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HOW HUMAN MILK PROTECTS FROM ILLNESS

Human milk is more than food. It’s a complex living substance, like blood, with a long list of active germ-fighting and health-promoting ingredients. These help protect babies against all kinds of infections, common and not-so-common. A drop of breastmilk contains … Continue reading

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When To Stop Exercising and Conditions That May Make Exercise Risky

If you experience any of the following symptoms stop exercising and call you doctor right away: – Bleeding from your vagina – Difficult or labored breathing before you exercise – Dizziness – Headache – Chest pains – Muscle weakness – … Continue reading

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Post-Pregnancy Exercise

Like when you start exercising when you are first pregnant, so you will have to ease yourself into the exercise routine post pregnancy as well. You should only really start exercising when you feel steady again. Most mothers wait until … Continue reading

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Sleeping Positions During Pregnancy

During pregnancy it is best to avoid sleeping on your belly or on your back. As you grow, sleeping on your belly will put obvious pressure on your belly and may lead to complications down the road. Sleeping on your … Continue reading

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Herbal Supplements

Today more than 60 million Americans are medicating themselves with herbal supplements. By assuming that ?natural? remedies are safe, your patients are probably not fully discussing the issue with you, if at all. Research shows that many do not see … Continue reading

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Diet for a Healthy Pregnancy

Healthy Eating now that you are Pregnant: Now that you are pregnant, you need to eat well, not only for your own health, but for your baby that is growing inside you. There will be certain foods that will help … Continue reading

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Diet for Mothers who do Breast Feeding

Think of nursing as continued motivation to follow the healthy diet you followed during pregnancy. Focus on eating whole grains and cereals, fresh fruits and vegetables, and foods that provide plenty of protein, calcium, and iron (and, as always, an … Continue reading

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Stress During Pregnancy can Affect a Child’s Health

Seeds of health? are planted even before you draw your first breath, and that the nine short months of life in the womb shape your health as long as you live.” These words of Sharon Begley and William Underhill in … Continue reading

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