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Majority of B.C. women take prescription drugs during pregnancy, Canadian study shows
Science Daily: Pregnancy and Childbirth News &bull Dec 15, 2011
The study, published online December 15 in the journal Clinical Therapeutics, is the first of its kind in Canada. Researchers analyzed population-based outpatient prescription claims data for patterns of prescription drug use during pregnancy in B.C. from 2001 to 2006. The researchers found that 63.5 per cent of pregnant women in B.C. filled at least one prescription. One in thirteen --… Full Story »
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Flexible Spending Accounts, Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
About.com: Pregnancy & Childbirth Headlines &bull Dec 15, 2011
If you have a place of employment that offers flexible spending accounts (FSA) , you have money put aside or be able to put aside money to spend on certain medical expenses that would be tax free. This is typically… Full Story »
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Experts Issue Warning About Cold Medications in Pregnancy
Yahoo! News: Pregnancy Search &bull Dec 14, 2011
Newswise - Experts in pregnancy and breastfeeding health at the California Teratogen Information Service (CTIS) Pregnancy Health Information Line warn expectant moms about the potential dangers of common cold medicines during pregnancy. CTIS is a California non-profit housed at the University of California, San Diego that educates… Full Story »
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Unt Experts Issue Warning About Cold Medications In Pregnancy
Yahoo! News: Pregnancy Search &bull Dec 14, 2011
DENTON, TX - Experts in pregnancy and breastfeeding health at the Texas Teratogen Information Service (TTIS) Pregnancy Risk Line warn expectant moms about the potential dangers of common cold medicines during pregnancy. Full Story »
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Alyssa Milano on breastfeeding Milo
She Knows: Celebrity Pregnancy &bull Dec 13, 2011
She told Best of Babes, "I was lucky to have a baby who from the moment he came into the world, was a pro at latching on. I think the thing I like best about breastfeeding is the closeness I… Full Story »
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Enriched And Famous
Fit Pregnancy: Blogs &bull Dec 8, 2011
Fortified foods like vitamin D-enriched milk or calcium-added orange juice seem like an easy way to get the nutrients you need. But are they the best way to nourish you and your baby? The answer depends on the nutrient as… Full Story »
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Most Mothers Want To Breastfeed For As Long As They Can
Pregnancy News & Obstetrics News from Medical News Today &bull Dec 8, 2011
According to the Philips Mother & Child Care Index, expecting and new parents in the U.S. are doing whatever they can to ensure their children have a healthy future, including breastfeeding their babies for as long as possible. The newly released special report surveyed 5,600 parents from… Full Story »
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Parenting Topic of the Week: Arsenic in Juice, Rice
Pregnancy Weekly Blog &bull Dec 6, 2011
Whether you are pregnant, breastfeeding, or a parent of a young child, you're liable to be concerned about the headlines detailing high levels of arsenic in apple juice and rice. Although it may seem like another overblown fear campaign by the media, the truth is frightening and deserves the attention of… Full Story »
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Mothers are not reaching breastfeeding goals: What needs to change?
Science Daily: Pregnancy and Childbirth News &bull Dec 5, 2011
New observations and a variety of strategies for encouraging women to breastfeed longer are presented in a collection of articles in Breastfeeding Medicine, the Official Journal of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. The key issues are identified as education of the healthcare… Full Story »
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New Guidelines for Treating Psoriasis during Pregnancy
Pregnancy Weekly Blog &bull Dec 5, 2011
Pregnancy has a way of intensifying the worst skin conditions. Acne, melasma and psoriasis are just a few of the biggest contenders. Unfortunately, many of the most effective treatments are risky to use during pregnancy. New guidelines released by the… Full Story »
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World AIDS Day 2011
Fit Pregnancy: Blogs &bull Dec 1, 2011
Today is World AIDS day, a global educational opportunity to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS, celebrate the people who are living with HIV and remember all those who have died. There are World AIDS events taking place all around the world, as there has been every December 1 since 1988. As frightening and daunting as AIDS is, there's really a lot to celebrate. When we first becoming aware of HIV/AIDS in the 1980s, it was a death sentence, mostly confined to the gay community. As the epidemic and our understanding of the disease spread, we grew to understand that anyone could… Full Story »
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State Pulls Plug On Formula Samples
Fit Pregnancy: Blogs &bull Dec 1, 2011
Rhode Island has found a way to encourage breastfeeding: Stop the formula freebies. The state's seven birthing hospitals have eliminated the free goody bags of infant formula as a parting gift recently, "apparently making it the first state to end… Full Story »
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Nicolas Sarkozy On Breastfeeding: "I've Become A Bit Of An Expert At My Age!"
Celebrity Baby Scoop &bull Nov 22, 2011It looks as though French president and father-of-four Nicolas Sarkozy is getting used to having an infant around again! The doting daddy - who is also father to sons Pierre , 25, and Jean , 23 from his marriage to… Full Story »
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Sharing Sleep with Your Baby
About.com: Pregnancy & Childbirth What's Hot &bull Nov 18, 2011
Through out the years sleeping with a baby in your bed was the norm. In Western culture this changed and more and more newborns were placed in cribs to sleep away from their parents. Though the family bed, or co-sleeping, is still the… Full Story »
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How Eating Fish During Pregnancy, Genes And Omega-3 Fatty Acids Impact On "Brain Power" In Children. The NUTRIMENTHE Project Investigates
Pregnancy News & Obstetrics News from Medical News Today &bull Nov 18, 2011
The statement that 'fish is good for the brain' is increasingly backed-up by scientific evidence but what the actual outcomes are in terms of mental performance or 'brain power' is still being discovered. Oily fish is the predominant source of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids, including docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), an important structural component of cells, especially the cell membranes of the brain and which accumulates in the brain during development. Indeed, the European Commission recently supported health claims that intake during pregnancy of DHA "contributes to the normal brain development… Full Story »
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Top 3 Things No One Tells New Moms But They Should
Baby Talkers Blog &bull Nov 16, 2011
Really, your baby is the best. I want you to know this because it's true. She is smart and beautiful and just the greatest thing since sliced bread.to you (and the grandparents, of course), that is! But really, your baby is awesome! All babies are awesome. Everyone thinks their baby is extremely smart. Everyone thinks their baby is the absolute cutest… Full Story »
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Insight: In Greek crisis, HIV gains ground
LA Times: Health &bull Nov 11, 2011
ATHENS (Reuters) - 'Contagion' is the label financial markets use for the economic spread of the Greek crisis. For hundreds of people in an increasingly chaotic society, the word has a deadlier meaning. Take the mother of four introduced to Reuters by her social worker at the bright offices of an Athens non-governmental organization called Kentro Zois, or The Center for Life. A Ukrainian, she said she immigrated to Greece 12 years ago and married a Greek man. Bleached blonde hair tightly pulled back in a bun, the 34-year… Full Story »
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Seek Help for Breastfeeding Troubles, Young Mom Advises
MedicineNet: Women's Health General &bull Nov 11, 2011
Now 28 and living in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, Goetsch had her first baby at 23 and always expected to breastfeed. Her mother enthusiastically supported La Leche League, an international group that supports breastfeeding, and it never entered Goetsch's mind that she might not breastfeed her own kids. My husband was waking… Full Story »
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Exclusive Breastfeeding Not the Norm in U.S.
MedicineNet: Women's Health General &bull Nov 11, 2011
FRIDAY, Nov. 11 (HealthDay News) -- When something's been scientifically proven as good for the body -- nourishing, boosting disease-fighting ability and more -- you might think Americans would clamor to adopt it, especially when the bodies it helps are babies'. Nearly three out of four mothers start breastfeeding while still in the hospital, but by the time their baby is 6 months old, just 43% are still breastfeeding, said Dr.… Full Story »
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Breastfeeding and Other Foods
About.com: Pregnancy & Childbirth What's Hot &bull Nov 9, 2011
Breastmilk is over 90% water. It seems that breastmilk does not contain much vitamin D. D. Vitamin D drops are expensive. Breastfed babies normally do not require solid foods before 6 months of age. Many 6 month old babies do… Full Story »
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