Let’s Talk Babies

Infant mortality is a difficult subject to talk about.  No one wants to think about the bad things that can happen.  It is often easier to sugar coat the statistics and pretend like it is something that only happens to other people.  However, in order to combat problems like preterm births and stillbirths we have [Read the rest]

Taking good care of your teeth during pregnancy is very important.  The hormonal changes caused by pregnancy increase your risk of developing gum disease.  As your hormones change during your pregnancy your can lead to additional swelling and bleeding of your gums.  Gum disease has been linked to an increased risk of premature labor and [Read the rest]

The US government announced a new national campaign today called Text4Baby that will use cellphones and text messaging as a means to get healthy mother, healthy baby tips out to millions of expectant mothers all over the country.  The campaign is being sponsored by several organizations and companies including the National Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition, [Read the rest]

You wake in the middle of the night with incredible cramping pain in your legs.  Ugh, leg cramps.
Pregnant women are very susceptible to leg cramps, particularly during their second and third trimesters.  Leg cramps are a sudden tighten of the muscles that can cause intense pain.  When you are awoken in the middle of the [Read the rest]

When we are pregnant we love to dream about what our baby will look like, whether it will be a boy or a girl, what your birth experience will be like and what it will be like to bring that beautiful, perfect little baby home.  A majority of pregnancies are normal and end with a [Read the rest]