Posts Tagged ‘folic acid’

Things We’ve Read: Week of March 3rd

What Was He Thinking?! Daddy-Dressing Fails (Pop Sugar): Why prenatal classes should include a course on baby fashion.

Men’s Phthalate Levels Linked to Pregnancy Trouble (LiveScience): In a recent study at the NIH, “… it took couples 20 percent longer to get pregnant if the man had high levels of phthalates.” These comparative delays vs the study’s constant are similar to the effects we see from smoking and obesity.

I Thought This Baby Was Insane At First. Turns Out Her Dad Is The Crazy One (ViralNova): More amazing baby photos from very creative parents!

Fears pregnant women are ignoring folic acid advice (Nursing Times): Please make folic acid part of your fertility process and planning! A UK study showed that more than 2 out of 3 women are ignoring the advice. Keep in mind that “most cases of spina bifida and other birth defects affecting the brain, spine or spinal cord, can be prevented by boosting levels of folate – vitamin B9 – before pregnancy.”

Prenatal screening for fetal aneuploidy by testing mothers blood at 10 weeks of pregnancy (Medical News): Research out of Tufts University shows that non-invasive cfDNA testing has a ten-fold improvement in the positive predictive value for Down Syndome. This was the first time that the cfDNA tests were compared in a general obstetrical population to the variety of blood and ultrasound tests that are the current standard of care and diagnosis in the United States.

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.