Pregnancy and asthma
INTRODUCTION - Asthma is the most common condition affecting the lungs during pregnancy. At any given time, up to 8 percent of pregnant women have asthma. Many women worry about how the changes of pregnancy will affect their asthma and if asthma ... [... more]
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Breast pumps
INTRODUCTION - A breast pump is a device that allows a woman to express breast milk from the breasts when it is not possible to breastfeed her infant directly. Many women choose to use a breast pump so that they can continue to provide breast ... [... more]
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Breastfeeding
INTRODUCTION - Human milk is widely recognized as the optimal source of nutrition for all infants. Breast milk promotes development of the infant's immune system and meets the nutritional needs of a full-term infant until approximately six months ... [... more]
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Common breastfeeding problems
INTRODUCTION - Breastfeeding a healthy infant is often accompanied by challenges. These challenges can be difficult to deal with, especially when combined with the normal anxieties of parenting a newborn infant. Problems associated with ... [... more]
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Maternal health and nutrition during breastfeeding
INTRODUCTION - Women have an amazing ability to produce a sufficient quantity and quality of breastmilk to support an infant, even if the woman is malnourished. However, breastfeeding women do need an increased number of calories and nutrients to ... [... more]
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Circumcision in male infants
INTRODUCTION - Circumcision in the male is the removal of the foreskin of the penis. The practice of circumcision dates to ancient times. In ancient Egypt, prior to biblical times, circumcision was performed to improve male hygiene. Later, ... [... more]
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Care during pregnancy for women with type 1 or 2 diabetes
INTRODUCTION - Prior to the development of insulin in 1922, pregnancy in women with diabetes mellitus posed very high risks to both mother and fetus. Today, most women with diabetes can expect an excellent pregnancy outcome, similar to that of ... [... more]
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Gestational diabetes
INTRODUCTION - Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a condition that develops during pregnancy, when the body is not able to make enough insulin to overcome the body's resistance to insulin. The lack of insulin causes the woman's blood glucose ... [... more]
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Nausea and vomiting in pregnancy
INTRODUCTION - Nausea and vomiting occur commonly during pregnancy, especially between five and 15 weeks of pregnancy. Between 50 and 90 percent of women have some degree of nausea, with or without vomiting. The severity of these symptoms can ... [... more]
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Inflammatory bowel disease and pregnancy
INTRODUCTION - Inflammatory bowel disease is the name for conditions that cause inflammation of the digestive tract, including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. Many women worry about how the changes of pregnancy will affect their ... [... more]
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HIV and pregnancy
INTRODUCTION - The most common way for infants to acquire human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is from his or her mother during pregnancy, labor and delivery, and, to a lesser degree, through breastfeeding. This mother-to-child transmission of HIV ... [... more]
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Avoiding infections in pregnancy
Mon Jan 29 00:00:00 GMT 2007 INTRODUCTION - Like all adults and children, pregnant women are at risk for developing viral and bacterial infections. Infections are a particular concern during pregnancy since some infections are more severe in ... [... more]
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