Skin Changes During Pregnancy
Researchers looked at the effect of, B-vitamins, folic acid, breast milk versus formula milk, iron, iodine and omega-3 fatty acids, on the cognitive, emotional and behavioural development of children from before birth to age nine. Professor Cristina Campoy, who led the project, said that short term studies seem unable to detect the real influence of nutrition in early life, asserting that ‘NUTRIMENTHE’ was designed to be a long-term study, as the brain takes a long time to mature, and early deficiencies may have far-reaching effects. So, early nutrition is most important. Many other factors can affect mental performance in children including; the parent’s educational level, socio-economic status of the parents, age of the parents and, as discovered by ‘NUTRIMENTHE’, the genetic background of the mother and child. This can influence how certain nutrients are processed and transferred during pregnancy and breastfeeding and in turn, affect mental performance. Cristina Campoy said that it is important to try to have good nutrition during pregnancy and in the early life of the child and to include breastfeeding if possible, as such ‘good nutrition’ can have a positive effect on mental performance later in childhood.
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Gwen Stefani’s Third Pregnancy Was Totally Unexpected!
Annie Lebowitz’s photo of a pregnant Demi Moore. Credit: Wolfman-K on Flickr, under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC 2.0) (WOMENSENEWS)–Demi Moore made history posing nude and heavily pregnant for the cover of Vanity Fair magazine in 1991. Moore’s glistening tanned body, an outrage to many, transformed the pregnant body from desexualized and shameful into something glamorous, even sexy. Annie Lebowitz’s cover photograph of pregnant Moore (“More Demi Moore”), with the magazine sold in plastic wrapper to conceal her belly, incensed the public. But it also changed our image of the pregnant body.
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She started feeling sick a month ago, so she took a test. Theyre ecstatic! We bet they’re ecstatic! They’re about to add another child into the world who will most likely have perfect hair ! Gwen is apparently “dying” for a girl so the boy-girl ratio in her family will be a little more even, but we’re sure no matter what – she’ll love that baby a whole lot!
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Pregnancy ‘Out of the Closet,’ But Now Sexualized
The researchers did find that when women used more than 300 grams of very potent corticosteroids during pregnancy, babies were at increased risk of low birth weight, which is new, Chi said. Topical steroid creams are commonly prescribed for rashes, eczema or other skin inflammation. Generic nonprescription forms such as Bactine are very low strength, but prescription forms can be low to high strength. Using UK data from 1989 to 2006, the researchers compared rates of birth defects and delivery complications among babies born to about 2,700 women who were prescribed a corticosteroid cream during pregnancy and those born to 7,200 women who didn’t use the drugs. Overall, 4.7 percent of babies whose mothers had used corticosteroids were low birth weight, compared to 4.8 percent of those whose mothers didn’t use the creams.
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Most steroid skin creams likely safe during pregnancy
But along with that comes some of the side effects which ain’t that joyful for a pregnant woman. During pregnancy a woman has to undergo a lot of problems and other such things related to skin and body changes. When you are pregnant one of the most disturbing thinks to look at is your skin changes on your body. Due to the hormonal imbalance in the body, the skin changes and varies over time in the course of the pregnancy.
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The Geography Of Unintended Pregnancy (INFOGRAPHIC)
each year are unplanned, according to a new state-level analysis by the Guttmacher Institute. The unintended pregnancy rate is a standout in the industrialized world , and has remained nearly flat since the 1980s despite advances in birth control technology and availability. Women with incomes at or below the federal poverty line are five times more likely than those at the highest income levels to become pregnant by accident and unintended pregnancies have become increasingly clustered among the poor in recent years. Most of the births resulting from unplanned pregnancies are publicly funded , and they aren’t cheap . As family planning budgets are slashed across the nation, unintended pregnancy remains the main reason for abortion, a procedure three in 10 American women have by age 45 . Infographic by Jan Diehm for The Huffington Post.
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Motherhood Uncensored 