Posts Tagged ‘fertility’

Things We’ve Read: Week of March 31st

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Cats, Chemicals, and Consumer Power (Quest): How are cats the canary in the coal mine? Interesting article about BPDE and other endocrine disruptors.

Smoking bans can help kids’ health (LA Times): Researchers are putting increased focus on “The effects of in-utero and early-life exposures on health in childhood and later life.”

Baby Reveal Gone Wrong As Little Boy Learns He’s Getting Another Sister (HuffPo): A little boy learns that he’s getting another sister … our sympathies, Gunner.

Waiting: A compelling creation by photographer Jana Romanova which focuses on expecting couples sleep in the morning … “the time when people don’t really care about their appearance, being natural.” 40 images for the 40 weeks of pregnancy!

Things We’ve Read: Week of February 10th

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Why We Did a 180 With Our Fertility Plan (Babble): An interesting story about one couple’s experience with fertility treatments and their decision to bring conception back “in house.”

Does Your Baby’s Poop Smell Better Than Other Babies’ Poop? (Gawker): Why, yes. Of course my baby’s poop smells better than other babies’ poop.

Baby heart-disease risk ‘shaped early in pregnancy (BBC): A recent piece of research discusses the connection between baby’s first trimester growth and cardiovascular health outcomes.

Study finds liver tumors in mice exposed to low levels of BPA (UMichigan): More evidence on the importance of avoiding BPA. This new study finds liver tumors in mice exposed to BPA from their mothers when they were fetuses, and through nursing.

5 Tools for Pregnant Women, New Moms, and Women Who Are Considering Pregnancy (CDC): From health e-cards to a folic acid quiz to pregnancy health reminders, here are a few tools the CDC offers pregnant women.

Things We’ve Read - Week of October 13th

Bigger Postpartum Challenges Than Just Baby Weight (WSJ): An increasing number of women and health professionals are turning their attention to post pregnancy changes beyond weight to stretched, weakened or torn muscles, misaligned bones and more.

BPA, phthalate exposure may cause fertility problems (CNN): Great article explaining what BPA & Phthalates are & how they impact your health & fertility.

Popular Morning Sickness Drug Safe in Pregnancy, Study Finds (USHealthnews): Studies have found that metoclopramide, a popular anti-nausea drug, appears to be a safe and effective treatment for morning sickness

Everything You Need For a Halloween Baby Shower (Babble): Halloween is just around the corner. Here are some fun ways to incorporate the holiday into your baby shower!

Your Baby’s first 24 hours of Life (Parents Magazine): You read and research what your and your partner’s experience will be on your delivery day. Do you know what the experience will be like for your newborn?

A little Bit Pregnant: The Numbers Game (NYTimes): The next edition to Amy Klein’s IVF series explains how positive pregnancy test results for pregnancy do not tell the full story.

Things We’ve Read – Week of October 6th

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You’re a Stay-At-Home Mom? What do you DO all day? (The Matt Walsh Blog): A husband defends the value of the work that mothers do in caring for their families.

Breakthroughs in Screening (NYTimes): A new minimally invasive prenatal test yields extremely accurate results using fetal genetic fragments found in the mother’s blood

To Medicate or Not Medicate (The Huffington Post): For moms-to-be managing anxiety/depression medication (or non-medication) during pregnancy, this article offers 6 helpful cognitive-behavioral therapy tools.

After the I.V.F., the Wait (NYTimes): Amy Klein describes the two week wait after her first IVF.

Sean Penn Film ‘Human Experiment’ Explores Potential Dangers of Toxic Chemicals in Household Products (ABC NEWS): In his new filmm Sean Penn is taking on the risk of exposures to environmental toxins in what were once considered innocuous.

Things We’ve Read - Week of September 2nd

Home Births on the Rise for New York Families: Gabrielle Birkner from the NY Times addresses the rise of home births by 50% between 2004-2011. The increase in NY has been more dramatic, up 71% in the same time period. Overall home births still only comprise 1% of total deliveries nationwide, but some experts believe this trend will continue to rise as women look for alternatives to “unnecessary hospital interventions.”

Blogpost by Shane Raiser: A touching note from a papa-to-be to his future child

Infertility Less Likely in Women with Children: Motherlode (NYTimes) columnist Hope Reeves writes about the fascinating and surprisingly complex data and rationale behind what most of the public deems simply “intuitive.” We highly recommend this read.

Shampoos Still Contain Carcinogens: The San Francisco Chronicle’s Stephanie M. Lee reports on an Oakland watch dog group, Center for Environmental Health, which is suing four major corporations for allegedly manufacturing or selling shampoo and other personal care products that contain carcinogens.

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