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Regular visits let your care team track your blood pressure , your weight and the baby's growth, and catch problems such as gestational diabetes...
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Getting enough before and in early pregnancy lowers the risk of neural tube defects of the brain and spine, which form in the first month, often befor...
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Getting enough before and in early pregnancy lowers the risk of neural tube defects of the brain and spine, which form in the first month, often befor...
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Pregnancy changes the immune system, making some foodborne infections more likely and more serious, and some substances such as alcohol and mercury ca...
Continue Reading : Foods to Avoid in Pregnancy: What the Evidence Actually Says
Pregnancy changes the immune system, making some foodborne infections more likely and more serious, and some substances such as alcohol and mercury ca...
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Gaining much more or much less than the recommended range is linked to complications for both parent and baby, including gestational diabetes , high b...
Continue Reading : The Evidence on Pregnancy Weight Gain, Without the Hype
Gaining much more or much less than the recommended range is linked to complications for both parent and baby, including gestational diabetes , high b...
Continue Reading : What Pregnancy Weight Gain Is, and Why It Matters Unmanaged, it raises the chance of a large baby, a cesarean birth, low blood sugar in the newborn and high blood pressure in pregnancy, and it signals...
Continue Reading : Gestational Diabetes: Sorting the Evidence From the Noise
Unmanaged, it raises the chance of a large baby, a cesarean birth, low blood sugar in the newborn and high blood pressure in pregnancy, and it signals...
Continue Reading : Gestational Diabetes, Explained Without the Jargon It can worsen quickly and lead to seizures (eclampsia), stroke or organ damage, and it can begin after delivery, when people are no longer seeing thei...
Continue Reading : What the Guidance Really Says About Preeclampsia Warning Signs
It can worsen quickly and lead to seizures (eclampsia), stroke or organ damage, and it can begin after delivery, when people are no longer seeing thei...
Continue Reading : Making Sense of Preeclampsia Warning Signs Newborns are too young for some vaccines, so antibodies made during pregnancy are their main protection against whooping cough, flu and RSV in the fir...
Continue Reading : Vaccines During Pregnancy: What the Evidence Actually Says Newborns are too young for some vaccines, so antibodies made during pregnancy are their main protection against whooping cough, flu and RSV in the fir...
Continue Reading : Vaccines During Pregnancy, Explained Without the Jargon It is common and treatable, but it often goes unreported, and untreated depression affects the parent's health, bonding and the baby's devel...
Continue Reading : Postpartum Depression: What Published Guidance Supports It is common and treatable, but it often goes unreported, and untreated depression affects the parent's health, bonding and the baby's devel...
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