Tips to Getting Your Pre-Pregnancy Body Back By Charlene Williams. Routine ultrasound testing not proven safe for pregnant women. (NaturalNews) It is common for a pregnant woman to undergo several routine ultrasounds during her 40-week pregnancy.
What many don't know, and despite what popular medical and government websites state, ultrasound scans have never been proven safe for pregnant women or babies and aren't recommended for routine use and non-high risk pregnancies. An ultrasound is a diagnostic scan that emits ultra-high-frequency sound waves at tissues or bones. As the echo waves return to the machine, a picture is created. In the 1970s it was thought that ultrasounds were safe for pregnant women because of the very low scanning intensities; however, since 1993 the FDA has allowed high-output machines to scan babies at eight times the tolerable level without conducting any epidemiological studies.
In addition, each scan heats surrounding tissues and bones up to six degrees higher than the maximum determined level of safety and can cause cavitation, where gas pockets in tissues and body fluid collapse. Father's age tied to higher rates of psychiatric, academic problems in kids. An Indiana University study in collaboration with medical researchers from Karolinska Institute in Stockholm has found that advancing paternal age at childbearing can lead to higher rates of psychiatric and academic problems in offspring than previously estimated.
Examining an immense data set -- everyone born in Sweden from 1973 until 2001 -- the researchers documented a compelling association between advancing paternal age at childbearing and numerous psychiatric disorders and educational problems in their children, including autism, ADHD, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, suicide attempts and substance abuse problems. Academic problems included failing grades, low educational attainment and low IQ scores. "We were shocked by the findings," said Brian D'Onofrio, lead author and associate professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences at IU Bloomington. Expectant monitoring rather than immediate delivery recommended for women with hypertension or preeclampsia. In a study to be presented on Feb. 6 at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting ™, in New Orleans, researchers will report findings that recommend expectant monitoring instead of immediate delivery for women with gestational hypertension or preeclampsia between 34 and 37 weeks of pregnancy.
There are two strategies to manage hypertensive disorders for pregnant women between 34 and 37 weeks. The first is immediate delivery, which will cure the mother and thereby prevent complications. The second strategy is expectant monitoring, which postpones delivery until the child is no longer at risk for breathing difficulties due to premature birth, or until mother or child become too severely ill to wait any longer. Maternal Stress Puts Newborns At Risk For Iron Deficiency Anemia. When red blood cells fail to bring sufficient amounts of oxygen to the tissues in the body, the person becomes anemic.
There are different factors that can cause anemia but iron deficiency is the most common cause. The body requires iron to make hemoglobin. This is the oxygen carrying red pigment in blood. Week by Week Pregnancy & Baby advice for Mums to be. 5 Ways Evolution Has Screwed Us Over. #2.
Pregnant Women Get Morning Sickness to Avoid Parasites If there's one thing Cracked knows a lot about, it's pregnancy. And the first thing we'll tell you about pregnancy is that it's no walk in the park for people who enjoy digesting their food as God intended. For about 80 percent of pregnant women, however, the first three months of pregnancy are a vomitathon. Just full on all-throw-up, all the time. "I Ain't Coming Out" Most Upvoted.
Ultrasound Scans - Cause for Concern? Who Says Ultrasound is Safe? Posted with permission If you are prescribed a drug during pregnancy or labour, you can be somewhat reassured that the drug was subjected to a series of trials to determine whether it works and is safe, and what adverse effects it may have. But most women are never told that ultrasound has never been subjected to any such rigorous trials. In 1955, Glasgow obstetrician Ian Donald realised that the machine that dockyard workers were using to detect cracks in the hull of a submarine could be used to detect tumours. It did not take long before this technique was used to examine the contents of a woman's uterus. Some years later, Donald published a warning: All About Ultrasound. By Sarah Buckley. Ultrasound scanning was originally developed in World War II to detect enemy submarines.
Questions about Prenatal Ultrasound and the Alarming Increase in Autism - by Caroline Rodgers. © 2006 Midwifery Today, Inc.
All rights reserved. [Editor's note: This article first appeared in Midwifery Today Issue 80, Winter 2006.] In May 2006, figures from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) confirmed what too many parents and educators already knew: The incidence of autism is high, making it an "urgent public health issue," according to Dr. José Cordero, director of the CDC's National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities.
Healthy Pregnancy Series: Ultrasounds. Kelly the Kitchen Kop, one of my favorite bloggers, is running a new Real Food for Rookies ecourse!
Registration is now through Sept. 5, so go and sign up today! Image Credit When you’re expecting, having ultrasounds is practically mandatory these days. Besides that, most parents truly look forward to getting a view of their unborn baby, moving around inside. More girls born in Japan after quake skews sex ratio - health - 04 August 2013. HERE come the girls.
Fewer boys than girls were born in the months after the huge earthquake struck Japan in March 2011. Ralph Catalano of the University of California in Berkeley and colleagues examined hospital records of births in Japan between 2006 and the end of 2011. After the quake, births in areas closest to the epicentre were more likely to be girls, but provinces farther out showed no gender bias. About 2.2 per cent fewer boys were born in the most damaged areas than expected (American Journal of Human Biology, doi.org/nbj). It is not the first time such a skew has been noted: fewer boys were born after the US stock market crash of 2008, for instance. However, it is unclear whether stress causes mothers to miscarry more males or whether fewer males are conceived. The team found evidence for both. William James of University College London believes the father's testosterone level plays a role.
Risk of transient breathing difficulties in newborns of mothers on antidepressants. Infants of expectant mothers who take antidepressant drugs, known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), during late pregnancy are at an increased risk for persistent pulmonary hypertension (high blood pressure in the lungs) finds a study published. The authors stress that the risk is still low even in the context of SSRI exposure, but say pregnant women considering or using SSRIs and their families should be counseled about the condition and that it can typically be managed successfully if it does occur following SSRI exposure. Decisions about treatment for depression during pregnancy must consider potential risks to both the mother and the unborn baby. One potential adverse effect is persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN) -- high blood pressure in the lungs following birth leading to breathing difficulties.
It is a rare condition, but can be severe when associated with other conditions. Growth Process of Babies When They Become Nine Months Old. Preterm births higher among overweight and obese mothers, study finds. Overweight and obese women are at greater risk of giving birth to a preterm baby compared with normal weight women, finds a study published online in the British Medical Journal. The authors believe that overweight and obese women should have counselling before pregnancy so that they are aware of these risks and can try to modify their weight before pregnancy.
Antidepressants in pregnancy increase risk of miscarriage, study finds. Nine Months Old Mother. Pregnancy information.