Having the Proper Insurance Coverage for Your Pregnancy
Getting pregnant can be a blessing and a burden depending on your finances. Many people don't even realize how important health insurance is until they get pregnant. Its a good idea to shop around online and compare
low cost health insurance quotes before getting pregnant. Be sure to check the details of the
maternity coverage on your plan. Sometimes very little is covered. Despite the daunting task of finding the right company to get coverage with you can most definitely find a the right plan for you.
Gestational diabetes usually affects the mother later in pregnancy when the baby’s body is already formed, yet while the baby is still growing. As a result gestational diabetes does not cause the kinds of birth defects that are sometimes seen in babies whose mothers have diabetes before pregnancy. However, untreated or poorly controlled gestational diabetes can harm your baby. Because your body is not able to process glucose normally, extra glucose is crossing the placenta, giving your baby high blood glucose levels. This causes the baby’s pancreas to produce extra insulin. Since the devel
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What is newborn screening?
Newborn screening identifies biochemical or other inherited conditions that may produce mental retardation, other disabilities and/or death. Babies are screened for these conditions during the newborn period. These conditions are identified using tests on blood collected from a heel stick onto filter paper.
Over 300 gene disorders can be traced to specific biochemical defects referred to as inborn errors of metabolism, and many of these disorders result in mental retardation. A specific intervention is possible that may prevent brain damage in about one-t
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If you're thinking about having a baby, don't wait for the results of a home pregnancy test before seeing a doctor. The best time to have that first pre-natal visit is before you become pregnant, because a healthier you could mean a healthier baby.
Pre-conceptual counseling, as it is called, helps educate women so they can be physically and emotionally prepared - and healthy - for pregnancy. Pre-conceptual counseling is catching on, as more healthcare providers emphasize preventive health care. About 45 percent of pregnancies in America, however, are either unintended or unplanned, acco
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One in every eight babies born in the US is preterm so that in 2002, more than 480,000 babies were born too early. Unfortunately the problem is getting worse not better. In fact the rates of preterm birth have increased 29% over the last 20 years, going from 9.4% in 1981 to 12.1% in 2002.2 But despite this increase, only about 1/3 of women think premature birth is common and serious. In a national survey, 31% of pregnant women felt that preterm birth is an extremely or very serious problem in the U.S.3 However, pregnant African-American women were almost twice as likely as white women
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If you're thinking about having a baby, don't wait for the results of a home pregnancy test before seeing a doctor. The best time to have that first pre-natal visit is before you become pregnant, because a healthier you could mean a healthier baby.
Pre-conceptual counseling, as it is called, helps educate women so they can be physically and emotionally prepared - and healthy - for pregnancy. Pre-conceptual counseling is catching on, as more healthcare providers emphasize preventive health care. About 45 percent of pregnancies in America, however, are either unintended or unplanned, acco
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