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There is a belief that radiotherapy affected the development of the uterus and ovaries. In the conducted study, 5 out of 28 women with high radiation levels in their pelvises had early child death or stillborn children.
As a reminder, doctors are urged to carefully monitor pregnancies of women cancer survivors with a history of radiation therapy.
On the other hand, chemotherapy drugs were found to have no harmful effects to future pregnancies. Furthermore, men are not at risk because new sperm is produced throughout their lives.
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on July 19, 2010
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Fred didn't deserve it either
When you start the process of conception some naturopathic doctors are recommending the regular consumption of probiotics such as acidophilus. Reguarly consuming probiotics before and during pregnancy can go a long way toward ensuring a safe and healthy mom and baby.
Acidophilus, as are all probiotics, is a naturally occuring bacteria that helps to strengthen the immune system. It is often found in yogurt. Because probiotics help to improve the immune system among other things they can be very beneficial to a healthy pregnancy.
The benefits of taking probiotics during pregnancy are multiple. Not only does it help to improve moms immune system it might also help to prevent certain illnesses in baby such as asthma. Furthermore, acidophilus in particular is well known to relieve vaginal infections and yeast infections which can be troublesome throughout pregnancy.
Always consult your doctor or midwife before taking any supplement not otherwise prescribed.
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The research presented by the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, warned pregnant women to be careful with the types of food consumed during pregnancy.
The study was first conducted on rats where they were fed low-fat or high-fat diets. After giving birth, the rats were examined and the results showed that the pups from rats that had high-fat diets were categorized as overweight after a few weeks.
Whether the research is correct, women during pregnancy should adopt a healthy pregnancy diet to increase the chances of a healthy baby.
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on June 27, 2010
Being a person of science background, I often find it hard to believe in fertility statues and the likes, helping women get pregnant. However, if you believe in such things then I'm not going to condemn your belief either.
A woman from New Jersey is the latest to credit her pregnancy/conception to Ripley's Believe It Or Not! fertility statues that is currently touring the United States.
Ripley's fertility statues - five-foot tall wooden statues acquired from the Ivory Coast of West Africa in 1993 and placed in the lobby of Ripley Entertainment's corporate headquarters in Orlando - has been given credit by 13 women (including staffers and office visitors) who got pregnant.
The statues were put on public display around the United States and the number of women who said that the statues helped them get pregnant has grown to more than 2,000.
So what do you think? Do you think the fertility statues really work?
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on June 22, 2010
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Thus, he designed a pregnancy app - iPregnancy for iPhone and iPod Touch users - to offer pregnant women with guidance for every part of their pregnancy experience.
Now, iPregnancy has a newer version in the iPregnancy 3.01, adding social media integration for sharing pregnancy data with your network, fixing bugs and extra image functionalities. This iPregnancy app has earned almost two years in the Top 25 Apps listing for Health and Fitness and Best Pregnancy Planner in 2009 by Parent's Magazine.
Here are the new features integrated in the iPregnancy 3.01 app...
On top of Facebook, Twitter integration and bug fixes, iPregnancy adds several exciting new features that allow users to:
- Apply themes, weekly 2D images, and annotations to weekly 2D/3D schematic drawings
- View brand new annotated schematic drawings for each week of pregnancy created by a world-renowned artist
- Download additional 2D/3D images from iPregnancy servers
- Use new calendar view and mood tracking indicators for OB visits and journal entries
- See weeks and days gestation at future dates on calendar
- Create multiple future appointments with new appointment feature
- Indicate that the baby has been delivered or enter a planned delivery date (for storing iPregnancy data and viewing it post-baby!)
- Upload and view pictures week-by-week
- Read daddy information for each week (in addition to baby and mommy Information)
So...check out iPregnancy 3.01 now. It's available at the Apple Store for $4.99.
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