Tag Archives: Pregnancy

Mom’s prenatal diet affects baby’s mental health

Shelby D Burns

bellyMothers who eat junk food while pregnant are more likely to have children with mental health problems. This is according to researchers from Deakin University in Australia. They along with other researchers from Norway analyzed more than 23,000 mothers who participated in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort.

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Do Fetuses Poop?

10 Things I Wish I Had Known Before Becoming a Parent

10 Things I Wish I Had Known Before Becoming a Parent

Raising a child is full of surprises. No matter how many books, parenting forums, and Dr. Sears articles you read, nothing can completely prepare you for becoming a parent. If I could go back to before my daughter was born and tell myself what I didn’t know I would experience, this is what I would say.
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New study links maternal coffee to childhood acute leukemia

Childhood acute leukemia, maternal beverage intake during pregnancy, and metabolic polymorphisms

Abstract

Purpose

This study aimed to analyze the associations between childhood acute leukemia (AL) and maternal caffeinated beverage consumption during pregnancy, and to explore interactions between caffeinated and alcoholic beverage consumption and polymorphisms of enzymes involved in caffeine and ethanol metabolisms.
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