Women with diabetes during pregnancy can still have healthy babies. But if the diabetes can not be controlled well, it’s likely there will be serious consequences that can be owned by the baby.
Diabetes that occurs in pregnant women occurs because during pregnancy, hormones in the body makes the insulin more difficult to use, so the pancreas has to work harder. (more…)
Asthma is the most common complications in pregnant women and can affect the baby, but some of these symptoms are preventable, said Professor Vicki Clifton, a researcher from the University’s Robinson Institute.
According to Clifton, asthma affects many pregnant women, but many are not identified as asthma. (more…)
During pregnancy, an expectant mother should pay attention to their nutritional intake. Some myths prohibit pregnant women to eat spicy food. But is it safe for a pregnant women to eat spicy food?
One condition which pregnant women often complain about is a low back pain which usually occurs when the stomach gets bigger. But this condition can be prevented by doing some things.
There are several causes of low back pain during pregnancy, like the extra weight carried which also increase the stress on your growing uterus joints which can press the nerve.
Besides that, hormonal changes also makes the joints and ligaments attached to the pelvic bones of the spine become loose, causing pain and instability in moving. (more…)
There are so many diseases or disorders that arise when a person lack of vitamin D. It is not only make the bones easy to brittle, but also a higher cancer risk. While in pregnant women, the development of the fetal can be disrupted if the mother lack of vitamin D.
“High blood pressure and cardiovascular disease can also be triggered because the body lacks of vitamin D,” Reinhold Vieth, professor of nutritional sciences from the University of Toronto, as quoted from BestHealthMag.
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