Food Safe and Pregnant: Tips for the Holidays and Beyond
The holiday season is filled with parties, family gatherings, and lots of food. While everyone wants to keep food-safe, it is especially important for pregnant women to do so. Pregnant women are at increased...
Pregnant Women Can Eat Peanuts
Women need not fear that eating peanuts during pregnancy could cause their child to develop a peanut allergy, according to a new study from Boston Children's Hospital published online Dec. 23 in JAMA Pediatrics.
"Our...
Depression in pregnant mothers may alter the pattern of brain development in their babies
Depression is a serious mental illness that has many negative consequences for sufferers. But depression among pregnant women may also have an impact on their developing babies.
Children of depressed parents are at an increased...
There’s no safe level of drinking during pregnancy
Prenatal exposure to alcohol severely disrupts major features of brain development that potentially lead to increased anxiety and poor motor function, conditions typical in humans with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD), according to neuroscientists...
There's no safe level of drinking during pregnancy
Prenatal exposure to alcohol severely disrupts major features of brain development that potentially lead to increased anxiety and poor motor function, conditions typical in humans with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD), according to neuroscientists...
Almost two-thirds of women who attempt a natural delivery after having a c-section are...
Almost two-thirds of women who attempt a natural delivery after having a caesarean section for their first birth are successful, according to a study published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
The...
Exposure to cortisol-like medications before birth may contribute to emotional problems and brain changes
Neonatologists seem to perform miracles in the fight to support the survival of babies born prematurely.
To promote their survival, cortisol-like drugs called glucocorticoids are administered frequently to women in preterm labour to accelerate their...
Low vitamin D levels during pregnancy associated with preterm birth for non-white mothers
African-American and Puerto Rican women who have low levels of vitamin D during pregnancy are more likely to go into labor early and give birth to preterm babies, research led by the University of...
Pregnant women who snore at higher risk for C-sections, delivering smaller babies
Snoring during pregnancy may be bad for the new baby’s health, according to research from the University of Michigan Health System.
Moms who snored three or more nights a week had a higher risk of...
High blood pressure during pregnancy could elevate the risk of a future stroke
High blood pressure during pregnancy could dramatically raise a woman’s lifetime risk of stroke, according to a study presented today at the Canadian Stroke Congress.
“We’ve found that women who had high blood pressure during...
