About Pregnancy & Childbirth: New Test Predicts Gestational Diabetes Before Pregnancy

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New Test Predicts Gestational Diabetes Before Pregnancy Sep 4th 2013, 08:54 About 4% of all pregnant women will develop gestational diabetes in pregnancy. This is typically detected in a screening done around the 28th week of pregnancy by having a mother drink a sugary drink known as Glucola and then testing her body's response to the sugar it contains. There are many severe consequences of gestational diabetes or GD. By screening and treating those who are positive, these consequences can be drastically reduced. Now a newer test, one that can be done prior to pregnancy, looks for a hormone called adiponectin. If a woman has these lowered levels prior to pregnancy, she is at a seven times greater risk of developing gestational diabetes. This is something that could be tested for in a pre-conceptional health visit. The benefits of testing prior to pregnancy may include the ability to alter your levels prior to getting pregnant to lower your risk. The current research hasn't been done on that aspect, but it will be looked at in the future. It will also allow you and your practitioner to consider earlier and more frequent monitoring of your GD status, before the routine 28 week mark in pregnancy. Source: M. M. Hedderson, J. Darbinian, P. J. Havel, C. P. Quesenberry, S. Sridhar, S. Ehrlich, A. Ferrara. Low Prepregnancy Adiponectin Concentrations Are Associated With a Marked Increase in Risk for Development of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus. Diabetes Care, 2013; DOI: 10.2337/dc13-0389 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Join the conversation! NEWSLETTER | PINTEREST | TWITTER FACEBOOK | GOOGLE+ | CONNECT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Photo © Jim Delillo | Dreamstime.com New Test Predicts Gestational Diabetes Before Pregnancy originally appeared on About.com Pregnancy & Childbirth on Wednesday, September 4th, 2013 at 08:54:16. Permalink | Comment | Email this

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About Pregnancy & Childbirth: Pregnancy Calculator - Backwards

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Pregnancy Calculator - Backwards Sep 3rd 2013, 09:14 When you think of a pregnancy calculator, you probably think of a standard due date calculator. You know, one that takes the date of your last period and quickly spits out the due date. While my calculator also gives more details, like when to expect a heart beat, feeling your baby and more, I occasionally get asked for a pregnancy calculator that goes backwards - one that takes a due date and calculates a window of conception, so when you got pregnant. It's always funny because we tend to hold these romantic views of when conception happened, it may not be that romantic moment you really thought it was. While that may not matter in the long run, it's an interesting look at how your body works. Does it work for you? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Join the conversation! NEWSLETTER | PINTEREST | TWITTER FACEBOOK | GOOGLE+ | CONNECT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Photo © Dreamstime Pregnancy Calculator - Backwards originally appeared on About.com Pregnancy & Childbirth on Tuesday, September 3rd, 2013 at 09:14:08. Permalink | Comment | Email this

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About Pregnancy & Childbirth: Rally to Improve Birth

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Rally to Improve Birth Sep 2nd 2013, 21:51 This year's Rally to Improve Birth was even bigger and better than last year's.  They had over 170 sites participating, many in different countries, all for the common good of better birth. The purpose behind it according to the website includes: "We are rallying to bring awareness to a problem and a solution.  So many people are unaware of just how much room for improvement there is in our maternity care system: of how much of a gap there is between "routine" or typical care and care that is based on scientific evidence and known best practices.  So many women are unaware that respect and compassion in childbirth aren't just luxuries; they're a human right." That said, when you talk to the individual moms and dads who participated you get a wide range of reasons why they wanted to participate.  Some had amazing births, where they called the shots and felt included in the decision made about their care; others felt that this control was removed from them and want to ensure that this doesn't happen to them again.  Then you have people who simply want to emphasize that evidence based care is what should be called for to help improve infant and maternal mortality rates in the world, including the US. Did you participate? Why did you participate? (Be sure to put a link to the coverage of the rallies in your area in the comments!) Related Coverage: Improving Birth Rally Held in Portland Rally to Improve Birth Wants Women to Know Their Options (Tulsa) Birth Advocates Rally on Labor Day (Louisville) Rally to Improve Birth Held in Downtown LA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Join the conversation! NEWSLETTER | PINTEREST | TWITTER FACEBOOK | GOOGLE+ | CONNECT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Photo © Birth Louisville Rally to Improve Birth originally appeared on About.com Pregnancy & Childbirth on Monday, September 2nd, 2013 at 21:51:11. Permalink | Comment | Email this

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About Pregnancy & Childbirth: Noa's Birth

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Noa's Birth Aug 31st 2013, 09:01 My youngest turned five this morning. We celebrated last night with our family tradition of telling her her birth story before her birthday. I've even been historically "live" blogging the labor for the last two days on Facebook, in case you wondered what a two day labor looked like... One of the benefits of a long labor is time to think. Most women really panic at the thought of a long labor, but honestly, I preferred it. I went to the grocery, I went to the mall, I rented a breast pump... I even went to a birthday party for a friend's 5 year old. (When I lost my mucus plug, I went home!) So come read about Noa's birth and celebrate with us! Related: Baby Ocho's Birth Story 5 Ways to Get Through a Long Labor Birth Stories Birth Guide Photo © nzaPhotography Noa's Birth originally appeared on About.com Pregnancy & Childbirth on Saturday, August 31st, 2013 at 09:01:45. Permalink | Comment | Email this

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About Pregnancy & Childbirth: A Girl and A Boy: The Perfect Family?

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A Girl and A Boy: The Perfect Family? Aug 30th 2013, 12:10 "What do you have at home?"  That's the how the ultrasound tech started the conversation when we went to a 20 week ultrasound with our second baby.  "A girl, " my husband responded.  She scanned quickly and announce, "Well, this is a boy!  You've now got the perfect family!"  That comment always struck me as an odd one. Certainly many people would love to have "one of each," but I also know many families who are happy with all boys or all girls, or a mixture of each.  (The large family version of the "perfect family" is supposed to be an equal number of girls and boys.)  I just think it's different for every family and that there isn't one perfect. What's your "perfect" family? Related: 20 Week Ultrasound Visit Telling the Gender of Your Baby via Ultrasound Ultrasound Gallery One Wants to Find Out the Sex, the Other Doesn't Readers Share: Coping with Gender Disappointment Boy Ultrasounds Girl Ultrasounds Sex Preference for Baby Girl or Boy Sex Selection Photo © ShutterStock A Girl and A Boy: The Perfect Family? originally appeared on About.com Pregnancy & Childbirth on Friday, August 30th, 2013 at 12:10:20. Permalink | Comment | Email this

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About Pregnancy & Childbirth: Babies Learn Words Before Birth

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Babies Learn Words Before Birth Aug 28th 2013, 09:48 Before you sign your baby up for college level English, you may want to hear the whole story out and not just the headline! An incredibly small study of 33 women showed that babies brains reacted to words they heard before birth. We've known for a long time that babies can hear before birth. So it would make sense that they could recognize sounds that they'd heard repeatedly. Babies have long responded to the sound of their parents voices over those of people they had not heard while in the womb. I promise this study will be showing up as people try to sell parents products to help their babies learn in the womb. What I want you to take away from the study is exactly what their conclusions were: talk. Talk to other people during your pregnancy so that the baby can hear you. I would encourage you to talk to your baby before he or she is born. I think this helps normalize the conversational part of having a newborn. So many times you're alone with a baby who doesn't seem to understand or respond and you might feel silly talking to him or her, but it is helpful. If you're not sure what to say, consider reading a book out loud (Even textbooks work!) or narrating your baby's day (e.g. Mommy's changing your diaper now.). And start this in pregnancy, make it become a normal part of your day. Your partner can even talk to baby. How much do you already talk to your baby? Source: Eino Partanen, Teija Kujala, Risto Näätänen, Auli Liitola, Anke Sambeth, and Minna Huotilainen Learning-induced neural plasticity of speech processing before birth PNAS 2013 ; published ahead of print August 26, 2013, doi:10.1073/pnas.1302159110 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Join the conversation! NEWSLETTER | PINTEREST | TWITTER FACEBOOK | GOOGLE+ | CONNECT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Photo © Brand X Pictures/Getty Images Babies Learn Words Before Birth originally appeared on About.com Pregnancy & Childbirth on Wednesday, August 28th, 2013 at 09:48:54. Permalink | Comment | Email this

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About Pregnancy & Childbirth: Circumcision Rates Decline in the US

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Circumcision Rates Decline in the US Aug 27th 2013, 23:09 The CDC announced this week that a study shows that circumcision rates have fallen about 10% in the last 30 years. While there are regional variances, that is a decrease in all regions, though some, like the western part of the United States showed bigger drops. Most moms and their partners haven't even thought about circumcision until well into pregnancy, and rarely before. I'll even occasionally meet a family who hasn't thought about it until the end of pregnancy. A circumcision is where the healthy foreskin of a baby boy is surgically removed. Currently the American Academy of Pediatrics does not recommend universal circumcision, "[T]he final decision should still be left to parents to make in the context of their religious, ethical and cultural beliefs." Many insurance companies do not cover it, citing that it is cosmetic surgery, this includes Medicaid in 18 states. Families Share: How We Made a Decision About Circumcision Is circumcision necessary? Caring for the Intact Penis Source: Owings, M, Uddin, S, & Williams, S. (2013). Trends in Circumcision for Male Newborns in U.S. Hospitals: 1979-2010 (pp. 5). Atlanta, GA: CDC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Join the conversation! NEWSLETTER | PINTEREST | TWITTER FACEBOOK | GOOGLE+ | CONNECT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Circumcision Rates Decline in the US originally appeared on About.com Pregnancy & Childbirth on Tuesday, August 27th, 2013 at 23:09:12. Permalink | Comment | Email this

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