Pregnancy & Prenatal Care What It’s All About Eating right is a big part of prenatal self-care. You need to eat wisely for your baby’s health and yours, too. You need to eat right during these periods: * Before you get pregnant * While you are pregnant * After delivery. This is most important if […]
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Women’s Health The lining inside of the uterus is called the endometrium. Sometimes cells from it grow outside of the uterus in the abdomen or in some other areas of the body. This is called endometriosis. It can cause scar tissue to build up around your organs. Women in their 20s, 30s, and 40s are
Pregnancy & Prenatal Care Exercise can help ease muscular aches and pains and other discomforts women sometimes experience during their pregnancies. Yoga, walking, swimming, and other forms of low-impact or stretching exercises are best. Follow your health care provider’s advice for exercising during your pregnancy. General guidelines for exercising during pregnancy follow: * You can
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Women’s Health Fainting is a brief loss of consciousness. It can last from seconds to 30 minutes. Signs & Symptoms Just before fainting, a person may feel a sense of dread and feel dizzy. She may see spots and have nausea. Her face may turn pale, she could go into a cold sweat, and she
Pregnancy & Prenatal Care An ectopic pregnancy is when an embryo starts to develop outside the uterus. (Ectopic means out of place.) This happens less than 2 percent of the time. In normal pregnancies, an egg travels from a woman’s ovary to the uterus. It travels down the fallopian tube to get there. Somewhere along
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Women’s Health Chest pain can be a warning sign for many things. It is often linked to a heart attack, especially in men. Women should be just as concerned. Heart disease is the number one cause of death for women in the U.S. Signs & Symptoms Angina With this, the heart does not get as
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Pregnancy & Prenatal Care Read the options below. Discuss them with your health insurance carrier. Do this before you get pregnant. Who you choose will partly depend on: * Your health insurance coverage. * You may need to choose from a certain list. Find out who is on it. Ask if there is a waiting
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Pregnancy & Prenatal Care In the U.S., about one out of 33 babies is born with a birth defect. This includes cystic fibrosis, Down syndrome, heart defects, sickle cell disease, spina bifida, and Tay-Sachs disease. A baby’s neural tube starts to develop about 3 weeks after conception (before many women know they are pregnant). Females
Pregnancy & Prenatal Care What to Pack For Labor * A watch with a second hand. This will help you time your contractions. * Hard candies or lollipops. These will help keep your mouth moist. * Lip balm. This will keep your lips moist. * A small paper bag. This will help if you hyperventilate.
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Pregnancy & Prenatal Care Pregnant women sometimes have light spotting. That’s when a tiny bit of blood leaks from the vagina or the surface of the cervix. It may happen after a vaginal exam. It may also happen after sex. If the blood starts out pink or red and turns dark brown, it is not
