Benefits of exercise during pregnancy Physical exercise improves as well as maintains physical fitness and overall health and wellness of a person’s body. That’s why exercise during pregnancy is so essential, for it helps with preparing your body for labor and delivery and manages common discomforts during the pregnancy. Several studies have shown that exercising for 20-30 minutes a day or several days a week boosts you and the baby’s health. Common benefits of exercise during pregnancy include;
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Mothers that smoke while pregnant can cause the baby to have birth defects along with other health problems. Smoking while pregnant can cause risks like infertility, preterm delivery, stillbirth, low birth weight, and sudden infant death syndrome (Negative Effects of Cigarette Smoke or Secondhand Smoke). While smoking when pregnant the mother is putting over 4,000 chemicals into their bloodstream, about 60 of those chemicals can cause cancer (How smoking during pregnancy affects you and your baby)
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specific to her baby and her baby’s needs which is very amazing because formula does not have the ability to be specific to any one baby because it is made for all babies. The ingredients in breastmilk has also been proven to reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death (SIDS). “Breastmilk contains 200 fatty acid chains, including DHA/ARA, that the brain needs for development. Provides hormones, growth factors, enzymes, minerals, vitamins, fat, carbohydrates, protein and water. Changes composition throughout
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or smarter than the other but…some say. Breast milk is the milk produced by the breasts of a human female that is used to nourish a child. Milk is the main source of nutrition for newborns before they are able to eat and digest other foods; older infants and toddlers may continue to be breastfed, either solely or in a mixture with other foods from around six months of age when solid foods may be introduced. Breast milk is good for a baby in countless ways: It offers natural antibodies that aid the
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ntro: Everyone is familiar with the excitement of welcoming a new baby into the family, but what many might not realize, is the physical and emotional challenges that the new mother can be going through. There is no shame in admitting that mothers deserve their own self-care time before and after baby is born. Infact, due to the level of hormonal changes, and overwilling number of changes in the mother's life, 1 in 7 mothers can develop postpartum depression, a more serious illness than just the
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Conjoined twins, club foot, Enceohalocele, and Anencephaly are all birth defects. They are the birth defects that I’ll be researching and discussing. About 3 in 10,000 pregnancies will have anencephaly (Facts about Anencephaly). Each year about 375 babies in the United States are born with encephalocele (Canfield MA). About 1 in 1,000 babies are born with clubfoot in the United States each year (Clubfoot). Conjoined twins are usually genetically identical. There for, the mother only produces one
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1. Congenital rubella: a) Has an incubation period of 7-10 days. b) May be complicated by polyarthralgia. c) Rarely causes deafness. d) Is an indication for termination if it occurs in the first two months of pregnancy. e) May cause prolonged jaundice. 2. Recognised causes of delayed bone age include: a) Hypopiturtarism b) Primary hypothyroidism c) Congenital adrenal hypoplasia d) Prolonged corticosteroid therapy e) Tuberculosis 3. Kwashiorkor: a) Hypothermia is a recognized complication
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L-A-T-C-H-E-S* Breastfeeding Assessment Tool for the FIRST 4 weeks Score Key Baby's Age | < 24 hours old | 24 to 48 hours old | Day 3 to 5 | Older than 6 days | Doing well | | 18 to 24 points | 21 to 24 points | 21 to 36 points Milk in. Nursing 8-10 times per 24 hours. Baby self wakes for most feedings. Has 6-8 wet. Stools following most feedings ** | Needs assistance | | 12 to 16 points | 12 to 16 points at two or more feedings | 16 to 18 points at two or more feedings
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The Disciplining of Infants Marie Cross BSHS/342 November 19, 2011 Linda Branch, Ph. D. The Disciplining of Infants There are opposing schools of thought on the benefits of disciplining infants. Some experts and parents believe that infants cannot comprehend discipline or right from wrong. The other side believes that infants are clever and know how to test the limitations of their environments. It is a fact that infants do need structure and protection; however, doctors, parents, and other
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sucking, grasping, staring and listening. Stage two: 1 to 4 month. The first acquired adaptations: accommodation and coordination of reflexes. Example: sucking a pacifier different from a nipple. Stage three: 4 to 8 months. During this stage infants seek to respond to people and objects. Example: the mother kisses the babies belly, the baby likes it and he needs a repeat behavior so he pulls the mothers head to do another kiss. Stage four: 8 to 12
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