Archive for July, 2011
What every expectant mom needs to know
Every mother has her own personal “list” of things she wish she’d known before giving birth. Parenting, organizational skills, things that happen to your body during and after birth… all of these and more are part of this list. Most of these things need to be lived, and can’t be told. But there are some [...]
How to get pregnant quickly after depo
How to get pregnant after stopping the use of depo provera, the injectable birth control method, is a very common question. Women who have just stopped receiving injections and would like to get pregnant as soon as possible may wonder what that “effective for at least three months” really means, and when they will regain [...]
Women in pain while breastfeeding more likely to be depressed?
New mothers who encounter breastfeeding complications are at a higher risk of postpartum depression, a new study of almost 2,600 mother suggests. Nearly eight percent of mothers who breastfed at all suffered from postpartum depression when their babies were two months old, and the figure was higher for those who experienced severe pain while breastfeeding or [...]
Access to free contraceptives prevents repeat abortions
Women who have an abortion are less likely to do so again if they are provided with access to free birth control, a new study from New Zealand found. Not only are women who have access to free contraceptives less likely to terminate another pregnancy, but those who decided to use an IUD (intrauterine device, [...]
How to naturally get pregnant fast with irregular periods
Irregular menstrual cycles are cycles that do not follow a regular pattern and are unpredictable, or that are unusually long or abnormally short. Irregular periods are fairly common, but they have a myriad of causes. All women who are trying to conceive and have irregular periods are united by one question, though: How to naturally [...]
Do unplanned babies develop more slowly?
A large percentage of pregnancies are not planned – in the United Kingdom, as much as 30 to 40 percent of all babies who are born were technically a surprise. If you take into account miscarriages, abortions, and other late pregnancy losses, that is a whole lot of unplanned pregnancies. Unplanned pregnancies are obviously nothing [...]
Medical indications for induction with pitocin
Pitocin, a liquid drug that is used to induce labor, is very powerful and also grossly overused in many countries. Pitocin is an artificial version of the hormone oxytocin, which brings on labor contractions and will either speed up a woman’s existing labor, or get labor going. Because labor induction does carry risks, it is [...]
What is pelvic organ prolapse?
Recovering from childbirth can be uncomplicated and relatively quick, or there can be more long-term consequences that may even require medical attention. One “side effect” of giving birth can be pelvic organ prolapse. This sounds scary, but it is not always as bad as that sounds! Pelvic organ prolapse can effect various organs and sometimes [...]
How to treat infant ear infections
Is your baby having a fever, crying a lot, has symptoms of a common cold, and is tugging at his ear? It may be an infant ear infection, especially if you also notice large quantities of ear wax in your baby’s ear. Many parents are really afraid of ear infections, and will expect antibiotic treatment [...]
Missing protein linked to male infertility
Researchers have uncovered a previously unknown cause of male fertility – men who lack a certain protein that coats sperm and allows them to enter an egg more easily are more likely to be unable to get their partners pregnant! The new study was published in the journal Translational Medicine, and explains that the protein is [...]
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