A minority of these skin conditions require specific treatments and follow-up after giving birth. Conversely, the majority of these skin conditions only call for symptomatic treatment and resolve after giving birth. We look into the 12 common skin conditions during pregnancy.
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While it’s mostly thought of as a problem that affects women in their senior years, it can strike both genders at various ages, and there are various factors that can contribute to the problem. Here are seven important things to know about urinary incontinence (UI).
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Congratulations, you’re expecting! Now that you’ll be eating for you and your growing baby, you’ll want to fuel your body with the most nutritionally-rich foods possible. The foods you eat during your pregnancy won’t only fuel your energy, but also support baby as he or she develops bones, brain tissues, and new organs. The following infographic, […]
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Congratulations on your pregnancy! Before you start “eating for two”, consider that your prenatal diet will not only affect you, but also your unborn baby’s health as well. A healthy prenatal diet will impact you and your baby’s birthweight and also help prevent delivery difficulties, post-birth diseases, birth defects, and health issues that could affect your child into their future. […]
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World Prematurity Day is marked on November 17th 2016. According to the National Premmie Foundation (NPF), this international campaign aims to raise awareness of preterm birth and how globally, approximately 15 million preterm births occur every year. Organizations like the NPF are working to educate the general public on this widespread yet rather unknown issue–including the risks […]
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October 2 to 8, 2016 marks National Midwifery Week. This week we recognize midwives and midwife-led primary care for families, individual patients, moms, and babies. We believe that #MidwivesMakeADifference, a big difference that spans well beyond home births (in fact, 97-percent of midwife births occur in hospital) and delivering babies. In fact, the infographic below was created by nurse midwife, Joy Sedlock, […]
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