Women who take selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressants, or SSRIs, during pregnancy are much less likely to breast-feed their babies, researchers have found. The new study was conducted by researchers associated with the Connecticut Pregnancy Exposure Information Service (CPEIS), a state-funded service that provides women with information about exposures during pregnancy and …
Continue ReadingGetting healthy before you get pregnant leads to healthier pregnancy and baby
Getting a physical before you get pregnant might help you avoid such prenatal issues as gestational diabetes, which can lead to early delivery and Cesarean sections as well as increasing the baby’s risk of developing diabetes and obesity later in life. For more information read this article and start planning now!!!
Continue ReadingWhat to Eat During Pregnancy
In this video series brought to you by www.whattoexpect.com, Heidi Murkoff tell expectant parents how to go about eating healthy when they are pregnant. First, she says, eat 5-6 mini meals a day instead of the usual three. This will help when you are too nauseous to eat by adding nutrients a little at …
Continue ReadingCord Blood Stem Cells to Treat Type 1 Diabetes
In order to understand how to treat Type 1 Diabetes with cord blood stem cells we’ll begin with what cord blood stem cell is. Cord blood is the blood that remains in the newborn’s blood after birth. Collecting cord blood cells is a simple, safe, painless procedure that usually takes less than five …
Continue ReadingChildren Cured With Cord Blood Transplant
An extremely rare and often fatal disease —Malignant Infantile Osteopetrosis — was the basis of an unlikely friendship that formed between the Shaffers from Landsdowne, Pa. and the Albornoz’s from Ecuador when both of their sons were diagnosed. You can read the whole story here. While this story has a happy ending …
Continue ReadingChildbirth: Limited Gains From Supplemental Calcium
Most doctors encourage women to increase their calcium intake during pregnancy to protect against birth complications and thinning bones caused by the loss of calcium to developing babies. But supplemental calcium does not prevent preterm birth or improve bone density in pregnant women, according to a new report, and may be helpful only in lowering …
Continue ReadingPhillies Pitcher Cliff Lee’s perspective on a ‘ good day at work’
Ever since Cliff Lee’s son, Jaxon, was diagnosed with leukemia ten years ago, the major league pitcher never takes one day for granted. Through several rounds of chemotherapy and ultimately an umbilical cord transplant, Jaxon has made a full recovery and is now considered to be in remission. Because his doctors were able use stem cells to …
Continue ReadingSheKnowsParenting.com writes about cord blood banking
Sheknowsparenting.com is a website for women dealing with a wide range of topics on parenting. The menu will take you to a variety of subsites that address sexual health, beauty, home, living, food among others. Of course, they’re called Sheknows – love.com, Sheknows – homeandgarden.com, etc. We like the approachable writing style and broad …
Continue ReadingLeukemia boy saved with baby sister’s cord blood
An eight-year-old boy who received umbilical cord blood from his 22-month-old sister to treat his leukemia a month ago has become healthy again, the Shanghai Cord Blood Center said today. He was diagnosed with acute leukemia and with no possible cure in sight so his parents conceived and gave birth to a baby girl and …
Continue ReadingIs It Ok To Exercise While Breastfeeding?
The majority of studies have shown no difference in the volume or composition of the milk or babies’ weight gain. Although there was one study that showed a slight increase in milk supply for women who exercised regularly, there were too few participants for the results to be considered valid. Most importantly though …
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