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Pregnancy: Stress During Pregnancy Can Lead To Gut Health Issues In Baby; Here's What To Do
It is essential to prioritise self-care during pregnancy to not only care for yourself but also for the health and development of your baby.
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Aspirin In Pregnancy May Up Cerebral Palsy Risk In Babies
Babies whose mothers consumed aspirin during pregnancy may be at more than double the risk of developing cerebral palsy.
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Pregnant Doctor Helps Deliver Another Child, Delaying Her Own Delivery
A US based doctor did what no other would have in the same situation. Dr Amanda Hess, a soon to be mother, was about to go into labour for her own delivery, when she heard another woman struggling with her pregnancy.
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New-Age Mothers Ditch Early Maternity Leave: Here's Why
The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill 2016 has given pregnant women an opportunity to avail an extended paid maternity leave of 26 weeks.
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Flu Vaccine During Pregnancy Can Protect Newborn
Immunising mothers against flu can decrease the risk of their infants getting influenza during the first four months after birth by 70 per cent, a study says.
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How a child's food preferences begin in the womb
Tests have shown that what a woman eats during her pregnancy is easily detectable in her amniotic fluid, and the foetus develops a taste for familiar flavoursIt may be a survival mechanism that's come back to bite us on the bum, but human beings are...
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Jessica Alba Is A Protective Mom
Jessica Alba "didn't leave the house" when she first became a mom.
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Probiotics may prevent eczema
Treating pregnant mothers, and then their infants, with select strains of probiotics may help prevent a skin condition known as eczema in children with a family history of allergies.
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Prenatal smoking reduces fertility
Mothers who smoke while pregnant may put their sons at risk of infertility later in life.
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Food avoidance doesn't prevent allergy
Telling pregnant and breastfeeding women to avoid foods such as milk, eggs and nuts does not prevent the development of allergy to those foods in their children.
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Pregnancy: Stress During Pregnancy Can Lead To Gut Health Issues In Baby; Here's What To Do
It is essential to prioritise self-care during pregnancy to not only care for yourself but also for the health and development of your baby.
-
Aspirin In Pregnancy May Up Cerebral Palsy Risk In Babies
Babies whose mothers consumed aspirin during pregnancy may be at more than double the risk of developing cerebral palsy.
-
Pregnant Doctor Helps Deliver Another Child, Delaying Her Own Delivery
A US based doctor did what no other would have in the same situation. Dr Amanda Hess, a soon to be mother, was about to go into labour for her own delivery, when she heard another woman struggling with her pregnancy.
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New-Age Mothers Ditch Early Maternity Leave: Here's Why
The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill 2016 has given pregnant women an opportunity to avail an extended paid maternity leave of 26 weeks.
-
Flu Vaccine During Pregnancy Can Protect Newborn
Immunising mothers against flu can decrease the risk of their infants getting influenza during the first four months after birth by 70 per cent, a study says.
-
How a child's food preferences begin in the womb
Tests have shown that what a woman eats during her pregnancy is easily detectable in her amniotic fluid, and the foetus develops a taste for familiar flavoursIt may be a survival mechanism that's come back to bite us on the bum, but human beings are...
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Jessica Alba Is A Protective Mom
Jessica Alba "didn't leave the house" when she first became a mom.
-
Probiotics may prevent eczema
Treating pregnant mothers, and then their infants, with select strains of probiotics may help prevent a skin condition known as eczema in children with a family history of allergies.
-
Prenatal smoking reduces fertility
Mothers who smoke while pregnant may put their sons at risk of infertility later in life.
-
Food avoidance doesn't prevent allergy
Telling pregnant and breastfeeding women to avoid foods such as milk, eggs and nuts does not prevent the development of allergy to those foods in their children.
