August 28th, 2008
The thyroid is often blamed for exhaustion. I’ve heard many women say something like, “I must have a thyroid problem, I’m just so tired all the time!” That small, butterfly-shaped organ just below your voice box had a lot of power. It can make you exhausted and gain weight if it underperforming or it can send you into overtime with a rapid pulse rate and extreme weight loss if it is overperforming.
So, what has this to do with pregnancy?
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Tags: pregnancy blog, pregnancy and thyroid disease, hyperthryroid when pregnant, hypothyroid when pregnant, thyroid, iodine
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August 27th, 2008
Pregnancy isn’t a joyful time for some women or teens who find themselves either in a difficult situation of just don’t want the child. Over at Babylune, a blog in the Lifestyle channel here at b5media, Eliza has some posts on abandoned babies:
Perhaps it’s time that we get more pro-active on enacting safe-haven laws and places where women can safely leave their babies.
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Tags: pregnancy blog, abandoned babies
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August 27th, 2008
The news of the birth of septuplets to an impoverished Egyptian family who already had three girls, has raised a debate on the use of fertility treatments. The 27-year-old mother, Ghazala Khamis, had been trying for five years to get pregnant again - hopefully for a boy - before taking fertility drugs. She did end up with her boy, three times over, and four more girls.
In a country where the medical resources are very limited for such intensive medical needs, many are calling the doctor who prescribed the drugs as being foolhardy
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Tags: egyptian septuplets, infertility treatments, Multiples, pregnancy blog, septuplets By Marijke -- 0 comments
August 27th, 2008
If you were one of 960 mothers who delivered at the San Francisco Medical Center between March 10, 2008 and August 10, 2008, there is a small chance that you and/or your baby have been exposed to tuberculosis. The center is contacting all patients who were in the postpartum unit at that time.
You can read more about this situation in this article: Hundreds Of Babies At Risk In TB Scare.
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Tags: babies exposed to TB, pregnancy blog, san francisco medical center, tuberculosis By Marijke -- 0 comments
August 27th, 2008
If you are planning to become pregnant and live in an area where you may be considered “iodine deficient,” or you can’t get enough iodine from your foods, you should increase your iodine intake with iodized salt for at least 2 years before you become pregnant.
What is iodine?
Iodine is a mineral that your body needs to help the thyroid function properly. Iodine is needed to metabolize (convert) food into energy.
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Tags: pregnancy blog, iodine in pregnancy, iodine deficiency
By Marijke -- 0 comments
August 26th, 2008
Common Treatment to Delay Labor Decreases Preterm Infants’ Risk for Cerebral Palsy
Preterm infants born to mothers receiving intravenous magnesium sulfate—a common treatment to delay labor—are less likely to develop cerebral palsy than are preterm infants whose mothers do not receive it, report researchers in a large National Institutes of Health research network. The study results appear in theAugust 28, 2008 New England Journal of Medicine. “A third of all cases of cerebral palsy are associated with preterm birth,” said NIH Director Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D.
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Tags: cerebral palsy, delaying labor, magnesium sulfate, pregnancy blog, preterm infant By Marijke -- 0 comments
August 26th, 2008
Canadian lawmakers will be debating a bill to stiffen penalties against people who commit violent crimes against women who are pregnant. With this law, judges would take into account the women’s pregnancy when passing down a sentence after conviction.
The proposed law does have detractors as it may muddy things up about the rights of a fetus. To read more, you can find an article at the CBC.ca that explains the law and its possible impact: Proposed law would stiffen penalties for violence against pregnant women.
Tags: pregnancy blog, violence against pregnant women By Marijke -- 0 comments
August 26th, 2008
I’ve been wandering the Internet again. It always takes me to new and different places.
This morning, I found this post, Preparing myself for childbirth.
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Tags: pregnancy blog, preparing for childbirth
By Marijke -- 0 comments
August 25th, 2008
Bablylune, one of b5media’s blogs over at the lifestyle channel has some interesting posts about unusual places where babies have been born:
I guess these stories show that the best laid plans can always be shot to $&$^!! if the baby says he or she is coming NOW.
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Tags: pregnancy blog, unusual birth places
By Marijke -- 0 comments
August 25th, 2008
Gonorrhea? Did you really see that on your blood test requisition? Isn’t gonorrhea also “the clap“? Yes - and yes. And yes, that means it’s a sexually transmitted disease. If you’re shocked about being tested - don’t be. You’re not being singled out because it’s actually a routine blood test for pregnant women in North America.
According to statistics, more than 700,000 people in the United States are infected with gonorrhea each year. That number tends to shock a lot of people because many thought that the disease was pretty well non-existent now.
Click here to read more and to see how this can seriously affect your baby.
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Tags: pregnancy blog, gonorrhea, the clap, gonorrhea during pregnancy
By Marijke -- 1 comment
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