Deciding whether to drink alcohol during pregnancy is a confusing business. Anecdotally, viewpoints on the matter range from testimonies of “I drank through the whole of my pregnancy and my child turned out fine” to reports of bartenders refusing to serve alcohol to pregnant women.
Read MoreA panel of medical experts from the United States Preventative Task Force (USPTF) now recommends that women at high risk for a pregnancy-related condition known as preeclampsia take low dose aspirin after 12 weeks of pregnancy.
Read MoreScarlett Johansson is officially a mom! The Lucy star welcomed her first child, a baby girl named Rose, with fiance Romain Dauriac, her rep confirmed to the Associated Press on Thursday, Sept. The AP reports that "mother and daughter are doing well."
Read MoreNew research from Consumer Reports shows that pregnant women should avoid all tuna, contrary to the Food and Drug Administration's description of light canned tuna as a fish "lower in mercury." "Tuna happens to be one of the fish that can be very high in mercury, and some types of tuna have higher levels than others.
Read MorePolice offficer Lyndi Trischler reached her physical limit 23 weeks into her pregnancy, slightly more than halfway through. “The gun belt is pretty heavy, and it was causing pain to my abdomen, the bigger that got,” she recalled Tuesday to TODAY.com. “And then the bulletproof vest made it hard to breathe. I started having heart palpations.” Once those got worse, Trischler knew she had to give up her 10-hour patrol shifts.
Read MoreA very pregnant New York City trapeze artist has become a bit of an inspiring sideshow at the circus institute where she teaches — by continuing her high-flying antics through her eighth month of pregnancy, and having the professional portraits to prove it. “We did [the photos] because I wanted maternity pictures that weren't your standard maternity pictures..
Read MorePregnant women should avoid using antibacterial soaps due to increasing fears they damage the health of both mother and baby. Common antibacterial compounds are causing growing concern among environmental health experts, scientists will say today at the annual meeting of the American Chemical Society. In the latest research to be presented.
Read MoreAre you a mama-to-be getting ready to scrub the house? First read this guide to safer housecleaning when you're preggers. Lots of things change when you’re expecting, including how much housecleaning you should tackle — and what’s safe and what’s not. So before you plug in the vacuum or dig out the dustpan, get the lowdown on the dos and don’ts of cleaning during pregnancy.
Read MoreHaving a co-ed baby shower? Here are some games that will be sure to keep guests entertained and having fun. Like change the baby parenting requires cooperation and team work. What better way to test this team work than with a game of “Change the Baby”! In this game, couples compete against other couples in an effort to clock the best time in changing a cloth diaper on a baby doll.
Read MoreA lack of self-control and poor food choices are most likely causing women to gain excess weight during pregnancy, university researchers say. In what they claim will be a world-first study into why women put on extra weight during pregnancy, Deakin University researchers are asking pregnant women to take part in an online survey to measure their eating habits.
Read MoreThe 2014 Surgeon General's report is the 32nd tobacco-related report since 1964. While focusing on 50 years of tobacco control and prevention, one of the published articles detailed how smoking in early pregnancy can cause orofacial clefts in babies.
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Some women are already overweight when they get pregnant. Others may gain weight too quickly during their pregnancy. Either way, a pregnant woman should not go on a diet or try to lose weight during pregnancy.
Read MoreIf you thought women were the only ones who needed to cut down on stress when trying to conceive, think again. Psychological stress can also affect sperm quality, reducing its concentration, appearance, and ability to fertilize an egg, according to a recent study of 193 men led by Columbia University.
Read MoreThe International Society of Endocrinology and the Endocrine Society found that obese pregnant women who adhere to an intensive nutritional and exercise program starting in the first trimester gained less weight and had fewer pregnancy complications compared with peers who receive standard prenatal care.
Read MoreInstead of telling women and young children to “eat up to 12 ounces a week of a variety of fish and shellfish that are lower in mercury,” the government now suggests they “eat 8 to 12 ounces of a variety of fish each week from choices that are lower in mercury.
Read MoreThat’s what British mom Lyndsey Thomas did during while giving birth last month at Whittington Hospital in London, from experiencing her first contraction to breastfeeding her newborn daughter, using the hashtag “Lyndseygivesbirth".
Read MoreA little less than two years after welcoming daughter Penelope with longtime love Scott Disick, Kourtney Kardashian is pregnant again and expecting thier third baby.
Read MoreDoes it seem like all your best friends are suddenly having babies at the same time? Well you're not crazy.
Read MoreThe study shows a correlation between once bright children who later become underachievers in school, “yet they possess such great abilities and talents” and factors related to birth or pregnancy.
Read MoreHow long did your labor take or should it take? I’ve had three natural births in Rome, as in no epidurals, and the main reason I chose to forgo medication was because I was so worried about this very situation.
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