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Breastfeeding – Hints to Help You Get Off to a Good Start

pregnancy. This can help you lose weight faster. It can delay the return of your periods. However, you shouldn’t count on it to prevent pregnancy. Breastfeeding helps make time for…

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Caring for Your Premature Baby

…of a normal 40-week pregnancy. Sometimes premature babies are called “premies” because they’re born premature. Path to improved health Babies who are born prematurely (before the due date) may need…

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Pregnancy-induced Hypertension (Pre-eclampsia)

…through your blood vessels at a higher pressure than normal. What are the different types of high blood pressure during pregnancy? There are three types of high blood pressure in…

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Crying: Under Age 1

normal behavior in infants. But that doesn’t mean it’s any easier to handle when it happens. The good news is that most times, your baby is crying for a reason….

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Bonding With Baby

…It even can start during pregnancy. You can connect to your baby by talking to them in the womb. You interact with them when they kick your stomach. Certain everyday…

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Infant Jaundice

…blood cells. The liver filters it from the blood, and it leaves the body through the stool (poop). This is a normal process that happens all through life. However, babies…

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Ectopic Pregnancy

…An ectopic pregnancy happens when a fertilized egg grows outside the uterus. In a normal pregnancy, a fertilized egg implants in the uterus (also called the womb). In an ectopic…

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Fetal Growth Restriction

…usually have a low weight at birth. SYMPTOMS Some babies are born smaller than normal. However, only about one-third of those babies. were affected by growth restriction in pregnancy. Small…

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Preterm Labour and Birth

…the baby. Your healthcare provider can give you steroid medicines to speed up your baby’s lung development. The lungs are still developing in the last weeks of pregnancy. These medicines…

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Lupus – Lupus and Pregnancy

…that their symptoms get worse (called a “flare”) during or after pregnancy. However, some normal discomforts of pregnancy may seem like a flare. This is one of the reasons staying…

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