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What NOT to do during pregnancy – 10 things to avoid!
There are so many myths surrounding pregnancy and what pregnant women should and shouldn’t do that it gets confusing at times. But there are certain things that are completely out of the window once...
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10 things to avoid during pregnancy (Gallery)
What NOT to do during pregnancy – 10 things to avoid! ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 11 There are so many myths surrounding pregnancy and what pregnant women should and shouldn’t do that it gets confusing...
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Washington, June 12 (ANI): A mother’s exposure to some common environmental contaminants has been associated to more frequent and vigorous foetal motor activity, a new study has claimed. The study led...
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Fetal exposure to nicotine ups long-term risk of obesity
A new research from Western University in London, Canada, has shown that nicotine from either smoking or nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) causes a wide range of long-term adverse reactions for the...
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Coming soon – 3D models of your unborn babies?
A California-based company has taken 4D sonograms to a different level, by making replicas of unborn babies, using their latest 3D-printers. The firm, ‘3D Babies’, uses 3D or 4D sonograms of the babies...
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Pregnant women who smoke can turn their child ‘gay’
A leading neuroscientist has claimed that smoking and drug use during pregnancy could raise the chance of having a baby who would turn out to be gay. According to Britain’s Sunday Times, Dr Dick Swabb,...
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What is a ‘stone baby’?
Doctors in Brazil have removed a 44-year-old foetus from an 84-year-old woman. It was discovered when the woman’s intense stomach pains landed her in a hospital in Tocantins state in Brazil. Subsequent...
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Pregnancy tip #15 – limit your alcohol intake
For a long time the merits and demerits of alcohol consumption during pregnancy have been debated in medical circles and among the maternal and child health experts. Though many say that an occasional...
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New newborn size guidelines to combat undernutrition and stunting
In a move to combat stunting and obesity, researchers have developed new international standards for foetal growth and newborn size to provide the first accurate measurements of ideal growth and...
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What is fetal distress?
During your pregnancy, there will be many moments and interactions with your gynecologist where her words will seem like medical jargon. Fetal distress is one such term used commonly by doctors which...
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