by Olivia Fens Copyright © 2009
Women are under too much pressure to lose weight quickly after giving birth, according to a new study.Once the baby arrives, many new mothers want to return to their former weight quickly.But according to a new study, taking three to six months to lose weight gained in pregnancy is normal.The researchers, from the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care, added that overdoing early weight loss attempts could have a negative impact on breastfeeding.“Often, the extra effort women have to make to look after a new baby and breastfeed after giving birth means the kilos just melt away,” the researchers said. “But for about half of all women, the weight will not go away as quickly.
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Monday, June 22, 2009
Real Life: Battle of the bottles
by Mary Kirwan ©Independent.ie
NEW parents are on edge when it comes to their baby's well-being so any hint of a health risk will have them frantically Googling for answers.
Recent reports about the health risks associated with hard plastic baby bottles have made many mums and dads nervous.
It all started in the US back in 2007 when a report by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences said a chemical in polycarbonate plastic bottles, called Bisphenol-A (BPA), caused reproductive abnormalities in mice.
Since then various reports have linked BPA to a range of problems including diabetes, liver problems and even reduced sperm production.
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NEW parents are on edge when it comes to their baby's well-being so any hint of a health risk will have them frantically Googling for answers.
Recent reports about the health risks associated with hard plastic baby bottles have made many mums and dads nervous.
It all started in the US back in 2007 when a report by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences said a chemical in polycarbonate plastic bottles, called Bisphenol-A (BPA), caused reproductive abnormalities in mice.
Since then various reports have linked BPA to a range of problems including diabetes, liver problems and even reduced sperm production.
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Pregnant women and fish consumption: the guidelines are not common knowledge
Copyright © 2009
Fresh fish is one of the gastronomic delights of the Bay Area, and restaurants capitalizing on our local bounty are plentiful. For example, Friday night I enjoyed a fantastic tilapia sandwich dock-side at Fish in Sausalito, and this evening my husband and I celebrated Father’s Day dinner with perfect sashimi at Sushi-Ko, in Larkspur
While fish is an excellent dinner choice because it is delicious, low in calories, and packed with nutrients, women of reproductive age must be careful with their selection. Mercury, a toxin for everyone but more so for the developing fetus, can accumulate in larger, fatty fish. As a result, women who may become pregnant and those who are already pregnant should limit their consumption of fish likely to be high in mercury.
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Fresh fish is one of the gastronomic delights of the Bay Area, and restaurants capitalizing on our local bounty are plentiful. For example, Friday night I enjoyed a fantastic tilapia sandwich dock-side at Fish in Sausalito, and this evening my husband and I celebrated Father’s Day dinner with perfect sashimi at Sushi-Ko, in Larkspur
While fish is an excellent dinner choice because it is delicious, low in calories, and packed with nutrients, women of reproductive age must be careful with their selection. Mercury, a toxin for everyone but more so for the developing fetus, can accumulate in larger, fatty fish. As a result, women who may become pregnant and those who are already pregnant should limit their consumption of fish likely to be high in mercury.
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Thursday, June 18, 2009
My homebirth was so easy I was making snacks in the kitchen just hours after having my baby
by Siobhan O'Neill-White ©Independent.ie
The two grandmothers were perched precariously half way up the stairs as I neared the end of my planned homebirth. They heard sounds and were unsure whether it was me or one of our other children, who they had come to look after while I went about the business of bringing baby number three into the world.
As they stood there, clutching each other and praying to God, St Anthony and my recently deceased grandfather that the baby would arrive soon, they realised it was my two-year-old daughter waking up. They crept up, grabbed her and ran downstairs, not wanting to interfere with the miracle of childbirth in the bedroom next door.
If someone had told me seven years ago, whilst pregnant with my first child, that I would someday have a planned homebirth, I would have laughed in their face! I had private health insurance and believed the only place babies should be born was in nice, safe hospitals, surrounded by the doctors and midwives.
Two hospital births changed my mind about that.
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The two grandmothers were perched precariously half way up the stairs as I neared the end of my planned homebirth. They heard sounds and were unsure whether it was me or one of our other children, who they had come to look after while I went about the business of bringing baby number three into the world.
As they stood there, clutching each other and praying to God, St Anthony and my recently deceased grandfather that the baby would arrive soon, they realised it was my two-year-old daughter waking up. They crept up, grabbed her and ran downstairs, not wanting to interfere with the miracle of childbirth in the bedroom next door.
If someone had told me seven years ago, whilst pregnant with my first child, that I would someday have a planned homebirth, I would have laughed in their face! I had private health insurance and believed the only place babies should be born was in nice, safe hospitals, surrounded by the doctors and midwives.
Two hospital births changed my mind about that.
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Monday, June 15, 2009
Review at hospital as swabs left in patients
by Patricia McDonagh ©Independent.ie
A MAJOR maternity hospital has been forced to introduce new safety measures after swabs were left inside several patients.
Dr Sam Coulter-Smith, the Master of the Rotunda, admitted such incidents occurred in the Dublin facility "once or twice a year".
A victim of one of the incidents last night spoke of the pain she had endured.
The Dublin woman, who did not want to be named, said she only realised a swab had been left inside her following the birth of her baby when she couldn't stand up.
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A MAJOR maternity hospital has been forced to introduce new safety measures after swabs were left inside several patients.
Dr Sam Coulter-Smith, the Master of the Rotunda, admitted such incidents occurred in the Dublin facility "once or twice a year".
A victim of one of the incidents last night spoke of the pain she had endured.
The Dublin woman, who did not want to be named, said she only realised a swab had been left inside her following the birth of her baby when she couldn't stand up.
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Q&A: My 19 month old has very little speech
by Grainne Ryan ©Independent.ie
I have two girls. The eldest, who is four, had no difficulty speaking but I am concerned about my 19-month-old, who has very little speech. I know she understands everything because when I ask her to get her doll or other little tasks, she carries instructions out well. I have no concerns about her hearing or her development, however in comparison to my older child at this age, I think she is lagging behind.
At 19 months it is significant that your child understands and carries out commands, that her development in all other areas is satisfactory and her hearing is OK, however I'm not sure if your daughter has no words at this time.It is important to bear in mind that older children often vocalise on behalf of their younger siblings and anticipate their needs so younger children do not have to make a lot of effort.
One of the most impressive moments as a parent has to be when your child says their first word. While competing with our partners to make it 'mama' or 'dada', there are lots of things we can do to help our child's speech and language development.
The exciting journey from babbling to banter is closely linked to emotion and the development of relationships, which means that your input, interaction and responsiveness to your child's efforts to talk are hugely important in helping her to become an articulate little speaker.
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I have two girls. The eldest, who is four, had no difficulty speaking but I am concerned about my 19-month-old, who has very little speech. I know she understands everything because when I ask her to get her doll or other little tasks, she carries instructions out well. I have no concerns about her hearing or her development, however in comparison to my older child at this age, I think she is lagging behind.
At 19 months it is significant that your child understands and carries out commands, that her development in all other areas is satisfactory and her hearing is OK, however I'm not sure if your daughter has no words at this time.It is important to bear in mind that older children often vocalise on behalf of their younger siblings and anticipate their needs so younger children do not have to make a lot of effort.
One of the most impressive moments as a parent has to be when your child says their first word. While competing with our partners to make it 'mama' or 'dada', there are lots of things we can do to help our child's speech and language development.
The exciting journey from babbling to banter is closely linked to emotion and the development of relationships, which means that your input, interaction and responsiveness to your child's efforts to talk are hugely important in helping her to become an articulate little speaker.
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Parent talk: Help your children develop a better bedtime routine
by Sheila O'Malley © Herald.ie 2008
Dr Miriam Stoppard wrote this week about the importance of good bedtime routines for your baby/child. I am not in favour of the current trend for training a baby to sleep termed "controlled crying".
This is where your child is left to cry for increasingly long periods of time in the hope they will stop crying.
This is very stressful for the parent and also for the child. As I see it; the only thing the child will learn is that there is no point in crying as no one will respond anyway.
Think of yourself as a baby and ask 'how would that make me feel?' I imagine I would feel abandoned, vulnerable, anxious and very alone.
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Dr Miriam Stoppard wrote this week about the importance of good bedtime routines for your baby/child. I am not in favour of the current trend for training a baby to sleep termed "controlled crying".
This is where your child is left to cry for increasingly long periods of time in the hope they will stop crying.
This is very stressful for the parent and also for the child. As I see it; the only thing the child will learn is that there is no point in crying as no one will respond anyway.
Think of yourself as a baby and ask 'how would that make me feel?' I imagine I would feel abandoned, vulnerable, anxious and very alone.
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Friday, June 12, 2009
Snoring pregnant women at risk of diabetes
by Olivia Fens Copyright © 2009
Women who frequently snore during pregnancy are at risk of developing gestational diabetes, a new study indicates.Furthermore, researchers from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in the US found that sleep disturbances during pregnancy could negatively affect a woman’s cardiovascular system and metabolism.Gestational diabetes is a type of diabetes that is discovered during pregnancy. It is usually diagnosed in the final three months of pregnancy, but may occur at any stage.While gestational diabetes usually resolves after pregnancy, women who develop it are at higher risk for type 2 diabetes later in life.
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Women who frequently snore during pregnancy are at risk of developing gestational diabetes, a new study indicates.Furthermore, researchers from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in the US found that sleep disturbances during pregnancy could negatively affect a woman’s cardiovascular system and metabolism.Gestational diabetes is a type of diabetes that is discovered during pregnancy. It is usually diagnosed in the final three months of pregnancy, but may occur at any stage.While gestational diabetes usually resolves after pregnancy, women who develop it are at higher risk for type 2 diabetes later in life.
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Thursday, June 11, 2009
Jennifer Hudson Pregnant
© 2009 MTV Networks
Jennifer Hudson’s pregnancy has been confirmed by a friend who leaked the news that the star was to become a mum for the first time.
Now that the rumours appear to be true, Hudson’s Dreamgirls co-star Anika Noni Rose has nothing but praise for the singer come actress.
She claims: “Jennifer will be a great, amazing and loving mom… Having seen her with babies myself, that baby of hers is going to have a good time and be much loved.
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Jennifer Hudson’s pregnancy has been confirmed by a friend who leaked the news that the star was to become a mum for the first time.
Now that the rumours appear to be true, Hudson’s Dreamgirls co-star Anika Noni Rose has nothing but praise for the singer come actress.
She claims: “Jennifer will be a great, amazing and loving mom… Having seen her with babies myself, that baby of hers is going to have a good time and be much loved.
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Should we leave babies to cry?
©belfasttelegraph.co.uk
It's the most fashionable child-rearing method of our times. It's also unnatural and even harmful, argues Dr Miriam Stoppard
One of the most popular fashions of the moment for training a baby to sleep is "controlled crying", where you leave your baby to cry for long periods with the hope that in the end they will stop crying and eventually learn to put themselves to sleep. Two things bother me about this concept. The first is I loathe the word "training" in the context of babies. Babies shouldn't be trained. Before being developmentally ready, a baby can't be trained. Once a baby is developmentally ready, he or she doesn't need training. The second is that I shrink from leaving a baby to cry for long periods. A mother's natural instincts tell her to go to her crying baby, so why has controlled crying become a strut of 21st-century child-rearing and where did it come from in the first place?
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It's the most fashionable child-rearing method of our times. It's also unnatural and even harmful, argues Dr Miriam Stoppard
One of the most popular fashions of the moment for training a baby to sleep is "controlled crying", where you leave your baby to cry for long periods with the hope that in the end they will stop crying and eventually learn to put themselves to sleep. Two things bother me about this concept. The first is I loathe the word "training" in the context of babies. Babies shouldn't be trained. Before being developmentally ready, a baby can't be trained. Once a baby is developmentally ready, he or she doesn't need training. The second is that I shrink from leaving a baby to cry for long periods. A mother's natural instincts tell her to go to her crying baby, so why has controlled crying become a strut of 21st-century child-rearing and where did it come from in the first place?
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Rian sleeps like baby through car lock drama
by Louise Roseingrave ©Independent.ie
A baby was reunited with his parents after being locked inside a parked car for more than an hour yesterday.
Baby Rian O'Connell, from Midleton in Cork, remained oblivious to the entire incident, as he slept soundly for the duration of the drama.
His frantic parents, Philip and Gillian O'Connell, called in the services of a local radio station in a bid to extricate the child from the car, after locking the keys inside.
Dad Philip was minding the seven-month-old who was strapped into his car seat in the back of the car as mum Gillian shopped for tiles in Cork city centre yesterday morning.
"Rian started to cry so I got out of the driver seat and went around to the back seat to give him his dodie. The back door was locked so I leaned into the passenger seat to hit the unlock button. When I closed the door again, I realised the central locking had activated. I don't know how it happened, it was like a freak accident, but the doors were locked and I couldn't get into the car," Phillip said.
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A baby was reunited with his parents after being locked inside a parked car for more than an hour yesterday.
Baby Rian O'Connell, from Midleton in Cork, remained oblivious to the entire incident, as he slept soundly for the duration of the drama.
His frantic parents, Philip and Gillian O'Connell, called in the services of a local radio station in a bid to extricate the child from the car, after locking the keys inside.
Dad Philip was minding the seven-month-old who was strapped into his car seat in the back of the car as mum Gillian shopped for tiles in Cork city centre yesterday morning.
"Rian started to cry so I got out of the driver seat and went around to the back seat to give him his dodie. The back door was locked so I leaned into the passenger seat to hit the unlock button. When I closed the door again, I realised the central locking had activated. I don't know how it happened, it was like a freak accident, but the doors were locked and I couldn't get into the car," Phillip said.
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Exercising pregnant OK, obstetricians' group says
by Celia Storey © 2001-2009 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc.
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists supports exercise during pregnancy, with a few caveats.
"Most forms of exercise are safe during pregnancy," the organization says in its patient-education pamphlet "Exercise During Pregnancy."
The pamphlet advises women to confer with their doctors before beginning. It says conditions that would prompt a doctor to advise women not to exercise include risk factors for preterm labor, vaginal bleeding and premature rupture of uterine membranes. (The college lists risk factors for preterm labor in another pamphlet, "Preterm Labor.")
Otherwise, healthy pregnant women should remember that:
Joints become more mobile under the influence of gestational hormones, and that increases the risk of injuries.
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The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists supports exercise during pregnancy, with a few caveats.
"Most forms of exercise are safe during pregnancy," the organization says in its patient-education pamphlet "Exercise During Pregnancy."
The pamphlet advises women to confer with their doctors before beginning. It says conditions that would prompt a doctor to advise women not to exercise include risk factors for preterm labor, vaginal bleeding and premature rupture of uterine membranes. (The college lists risk factors for preterm labor in another pamphlet, "Preterm Labor.")
Otherwise, healthy pregnant women should remember that:
Joints become more mobile under the influence of gestational hormones, and that increases the risk of injuries.
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Baby blues get new Dads down
by Ellie White © 2008 News Group Newspapers Ltd.
GETTING to sleep (or not), feeding, changing, comforting - the endless cycle of caring for a newborn can take its toll on any parent.
But the baby blues have often been seen as the sole preserve of mums - until now.
Increasing numbers of dads are starting to speak out about the effects that fatherhood is having on them - and it's not all pretty.
Michael Lewis, whose book, Home Game, An Accidental Guide To Fatherhood is published this week, has admitted indifference towards his offspring - even positive dislike - and has described fatherhood as often "boring" and "demoralising".
He said that he wrote his book "because of this persistent and disturbing gap between what I was meant to feel and what I actually felt.
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GETTING to sleep (or not), feeding, changing, comforting - the endless cycle of caring for a newborn can take its toll on any parent.
But the baby blues have often been seen as the sole preserve of mums - until now.
Increasing numbers of dads are starting to speak out about the effects that fatherhood is having on them - and it's not all pretty.
Michael Lewis, whose book, Home Game, An Accidental Guide To Fatherhood is published this week, has admitted indifference towards his offspring - even positive dislike - and has described fatherhood as often "boring" and "demoralising".
He said that he wrote his book "because of this persistent and disturbing gap between what I was meant to feel and what I actually felt.
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Monday, June 1, 2009
U.S. Institute Of Medicine Issues New Guidelines For Weight Gain Among Pregnant Women
by AHN Staff © 2006-2009 Gant Media
Washington, D.C. (AHN) - New guidelines of healthy weight gain during pregnancy issued by the U.S. Institute of Medicine published on Friday gave a range of 25 to 35 pounds (11 to 16 kilograms) as ideal weight gain during pregnancy for a woman with healthy weight before conception.
The IOM recommended women with weight problems to gain only 11 pounds (5 kg) for their nine months of pregnancy.
Underweight women, or those with a body mass index of less than 18.5, have an allowance of 28 to 40 pounds (12.5to 18 kg) to add to their weight during pregnancy. The overweight or those with a BMI from 25 to 30, are recommended to keep added poundage to just 15 to 25 (7 to 11.5 kg). For the obese the recommendation is from 11 to 20 pounds (5 to 9 kg).
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Washington, D.C. (AHN) - New guidelines of healthy weight gain during pregnancy issued by the U.S. Institute of Medicine published on Friday gave a range of 25 to 35 pounds (11 to 16 kilograms) as ideal weight gain during pregnancy for a woman with healthy weight before conception.
The IOM recommended women with weight problems to gain only 11 pounds (5 kg) for their nine months of pregnancy.
Underweight women, or those with a body mass index of less than 18.5, have an allowance of 28 to 40 pounds (12.5to 18 kg) to add to their weight during pregnancy. The overweight or those with a BMI from 25 to 30, are recommended to keep added poundage to just 15 to 25 (7 to 11.5 kg). For the obese the recommendation is from 11 to 20 pounds (5 to 9 kg).
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