Pregnancy & Childbirth
Branding Pregnancy As Mental Illness
The Mothers Act (S. 1375: Mom’s Opportunity to Access Health, Education, Research, and Support for Postpartum Depression Act) will most probably have the disturbing affect of reclassifying the very natural process of pregnancy and birth as a mental disorder that requires the prescribed use of unproven and VERY dangerous psychotropic drugs (which can also place the child in harms way).
Lack of Vitamin D Causes Preeclampsia During Pregnancy
According to a new brand study conducted by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Health Sciences and also published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, pregnant women who show deficiency in Vitamin D have five times the risk of suffering from a potentially fatal condition known as preeclampsia.
What All Pregnant Women Need To Know To Avoid Getting Diabetes
Diabetic pregnancy easy as 1-2-3
Infertility: Becoming Pregnant and Staying Pregnant
There’s no question that more and more women are having difficulties conceiving, and that many women are taking responsibilty for their health by becoming familiar with the complex issues of infertility in order to achieve pregnancy. Another increasingly common concern of pregnancy is the possibility of miscarriage. It is now a medical fact that one in three pregnancies in the U.S. results in miscarriage.
Iodine and Pregnancy
A list of refernces to articles on iodine and pregnancy.
Nausea in Pregnancy
First Trimester Nausea... Yikes! First, a tried and true quotation heard many times during my adolescence from my father... "this too will pass." You're thrilled, all your relatives are thrilled, you're starting to dream about darling infant outfits, researching the best preschools, baby-proofing the whole house, and how do you feel? Yuk!
