Archive for July, 2010

Doctor Profiles of 2010 – My New Orleans

Doctor Profiles of 2010 My New Orleans That’s where they were evaluated and told that they weren’t going to get pregnant with their own eggs. Lu says that the relatively new science of fertility …

Read More..

Randomized Trial Reports Similar Live Birth Rates with Single and Double IUI – IVF NEWS.Direct!

Randomized Trial Reports Similar Live Birth Rates with Single and Double IUI IVF NEWS.Direct! … Polyzos et al Fertility and Sterility, 2009 demonstrated the absence of any benefit of double IUI over single IUI with respect to clinical pregnancy …

Read More..

A Cookie That Helps With Milk Production!

Move over supplements, there’s something yummier! Milkmakers Cookies are a great new product to help you boost your milk supply. Check ‘em out!

Read More..

Weekend Catch-Up: Top 10 Blisstree Posts of Last Week

Need better sleep, eco-friendly lunch supplies, or a fantastic popsicle recipe? We thought so. They’re all in our 10 best posts on Blisstree last week, which we present here just for you: 1. Dream Catchers: 10 Coolest Sleep Masks on the Internet 2. 10 Ways to an Eco-Friendly Bedroom: Green Your House … More Post [...]

Read More..

Even Cooler 3-D Chalk Art: Video of the Day

Did you like the chalk art from this morning? Well, we thought you might like to see how it’s actually made. And we also thought you might want to reconnect with your inner five-year-old and orchestrate a chalk-drawing extravaganza this afternoon. See if you can manage to create your very … More Post from: BlissTree [...]

Read More..

Dr. Oz Releases a Pregnancy App!

TVs Dr. Oz from the hour long Emmy-winning nationally-syndicated “The Dr. Oz Show”and Dr. Michael Roizen, who co-authors a book with Dr. Oz, have launched a newiPhone appforexpectant motherslooking for answersto their questions about having a healthy pregnancy called YOU:Having A Baby. The app provides expectant mothers with advice and information about their pregnancy from

Read More..

Male Breast CA Rare, but a Worry for Families (CME/CE, with audio)

MedPage Today — Having a male relative with breast cancer boosts the family’s perception of their own risk but doesn’t help the odds that they will do something about it, analysis of national survey data showed.

Read More..

Black teens may not have enough vitamin D

AUGUSTA, Ga., July 31 (UPI) — Black teens deficient in vitamin D, who took vitamin D supplements of 2,000 international units, had less central arterial stiffness, U.S. researchers found. Health – Nutrition – United States – Nutrients – Vitamins and Minerals

Read More..

The More Sex You Have The Likelier You Are To Get Pregnant – Fact Or Fiction?

Having sex makes you pregnant and therefore it should follow that having more sex makes you more likely to get pregnant, correct? Well not quite. The answer is somewhere in between; there is an optimum amount of sex that one can have to have the best chance to get pregnant. It is important to have [...]

Read More..

August 1-7 Is World Breastfeeding Week

This year’s theme is “Breastfeeding; Just 10 Steps! The “Ten Step” theme commemorates the 20th anniversary of the Innocenti Declaration developed by the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). Research shows that implementation of just some of the 10 steps recommended for maternity facilities improve breastfeeding initiation and duration rates. The [...]

Read More..

Introducing. . .

Holly Josephine! Born July 28th, 2010. 8lbs, 14oz. Healthy and gorgeous, with all 10 fingers and toes. And she’s ours! How it all happened: Today at about 4pm we got a call from our social worker telling us that there was an “instant baby” born yesterday. This means that the birth mother hadn’t contacted the [...]

Read More..

Treading water/keeping afloat

Just chugging away at my studies. The reproductive A&P class seems to involve a whole lot more reading and studying than one would imagine a two credit course to be! It’s exciting though, since it’s getting into the nitty gritty of midwifery foundations. Research seems to be a continuation of the theory course I took [...]

Read More..

Celebrity Update: The Gossip Edition

It’s been awhile since I’ve posted the latest updates on pregnant celebrity gossip so here it goes: Alicia Keys and her fiance rapperproducerwriter Swizz Beatz say they plan to wed before the baby comes. As reported in Life and Style: Theyre planning a celebration in Europe very soon, an insider reveals to Life Style. It [...]

Read More..

Companies start shipping U.S. flu vaccines

Two flu vaccine makers said on Friday they had started shipping supplies for the U.S. market, one of the earliest starts ever to distributing seasonal influenza vaccine.

Read More..

For blood pressure, can you be fit but fat?

If you’re trying to bring your blood pressure to healthy levels, a new study suggests that how much you weigh is more important than how fit you are.

Read More..

What prevents falls after strokes? Study: Not much

While most stroke survivors will suffer falls, strategies to prevent these dangerous events continue to fall short, suggests a new study out of Australia.

Read More..

The pill equally effective in obese, thin women

Despite studies suggesting that birth control pills might not work as well in obese women, a new study suggests that they prevent pregnancy the same no matter what a woman weighs.

Read More..

Does CPR on a moving stretcher work?

Paging script-writers: Pumping on a patient’s chest during CPR while a stretcher careens down a hospital hallway works just fine, Chinese researchers have found.

Read More..

FDA: Evamist Exposure Risky for Children

Doctors should advise women who use Evamist spray to prevent children from coming into contact with their medicated skin to avoid possible adverse events such as premature puberty for girls and enlarged breasts for boys, according to the FDA.

Read More..

Dogs Imitate People

Dogs just cant help it. They automatically and voluntarily imitate the behavior of their owners, even if it costs them a snack.

Read More..

Patients Lose Weight After Total Joint Replacement

Osteoarthritis patients who were also obese lost weight after undergoing total knee or hip replacement surgery, according to a recent study published in Orthopedics.

Read More..

Health Reform Law: What It Means for Women

The new health reform law ” the Affordable Care Act — bodes well for as many as 30 million women — a number that includes 15 million women who are uninsured, according to a new report.

Read More..

Motherhood With a Side of Paranoia

I took nap with my daughter the other day and when we awoke I noticed she was cross-eyed. Actually it was more like reverse-cross-eyed. One of her eyes was looking at me and the other was drifting off to the left. I immediately wondered if my sleeping with her could have caused this new development.–Caused [...]

Read More..

Kids Getting in Bed with Parents? Get Children to Sleep in Their Own Beds

WebMD answers common concerns about children who co-sleep with their parents at night and how to help them break the habit and sleep in their own beds.

Read More..

Eco Friday: Visit a Local Farmers Market Near You

Whether you are into making your own baby food or just feeding the family wholesome home grown fruits and vegetables from a local source, your best bet is to hit the local farmer’s market near you to stock up on goodies. Even in urban areas, cooperatives of farmers make arrangement to bring their wares into [...]

Read More..