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| Pregnancy & Childbirth: Strengthening exercises...and acupuncture...help with the pain of childbirth |
 AUTHOR:Ed Edelson,
HealthDay Reporter
Acupuncture can help with the pain of pregnancy. Strengthening exercises can also help, a new study finds.
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Posted by healthanddiets on Thursday, March 31 @ 23:17:40 EST (1451 reads)
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| Pregnancy & Childbirth: Are there ways to reduce the risk of birth defects? |
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There are some basic things that all women can do to improve their chances of having a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby:
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Posted by healthanddiets on Thursday, March 31 @ 20:06:03 EST (1208 reads)
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| Pregnancy & Childbirth: Amniocentesis carries a small risk of miscarriage |
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Amniocentesis is a common prenatal test in which a small sample of the amniotic fluid surrounding the fetus is removed and examined.
It was first used in 1882 to remove excess amniotic fluid, and has long been performed in late pregnancy to assess anemia in babies with Rh disease and to find out if the fetal lungs are mature enough for the baby to be delivered.
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Posted by healthanddiets on Thursday, March 31 @ 20:04:10 EST (1759 reads)
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| Pregnancy & Childbirth: Is it safe to fly during pregnancy? |
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Commercial air travel poses no special risks to a healthy pregnant woman or her fetus. However, pregnant women with certain underlying conditions are at increased risk of problems and should check with their doctors before flying. These conditions include:
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Posted by healthanddiets on Thursday, March 31 @ 19:50:42 EST (2618 reads)
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| Pregnancy & Childbirth: Pregnancy Choices: Raising the Baby, Adoption and Abortion |
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Many women have mixed feelings when they find out that they are pregnant. They may wonder if they are ready and willing to accept all that comes with bringing up a child. When you find out you are pregnant, you have a number of options. You can have and raise the baby. You can have the baby and place the baby for adoption, or you can have an abortion (end the pregnancy).
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Posted by healthanddiets on Thursday, March 31 @ 10:11:33 EST (1693 reads)
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| Pregnancy & Childbirth: C-sections Have No Effect on Depression |
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C-sections Have No Effect on Depression..KEYWORDS: c-sections relationship between c-section and depression pregnancy and childbirth study
Having a cesarean section or assisted vaginal delivery does not change a woman's risk of developing postnatal depression compared with a regular vaginal birth, new study results suggest.
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Posted by healthanddiets on Saturday, March 12 @ 02:05:32 EST (1473 reads)
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| Pregnancy & Childbirth: Self-administered C-section still amazes doctors |
KEYWORDS: self performed C-section medical miracles home childbirth amazing birth story
AUTHOR: Lisa J. Adams
Alone in her one-room cabin high in the mountains of
southern Mexico, Ines Ramirez Perez felt the pounding pains of a child
insistent on entering the world.
Three years earlier, she had given birth to a dead baby girl. As her labor
intensified, so did her concern for this unborn child.
The sun had set hours ago. The nearest clinic was more than 50 miles away over
rough terrain and inhospitable roads, and her husband, her only assistant
during a half-dozen previous births, was drinking at a cantina. She had no
phone and neither did the cantina.
So at midnight, after 12 hours of constant pain, the petite, 40-year-old
mother of six sat down on a low wooden bench. She took several gulps from a
bottle of rubbing alcohol, grabbed the 6-inch knife she used for butchering
animals and pointed it at her belly.
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Posted by healthanddiets on Wednesday, June 02 @ 11:35:10 EDT (1899 reads)
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| Pregnancy & Childbirth: Pain Pills During Pregnancy May Dull Child's Sex Drive |
KEYWORDS: sex study human sexuality sex in the human brain COX-2 inhibitors aspirin acetaminophen ibuprofen indomethacin
AUTHOR: David Kohn
Fetuses and newborns exposed to some common anti-inflammatory drugs may be at risk for lasting changes in brain structure that can affect adult sexual behavior, according to a new study involving rats.
While researchers emphasize that the results might not apply in humans, some scientists say they raise the possibility that during a vulnerable window in pregnancy and infancy, these drugs could alter developing human brains, too.
Known as COX-2 inhibitors, this class of anti- inflammatories includes aspirin, acetaminophen, ibuprofen and indomethacin.
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| Pregnancy & Childbirth: Ice Massage Reduces Labor Pain |
 KEYWORDS: ice massage acupuncture points in hand pregnancy childbirth reduce childbirth pains naturally alternative health pain control alternative medicine childbirth control labor pains naturally Pregnant women early labor Large Intestine 4 LI-4 traditional chinese medicine
AUTHOR: Darin Ingels, ND
Pregnant women in early labor who use ice massage at specific acupuncture points on the hand may experience less pain, according to a new study in the Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health (2003;48:317'21). This study suggests ice massage is a safe, non-invasive method of decreasing a woman's labor pain.
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