, maternal instincts refer to 'an inborn tendency to want to protect and nurture one's offspring'.
Even if you were never a baby person, you would definitely be a good mother. It all goes...
Some studies have postulated that if a pregnant woman's body temperature is raised to 101 degrees F or higher, it would increase the risk of miscarriage.
However if you are using heated waterbed during pregnancy, it would definitely raise your body...
Not much is said about the use of insect repellent during pregnancy. Nevertheless, it has been assumed that they prove to be harmful for moms to be.
DEET or Diethyltoluamide has been recommended to use very carefully because through the skin it may...
Aspartame, an artificial sweetener, which is present in NutraSweet, Equal, and most diet soft drinks is regarded as harmless if taken in limited amounts but saccharin is not counted under this category.
However, it has not shown any birth defects but.
Previously, it was suggested that pregnant women should avoid soft cheese all together. But recently, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) have recommended that during pregnancy, women may take any soft cheese if it's manufactured from pasteurized...
Lately, two studies have postulated that women who take an addition of multivitamins during pregnancy reduce their chances of pre-eclampsia and lessen the chances of baby's birth defect.
Pre- eclampsia is a complication during pregnancy that...
Though the tooth whiteners do not have pregnancy related warnings yet dentists advices them to avoid until childbirth.
According to a dentist in Farmington, MN, Kimberly Harms, the expecting mothers should avoid using them because it may lead to gum..
Finally, the time approaches when you were suppose to be admitted in the hospital. Here are few things, which you should keep in mind and are very much important for your hospital stay.
1. Your identification and hospital forms
2. Labor aids like...
There are certain steroids, which you should not take during pregnancy because they may not allow your pituitary gland to generate sufficient amount of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) that are required for ovulation. ...
Recent study states that a certain amount of calories, that is, 2500 calories per day, are necessary for a pregnant woman and if she does not take the required amount, there develops the chances of thickening of arterial walls of her baby.
This may...
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