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Category Archives: Child Safety
Cramping During Pregnancy
Many women experience cramping during pregnancy. While cramping during pregnancy may be a sign something is wrong, often it is a normal side effect of pregnancy. How do you know if cramping is normal or not? Let’s look at cramping … Continue reading
Posted in 1st Trimester, 2nd Trimester, 3rd Trimester, After Testing +, Child Safety, Just For Mom
Tagged Cramping During Pregnancy
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Planning a Pregnancy
Pregnancy is very tricky it happens, when one does not want and does not happen when one desperately tries to get pregnant. So planning is a bit out of reach most of the times. When the woman after 4 to … Continue reading
Posted in 1st Trimester, After Testing +, Child Safety, Pregnancy & Work, Pregnancy Calendar
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Unplanned pregnancy
Un-planned Second pregnancy happens quite frequently in young couples and is a cause of tension because the first child is still milk feeding and has not reached an age to self manage any of the nursing functions. The mother is … Continue reading
MISCARRIAGE
What is a miscarriage? It is the spontaneous loss of a pregnancy that occurs during the first 20 weeks of pregnancy, most commonly before 12 weeks. After 20 weeks the loss of the pregnancy is called a stillbirth. About 1 … Continue reading
Posted in 1st Trimester, 2nd Trimester, After Testing +, Anxiety, Child Safety, Depression, Genetics
Tagged Miscarriage, risk factors for miscarriage, signs of a miscarriage, treatment of miscarriage, Types of miscarriage
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Adenosine for the Management of Neonatal and Pediatric Supraventricular Tachycardia
Contributing Editor: Marcia L. Buck, Pharm.D.; Editorial Board: Kristi N. Hofer, Pharm.D.; Michelle W. McCarthy, Pharm.D. Introduction Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is the most common symptomatic arrhythmia of childhood, occurring in 1 in 250 to 1,000 children. In October 1989, adenosine … Continue reading
Posted in Child Safety, Parenting Skills, Postnatal Care
Tagged Adenosine, Pediatric Supraventricular Tachycardia, theophylline
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Distinguishing Sudden Infant Death Syndrome From Child Abuse Fatalities
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS. Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect ABSTRACT. In most cases, when a healthy infant younger than 1 year dies suddenly and unexpectedly, the cause is sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). SIDS is more common than infanticide. … Continue reading
Posted in Anxiety, Child Safety, Postnatal Care
Tagged ALTE, apparent life-threatening events., causes for a child’s death, SIDS, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
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PRENATAL TESTING – OVERVIEW
Produced by the Centre for Genetics Education. Important points • There are a number of different prenatal tests and procedures available to assess the development of the baby. Each has advantages, disadvantages and limitations • There is no test that … Continue reading
Posted in 1st Trimester, 2nd Trimester, 3rd Trimester, After Testing +, Anxiety, Child Safety, Parenting Skills, Pregnancy Calendar, Prenatal Tests
Tagged Prenatal Diagnostic Testing, Prenatal screening tests, Prenatal Tests
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Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV)– Genital Herpes
Genital herpes is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections in the Canada. About 20-60% of sexually active men & women have the virus. Significant portions of those who are infected or vulnerable to infection are women of childbearing … Continue reading
Posted in 1st Trimester, 2nd Trimester, 3rd Trimester, Anxiety, Child Safety
Tagged acyclovir, Genital Herpes, Herpes Simplex Virus, valtrex
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For Women with Diabetes: Your Guide to Pregnancy
You have type 1 or type 2 diabetes and you are pregnant or hoping to get pregnant soon. You can learn what to do to have a healthy baby. You can also learn how to take care of yourself and … Continue reading
Posted in 1st Trimester, 2nd Trimester, 3rd Trimester, Anxiety, Child Safety
Tagged Diabetes and pregnancy, Women with Diabetes
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Genital Herpes during Pregnancy
Having a herpes infection during pregnancy can cause any pregnant woman anxiety. Will your baby be born with the infection? What kind of complications occurs to an infant with herpes? And is there anything you can do to prevent your … Continue reading
Posted in 1st Trimester, 2nd Trimester, 3rd Trimester, Anxiety, Child Safety
Tagged acyclovir
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