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Weight gain is a top topic for your prenatal care visits. Gain too much or too little weight, and the child is at risk (and your doctor will probably complain). Even more, the concept of “eating for two” may stimulate pregnant women to overeat. We’ll cover what the normal weight gain during pregnancy is, and how much exceeds the expected weight gain.
As you cross the 36th week of pregnancy, you’re past the preterm period (hooray!) but then you start worrying the baby will never come out. The baby is normally due at 40 weeks. What are the chances of going into labor slightly early, at 36 weeks, 37 weeks, or 38 weeks? Find out here.
There’s a lot of stigma and confusion around the use of substances in pregnancy. In perhaps the most provocative part of Expecting Better, Oster argues that caffeine and alcohol, in moderation, show no evidence of being harmful to the child.
Want to keep active while you’re pregnant? That’s great. But you should know some pros and cons of exercising while you’re pregnant. Learn the good exercises and bad exercises of exercising while pregnant.
We all know that women go into labor to deliver children. But what does it actually feel like, and what happens? Here, author Emily Oster explains what it’s like to go into labor.
A minority of pregnancies end in miscarriage, and there’s largely nothing you can do about it. About 90% of miscarriages in the first trimester are due to chromosomal problems at conception. It’s not your fault. What is your chance of miscarriage at 7 weeks? 8 weeks? 12 weeks?
By 2050, 14 million people will have Alzheimer’s, which is a leading cause of death in the U.S. Alzheimer’s, a form of dementia, develops when the protein beta-amyloid forms plaque in the brain. Is there an “Alzheimer’s diet” that could keep you from being one of those 14 million people? Although there’s no definitive cause of Alzheimer’s, researchers agree that lifestyle factors such as diet play a role. Learn how adopting an Alzheimer’s prevention diet can help protect your brain and get suggestions on how you can smoothly incorporate more plant foods into your diet.
What are the 3 stages of cancer development? Is there anything we can do to slow or reverse the progress of cancer in its early stages? The three stages of cancer development are initiation, promotion, and progression. We’ll cover what happens in each of the stages of cancer development and how cutting animal proteins from your diet may be the key to reducing your cancer risk at each of the first two stages.
An epidural is an analgesic injected into the spine during the first stage of labor. It drastically reduces the pain of labor to virtually no pain, and it helps the mother get rest for the physically demanding pushing part of labor. Should you get an epidural? It really depends on personal preference. There are pros and cons of both.
What is the link between hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and breast cancer? Is there a link between menopause and breast cancer? One out of eight American women will get breast cancer in her lifetime. Although menopause itself isn’t a risk factor for breast cancer, how you treat symptoms of menopause could increase your risk. We’ll cover the link between HRT and breast cancer and alternative options for easing your transition into menopause.