It is important to take care of your health all the time but even more so during pregnancy. Everything you do affects not only your health but the health of your unborn child as well. We all know that smoking is bad for our health…
It is not uncommon to grapple with sleep restlessness during pregnancy. There could be many reasons for these sleep distur- bances. Along with heightened anticipation for your newborn baby,physical and hormonal changes may occur, which could be contribut- ing to your sleeplessness. As you progress…
Although problems are less likely to occur in pregnancy these days thanks to advancements made in the medical community, we should still be aware of conditions that can occur. One such condition that may appear in pregnancy is incompatibility of the Rh factor. Along with…
It is important that you remember that weight gain is a normal and healthy part of pregnancy. You have to gain weight in order to provide a healthy and comfortable home for the child that you will be nurturing for the next nine months. Most…
Edema, otherwise known as swelling, will affect almost all women at some point during their pregnancy. Swelling or Edema is most often the result of excessive levels of hormones coursing through your body. Really, the best thing you can do to combat swelling is to…
There are many things that may get in the way of a good night’s sleep when you are pregnant. Vivid dreams, shortness of breath, constant urination, increased heart rate and many other symptoms of pregnancy might just keep you from getting the shut eye that…
Avoiding Diabetes When Pregnant Gestational diabetes or pregnancy diabetes is a condition that can occur in women with no (family) history of diabetes. This type of diabetes renders the body unable to use all of the needed insulin when the woman is pregnant. As insulin…
Pregnancy is dubbed as being one of the happiest times in your life because of the tiny baby that is growing inside you and becoming more and more dependent on you. However, the way that pregnancy makes you look and feel and the effect that…
Anyone who has ever experienced persistent backache knows how painful it can be. Pregnancy, especially in the latter months is a time when backache may be present. Lower back pain is a common problem in pregnancy. It usually results from the strain of carrying the…
If you are overweight when you become pregnant, your physician will likely recommend that you gain less weight than a woman who is average or normal weight. You should not diet during pregnancy because it is vital that you supply your body and unborn baby…