High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy
High blood pressure, also called ?hypertension?, can pose problems during pregnancy whether you had it before pregnancy or it?s new in pregnancy
High ...
07-08-2020 21:47
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Tobacco During Pregnancy: Quitting Anytime Helps
If you smoke cigarettes, quitting is one of the most important things you can do to improve your baby?s health
When you smoke during pregnancy, your...
07-08-2020 21:47
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Strategies for a Comfortable Postpartum Recovery
You may be sore or uncomfortable from your birth experience, whether you had a vaginal birth or a cesarean. So now what"
When you?re in the hospital ...
27-07-2020 21:50
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Nurse’s Share Advice on Pregnancy & Birth with Mo
Being pregnant and giving birth during COVID-19 is stressful and scary! Giving birth in normal times still has its share of surprises and anxiety. If ...
09-07-2020 21:47
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Breastfeeding Success in the Early Days
You?ve decided to breastfeed?a rewarding and challenging experience awaits!
Exclusive breastfeeding is recommended for baby for the first six months o...
01-07-2020 21:46
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Postpartum Depression Resources for Moms and Families
Caring for a newborn is challenging. Even in normal circumstances, as many as 1 in 5 new moms develop postpartum depression. The extra stressors of CO...
25-06-2020 21:48
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Pregnancy During COVID-19: Looking After Your Emotional Heal
One Woman?s Story of Being Pregnant and Working from Home During the Pandemic
Pregnant women fortunate to work during the pandemic face specific chall...
25-06-2020 21:48
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The Importance of Dad and Baby Bonding
Research shows that a dad?s involvement in childbirth and caring for the new baby benefits everyone?both the parents and baby
Perhaps you?re thinking...
25-06-2020 21:48
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Respectful Care Every Woman Deserves
It?s your body. It?s your baby. It?s your birth.
The care you receive during pregnancy, birth and postpartum can affect how you feel about yourself. S...
25-06-2020 21:48
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Pregnant During COVID-19
This is one woman?s story of pregnancy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Toni Davis is a writer, actor, dancer, and yoga instructor who lives in Virginia....
25-06-2020 21:48
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Healthy Eating in Pregnancy and Beyond
You may have heard that ?eating for two? is a myth. So what?s the real story on healthy nutrition for pregnancy and breastfeeding"
Good nutrition prom...
25-06-2020 21:48
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Postpartum Mood Disorders What Moms Need to Know
Postpartum mood disorders can occur among women with a healthy pregnancy and birth.
Every woman transitions to motherhood differently. Up to 80...
25-06-2020 21:48
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15 Safe Sleep Tips for Baby
Follow these recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics to keep your baby safe whenever and wherever baby?s sleeping
See also: What?s Ne...
25-06-2020 21:48
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Giving Birth During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Stay up-to-date. The situation with COVID-19 is changing constantly and so are policies and guidelines. Consult trusted sites, such as the resources l...
01-04-2020 21:54
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What You Should Know About COVID-19 And Your Pregnancy
We?re learning more every day about the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Experts are monitoring the situation closely and updating recommendation...
31-03-2020 21:51
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A Mother?s Blessing
The idea of a Mother?s Blessing is based on a sacred Navajo ritual called a Blessing Way.
Modern women created the Mother?s Blessing (sometimes called...
03-02-2020 21:53
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Tummy Time Helps Baby?s Development
Keeping baby confined to carriers or equipment can result in delays.
While it?s tempting and convenient to have baby at arm?s length in a variety of s...
27-01-2020 21:50
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Keeping Baby Safe from the Start
Immediately after birth, there are a few important things that can keep baby safe and healthy.
Babies are recommended to be placed on their mom?s ches...
20-01-2020 21:49
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Navigating Vaccine Decisions for You and Your Family
Vaccines can help protect you and your family from dangerous diseases during your pregnancy as well as through your child?s first years of life and be...
13-01-2020 21:51
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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Alcohol is the leading cause of preventable birth defects. While pregnant, there is no safe amount of alcohol, no safe time to drink alcohol and no sa...
06-01-2020 21:51
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Caring for Your Perineum After Vaginal Birth
You may be surprised about the physical aspects of recovery from a vaginal birth. Here?s what to expect.
You just birthed your baby?a baby which took ...
16-12-2019 21:49
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Planning for the Fourth Trimester
You?re likely familiar with the first, second and third trimesters?but did you know there?s a fourth" And it?s just as important for baby?s developmen...
09-12-2019 21:50
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Finding Your Way After a Stillbirth
Stillbirth affects tens of thousands of American families every year. This month is National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness month.
After Autumn w...
24-10-2019 21:48
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Surviving After a Stillbirth
In July 2011, we faced every expectant parents? worst nightmare when I had a stillbirth, when we learned that our unborn daughter had died.
From the m...
22-10-2019 21:49
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Baby Gear for Dad
Dad may be one of the toughest guys to shop for, but when it comes to baby gear, many dads just have one request?gear that is more masculine and that ...
05-08-2019 21:52
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Understanding Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring
Here?s why your care provider regularly checks on your baby?s fetal heart rate and rhythm.
Since the 1800s, midwives and obstetricians have listened t...
01-08-2019 21:47
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Here’s Why Skin-to-Skin is So Essential
Research shows getting skin-to-skin contact with your baby at birth, and thereafter, is ripe with benefits for both mom and baby. Still, there can be ...
29-07-2019 21:48
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Lactation Options & Strategies for LBGTQ Persons
We live in a world where love, gentle parenting, LGBTQ activism, social justice reform and science have brought us to a place where people who choose ...
25-07-2019 21:48
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How to Start a Plant-Based Diet
As a mother of two, and vegetarian for more than 20 years, I never imagined a time when there would be so much interest in plant-based eating. The eas...
22-07-2019 21:48
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How to Breastfeed if You’re an Adoptive or Surrogate P
Did you know that you can still breastfeed your baby even if you did not give birth to them" Even if you were never pregnant" When it comes to matters...
18-07-2019 21:47
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Plan Ahead for Postpartum Recovery
Women typically aren?t prepared for recovery from childbirth. Here?s what you can expect for your postpartum recovery.
Twenty-five years after the bir...
15-07-2019 21:48
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What to Do about Allergies, Colds and the Flu
Is it flu, allergies or cold" You?re fine one minute and the next you?re tired, achy and feeling like you just want to curl up and sleep off whatever ...
11-07-2019 21:48
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Popular Rock ?n Play Infant Sleeper Recalled
After 32 infant deaths, Fisher-Price is now recalling all 4.7 million sleepers produced and sold after warning parents about the risks of infant death...
13-04-2019 21:51
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06-02-2019 21:50
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Why Do I Need a Pap Smear"
So, what?s a Pap test and why would I need one" With a Pap, your healthcare provider takes a small collection of cells from your cervix to screen for ...
15-01-2019 21:49
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