It’s no secret that every pregnancy a woman experiences leaves its impact on her forever. Experiencing a life growing inside of you and becoming a mother can change you forever. But did you know that fetal cells from every pregnancy remain in the mother, sometimes even 50 years later? During pregnancy, fetal cells cross […]
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Don’t Bathe That Baby!
Babies are born covered in a thick, white, cheese-like substance called vernix caseosa. In the hospital it is typical for babies to be bathed immediately to remove the vernix. However, an immediate postnatal bath may not be the best option for a baby and should be reconsidered. Vernix Caseosa has many benefits. Produced during […]
Placentophagia: Research May Suggest It’s More Than a Fad
Ever since January Jones has spoken up about her decision to ingest her placenta, it seems articles about placenta encapsulation have been surfacing everywhere. Everyone wants to know the answer to the same question, Why? People want to understand what would cause someone to do such a thing. Is it a craze or is there […]
Placenta Drama – A NYT Blog Rebuttal
A couple of days ago, there was a negative blog post in the New York Times regarding placenta encapsulation, entitled “I Regret Eating My Placenta”. The post was written by Nancy Redd, author of “Body Drama” and “Diet Drama”. She’d had her placenta encapsulated and was unhappy with her experience. The author states that […]
Want Your Baby To Be A Brainiac? Feeding On Demand Could Help.
New research suggests that babies who are fed on demand have higher IQs and perform better on standardized tests than their peers who were fed on a schedule. The feeding patterns of over 10,000 babies were studied by researchers from Essex and Oxford Universities. They looked at breastfed babies and bottle fed babies and found […]
Mammograms: Not All They’re Cracked Up To Be
Breast cancer, the leading gynecological cancer, has been on the rise for the past fifty years. Today, one in seven women will be diagnosed with breast cancer; a stark difference between the one in twenty statistic of 1960. For years women have been told to get regular mammograms to screen for the disease in […]