You may have reached the 30th week of your pregnancy, but your baby bump hardly remains visible. Being anxious about this won’t help much. It is natural that being a would-be-mum, you’d be worried about the growth of the baby you’re nurturing inside. Visiting the healthcare practitioner would be beneficial at this stage. The doctor will take you through several tests and scans to check you and the health of the growing baby inside you. Getting a Doppler scan done is just one of them. The Reasons Behind a Doppler Scan in Pregnancy  The Doppler scan during pregnancy is done twice. Once in t ..read more

Congratulations! You’ve embarked on a beautiful journey of becoming a mother. While going through the entire journey from the first trimester to the last, you may have several questions about the growing baby and the health of your pregnancy. So, to know how your pregnant body and the baby inside you are functioning, you might have to undergo prenatal screening. What are Prenatal Screening and the Types of Screening? “Prenatal screening test” is a blanket term for the doctor-recommended tests that are first done after 10 weeks of pregnancy. It is mostly carried out during the first and the sec ..read more

Embracing motherhood and entering the phase of new motherhood is a fulfilling natural experience. But, it’s not all that hunky dory. Every year, maternal mortality occurs at the time of pregnancy and the delivery of the baby, because of the income status, fragile delivery systems (in many developing countries), pregnancy infection, and infection during childbirth. Maternal health is also closely associated with a newborn’s survival, as the health issues of a would-be-mum tend to pass down to the baby before birth. Due the pregnancy complications, there are chances that she may give birth ..read more

Pregnancy is both a beautiful and challenging phase of your life. It’s beautiful because of the happiness hidden inside your anticipation of giving birth to a healthy and cuddly baby after nine months. It’s challenging as your body is in constant flux. You’ll swell, the skin will change, and you’ll gain weight. Gaining weight is one of the most noteworthy pregnancy changes. After all, your body is changing along with your baby growing inside you. Healthy weight gain of the mummy-to-be is associated with the health and well-being of the growing baby. But, in several ways, you may be overweight ..read more

Including warm water baths in your daily pregnancy routine is a very good idea to get some relief from some of the not-so-glamorous aspects of your pregnancy – pregnancy aches, swelling, stress, and tension. But, soaking yourself in a warm bath during pregnancy may not be that safe. Know why? Don’t forget to take these precautions while taking a bath in warm water. Take Care of the Temperature of the Water Thanks to the soaring pregnancy hormones the temperature of a pregnant body should be around 99°F (37.2°C) — or about 0.4 to 0.8 Fahrenheit degrees. According to a 2019 study while bathing ..read more

During pregnancy, you must maintain a balanced diet for your health and the health of the baby growing inside you. While you’re nurturing another life inside you, your body needs all the essential minerals as well as vitamins to keep the body functioning properly. Amidst all the vitamins, Vitamin B6 is also known as pyridoxine, which is a must for your growing baby’s brain as well as nervous system development. Along with your baby inside you, Vitamin B6 has proteins, carbohydrates, fats, and amino acids. It also helps in creating red blood cells in your body. Is that all? No! There’s mor ..read more

Nurturing another life inside you is a joyful feeling for you, no doubt! But pregnancy may not be joyous all the time. The swollen ankles, engorgement of breasts, morning sickness, etc are some of the not-so-glamorous phases of pregnancy. Along with this, there is also a burning sensation near your chest, after whatever you’ve eaten. But, you can blame it entirely upon the burrito or jalapenos that you had last night or for your breakfast. The pregnancy hormones are the culprit that slows down digestion. The growing baby inside the uterus takes up the space and puts pressure on the stomach. He ..read more

Your body, during pregnancy, is more susceptible to infectious disease threats. The placental immune response impacts the outcome of it. Due to this, you’ll not just undergo various hormonal, physical, and emotional upheavals, but your body will be open to some of the most common prenatal infections – Zika virus, vaginal yeast infection, bacterial, and so on. Such infections may not positively impact your pregnancy or your unborn baby. The maternal immune system must strike a proper balance to carry on the pregnancy healthily and to keep the foetus safe, with some precautions. So, in this pren ..read more

Based on our body’s demands, the body’s cells grow and divide to form new cells. That means, the body cells become old and die just as they are programmed. New cells are born to replace the old ones. In certain cases, however, some of the cells divide uncontrollably and spread in the surrounding tissues, proving it to be deadly. These are life-threatening cancer cells. They don’t die. They rather spread in the nearby tissues in the form of solid tumours; or changes in DNA within the blood. Research has shown that there are approximately 14 million cancer cases across the world and 8.2 million ..read more

Congratulations! You’re a new mom now! To give birth to a healthy child, you’ve had to make adjustments to your lifestyle, undoubtedly. Having food in the right quantum, and including daily physical activity in your pregnancy regime has been the key. Having said that, you may have a caesarean or vaginal delivery, but your postpartum body is still healing and will take its own time to go back in shape. According to ACOG, the pregnancy, and delivery type are the two deciding factors for when to start exercising as it’s not just about your body going back in shape. Including very simple activitie ..read more