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Things We’ve Read: Week of January 27th

news in pregnancy

More Women Try to Get Pregnant With Medical Help (WSJ): The CDC & WSJ report on the increased share of women using medical assistance to get pregnant (up 12.5%). And it’s not unrelated to the increased share of women waiting till later in life to get pregnant.

Beauty Moment: Drew Barrymore on Pregnancy (Vogue): On beauty regimens during pregnancy. Drew Barrymore-inspired. Vogue-approved.

How to Turn Fetal-Monitoring Data Into Flowers (Fast Company): An app that will connect with monitoring devices in the delivery room to give a woman in labor information on her progress. Would you use this if you had a chance?

Home Birth Study Finds No Increased Risk For Mom Or Baby, Experts Still Divided (HuffPo Parents): Considering a home birth? If you’re doing research, you probably know that doctors and other experts are divided. Here’s another study to help you weigh the pros and cons.

Low Vitamin D Levels During Pregnancy May Increase Risk of Severe Preeclampsia (U Pittsburgh): Researchers recently found that vitamin D sufficiency was associated with a 40 percent reduction in risk of severe preeclampsia.

Things We’ve Read – Week of January 6th

3 Under 3: (New Yorker): Whatever your expectations of your unborn child … raise them.

Higher vitamin D levels in pregnancy could help babies become stronger: (University of Southhampton): Children are likely to have stronger muscles if their mothers had a higher level of vitamin D in their body during pregnancy

New Mom’s Uncensored Photos Reveal The Beautiful, Messy Reality Of Home Birth (HuffPo): A must-read. Not just for the photos. For the thorough and honest narration.

Copying Other Cultures: A Questionable Parenting Strategy (NY Magazine):Great article about about taking parenting trends from other cultures, particularly the problems citing of more “authentic” cultures as automatically more knowledgeable about babies.

Experts recommend universal diabetes testing for pregnant women at first prenatal visit (The Amalgest): As many as one in five women may develop gestational diabetes – a form of diabetes that has its onset during pregnancy. Experts say the test should be done before 13 weeks’ gestation or as soon as possible thereafter.

EWG’s 2013 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in (EWG): The Environmental Working Group makes it easy for you to eat fruits and vegetables. Fearelessly. This report outlines the foods you should buy organic and the foods that are aok to buy conventionally grown.