Monthly Archives: September 2007
The Early Hours of The Fertilized Egg
In the mouse the two-cell egg appears 24 hours after fertilization, and the four-cell stage after 38 to 50 hours. In the human a two-cell stage has been observed within 30 hours after fertilization and sixty-four-cell development in 72 hours. … Continue reading
The Preconception Visit During Pregnancy
The preconception visit gives you and your practitioner the opportunity to review specific risks that might complicate your pregnancy, to screen for and treat undetected conditions that could affect your pregnancy adversely, and to discuss pregnancy-specific health promotion activities. These … Continue reading
Nutritional Remedies for Pregnant Women
A number of nutritional remedies work for some women with nausea and vomiting. These measures are safe and certainly worth a try, especially if you are very bothered by the symptoms.Pregnant women often vomit when they eat a big meal … Continue reading
Pregnancy Supplement – Iron
Pregnant women need extra iron to make the hemoglobin in the fetus and in the extra maternal blood required for pregnancy. The Institute of Medicine recommended a daily supplement providing 30 mg of iron. This recommendation was based on the … Continue reading
Food Program to Help Pregnant Women
The federal government has two food programs to help pregnant women in need. The special supplemental food Program for women, infants, and children (WIC) provides vouchers for specific foods for women in economically needy communities who are at nutritional risk. … Continue reading
Effect of Food Processing, Additives and Cooking in Pregnancy
Additives Additives are commonly used today in packaged foods. Some are added to prevent bacteria or fungi from spoiling the food and harming people who eat it. Some preservatives are actually food nutrients and are considered safe. Examples of these … Continue reading
How Food is Important in Pregnancy
Meals Versus Grazing Pregnant women often find large meals difficult to eat, especially in later pregnancy when the abdominal organs are somewhat scrunched by the large uterus. In early pregnancy, nausea and vomiting may be exacerbated by going long periods … Continue reading
A Food Plan For Pregnancy
Weight gain, of course, is only one component of good nutrition in pregnancy. What you eat is important too. To gain the recommended amount of weight in pregnancy usually requires eating two hundred to three hundred extra calories a day … Continue reading
Weight Gain In Pregnancy
In the course of pregnancy you will build another human being on some occasions even more than one. To equip your body to do that, to nurture and deliver the baby, and to feed it for months afterwards, your body … Continue reading