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 …
Continue ReadingMothers on Antidepressants Less Likely to Breast-Feed
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!!!
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