Folic acid, in combination with vitamin B-12 and vitamin C, is considered essential by health care providers for women that are planning pregnancy. Being on a healthy diet and adding a daily dose of 400 micrograms of folic acid in a multivitamin along with folic acid rich foods is highly recommended by researchers and midwives. …
Continue ReadingCan I travel during my second trimester?? The experts weigh in.
The second trimester is great for traveling, as long as you take a few precautions. Planning a vacation or weekend getaway is definitely a good way to relax and enjoy your time with your significant other. If you are planning to fly take a few precautions such as drinking a lot of water before during and after …
Continue ReadingSurprise cord-blood find is ‘godsend’ for ailing boy
After half a year of blood transfusions to treat life-threatening anemia, 9-year-old Ricky Martinez was running out of time. The Murrieta boy needed a bone marrow transplant to save his life. Although his parents had held numerous drives seeking a match for their son, the perfect donor eluded them. Then another option appeared —- doctors …
Continue ReadingFinding The Right Name For Your Baby Can Be Difficult. Here’s How To Make The Process Simpler And More Fun
Choosing a name for your baby could be a wonderful exercise for your and your significant other. Remembering loved ones who have passed or honoring those in our families is one way we choose the name. This can get very sticky knowing your mother would want to you name him after uncle Joe (whom you …
Continue ReadingGuide to Pregnancy Hormones
It doesn’t seem quite fair to accuse your hormones of causing every bloat, blemish, and emotional outburst during yourpregnancy. But the truth is that this potent cocktail of chemicals really is guilty as charged, and everything that’s happening to your body these days — both the good, and the not-so-good — can be …
Continue ReadingPregnancy and Exercise
If you’re an avid exerciser or just trying to stay in shape while you’re pregnant, it is important to ask your doctor if you are healthy enough to exercise and how much is too much for you and your baby. If you are a runner you may be able to continue running through some of …
Continue ReadingScientist Who Lost Daughter Champions Cord Blood
Saving umbilical cord blood from childbirth is a growing practice, and those in the field credit a former NASA astronomer with raising national awareness about cord blood’s potential for providing life-saving stem cells. “There’s been a huge upswing in interest in cord blood banking,” said Danielle Winner Koontz, a childbirth educator and doula—or …
Continue ReadingPost-partum depression affects everyone…
Post-partum depression is more common than was previously thought. With early intervention, PPD can be treated. Signs of PPD include weepiness, anxiety, panic attacks, detachment and withdrawal from family and friends. Babies exposed to PPD may suffer from emotional neglect. There has been evidence that this neglect can actually affect brain development. Sleep deprivation and isolation contribute …
Continue ReadingCord Blood Banking Saves Missouri Girl’s Life
A Pineville, Missouri mother is spreading the word about cord blood banking and how it saved the life of her child. Tonya Morris is spending quality time with her daughters Sunshine and 5-year-old Sparrow. These special moments are especially important for Sparrow. In 2008, at 1 year old she was found face down in …
Continue ReadingPreeclampsia, Premature Birth, and Cord Blood Banking
This article originally appeared in the newsletter of the Parent’s Guide to Cord Blood Foundation, http://parentsguidecordblood.org/newsletter_archive/newsletters_2012-03.php#preeclampsia Preeclampsia is a life-threatening medical condition that complicates about 5% of the pregnancies in the United States. Onset of this disease commonly occurs after 32 weeks gestation but can occur late in the second trimester, and …
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