Hello everyone, The team behind Eating for Pregnancy sent me a copy to review. Catherine Jones, Rose Ann Hudson, RD, LD, and Dr. Teresa Knight have put together a handy month-by-month guide. Here’s what I think! More cookbook than nutrition guide, I like this for the quick and simple nutrition sound bytes they offer to […]
Optimal Pregnancy Nutrition
If you’re looking for the bible on how to treat your body during pregnancy, look no further. Lily Nichols, RDN, CDE, has written a well-researched compendium of advice, tips, and information on what we eat and do in pregnancy. Experts recommend a whole-foods diet high in protein, calcium, iron, folate, and other nutrients in pregnancy. […]
When does baby go head down during pregnancy?
About 95% of babies will turn head down before delivery. It’s important to be aware of your baby’s position after 32 weeks so you can help it turn head-down if needed. Babies spend most of their time in utero with their heads up by the mother’s heart. As the baby gets heavier and prepares to [...]
Art of Deception in Obstetrics: Deformed Consent
You know about informed consent: They inform you of what they want to do and give you a paper to consent on. That’s not how it’s supposed to work. Informed consent was meant to cover bases for both clinicians and patients. Because medical knowledge is limited and the effects of any procedure or drug even more [...]
Failure to Progress: The Simple Solution Nobody Knows
Cesareans are a dime a dozen these days. Some are necessary, life-saving, even just sanity-saving, the best choice in a clinically murky situation. Many are unnecessary, the result of hurried doctors, unkind staff, tired mothers, and an avalanche of interventions 'strongly recommended.' There are also cesareans that happen because of clinical ineptitude. Today I'd like [...]
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