Category: Pregnancy
-
A Little Pregnant – One Woman’s Public Struggle With Infertility
Julie is in her thirties, and lives in a small town in New England. Julie has fertility problems, which have included several IUIs and four rounds of IVF, which ended in an ectopic pregnancy,…
-
New Study Suggests No Link Between Stress And IVF Success
WebMD is reporting on a new study from Sweden that suggests stress doesn’t play a role in the success or failure of conceiving through In Vitro Fertilization (IVF). Researchers assessed stress levels among women…
-
Disparities Exist In Access To Infertility Treatment
Pregnancy & Baby is reporting on the disparities that exist in access to infertility treatment. “Our study found the vast majority of patients seeking IVF treatment were Caucasian, highly educated and wealthy compared to…
-
FDA Launches iPLEDGE Campaign To Prevent Pregnant Women From Using Isotretinoin (Accutane)
Isotretinoin treats a type of severe acne called nodular acne.It is used after other treatments, including antibiotics, have nothelped. It comes in a capsule you take by mouth. Treatmentusually lasts 4 to 5 months.…
-
Fetal Positions In The Final Days Of Pregnancy
The MayoClinic.com has an excellent new visual guide to fetal positions in the final days of pregnancy. The visual tour offers images of the most common ways babies position themselves before birth. Each image…
-
Fertility LifeLines Offers Free Fertility Planning Guide
When my wife and I experienced infertility while trying to conceive our first child, we didn’t know what to expect. The only thing we knew was that we couldn’t get pregnant. It would have…
-
Fertility Expert Doubts Link Between Chlamydia And Infertility
“I think the evidence that chlamydia affects fertility is very dubious,” Lord Winston said. I haven’t seen any figures that demonstrate that it is causing infertility.” Lord Winston said the link between chlamydia and…
-
Use Of Folic Acid Increases Birth Rate
As reported in the British Journal of Nutrition, the research team discovered a strong link between low levels of folic acid in the women’s blood and a correspondingly low birth weight in their newborn.…
-
Treating Depression During Pregnancy
Depression affects up to 15% of women during and shortly after pregnancy. Dr Janet Atsumi Martin, from the Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre in Los Angeles, stated that the impact of depression during pregnancy includes: Poorer…
-
Smoking + Pregnancy = Anti-Social Child
A new study suggests that mothers who smoke while pregnant increase the risk of anti-social behavior in their children. In a study of 1,896 twins it was found that the average symptom scores for…