#68 Another Look at Eclampsia
I’ve written and talked about eclampsia in many places, but it is an important enough topic to talk about often. Pre-eclampsia and eclampsia are diseases found ...
I’ve written and talked about eclampsia in many places, but it is an important enough topic to talk about often. Pre-eclampsia and eclampsia are diseases found ...
In an earlier blog post, I talked about heartburn in pregnancy. But what about chest pain during pregnancy? How to manage chest pain in pregnancy depends on you...
For the baby in the womb, breathing has two meanings. The baby’s exchange of oxygen for carbon dioxide is not accomplished by inhaling and exhaling amniotic flu...
Whether you are pregnant or not, Tums are a popular treatment for heartburn. The medical term for heartburn is reflux esophagitis. There is a common misconcepti...
It is safe to say that you should wear high heels less often when you’re pregnant than when you are not. You can probably get away with wearing your normal high...
Many young women could become pregnant at the age of 10, although I have never seen a pregnancy in a girl this young. Text books report pregnant patients as you...
We’ve talked about the effect pregnancy has on hip expansion in a previous blog post. Another topic which comes up as well is noticing heavier periods after pre...
There are five joints in the adult pelvis, but only three joints open in the adult female pelvis. Three of these five joints open during labor. The front joint ...
We often think of bones as being dead, like the leg of a table or wood timbers for a house. The fact is that bones are very much alive, including the marrow. Th...
Osteoporosis means literally porous bones. Contrary to what many people think, bones are living. To understand osteoporosis and why women are prone to osteoporo...