Topic Pregnancy with Gestational Diabetes Gestational diabetes is a condition characterized by high blood sugar (glucose) levels that is first recognized during pregnancy. The condition occurs in approximately 4% of all pregnancies. What Causes Gestational Diabetes in Pregnancy Almost all women have some degree of impaired glucose intolerance as a result of hormonal changes that occur during pregnancy. That means that their blood sugar may be higher than normal‚ but not high enough to have diabetes
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amout of weight‚ confused and clueless I went to the doctor to get answers. While in the doctors office I had blood work done as well as a pregnancy test. The test came back negative as I expected being that I was on birth control. Ring Ring. About thirty minutes later‚ I received a phone call from the doctors office asking me to come back because my pregnancy test changed to positive. Once I get back to the doctors office‚ the nurse took a blood sample. Fifteen to thirty minutes passed and then my
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Pregnancy After 35 What older moms-to-be should know By Jennifer Kelly Geddes comments (0) related tags: Fitness‚ mom health‚ Pregnancy Complications‚ Pregnancy Emotions‚ pregnancy health & symptoms‚ Pregnancy Symptoms‚ prenatal‚ Tests‚ Pregnancy Having a baby when you’re over 35 can mean more health concerns and extra tests‚ but it shouldn’t be cause for alarm or distress. In fact‚ nearly 1 in 10 babies are born to women over 35‚ and the majority are delivered without complications. "Women
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Glamorizes Teen Pregnancy Media‚ specifically television has taken the issue of teen pregnancy to a whole other level. The shows 16 and Pregnant‚ Teen Mom‚ and The Secret Life of the American Teenager document the lives of young teenage girls facing the issue of being a pregnant teenager. Originally created to show the controversial subject of teen pregnancy‚ all of these shows soon began to change. As the seasons continued in all three of these shows‚ the controversial subject of teen pregnancy soon became
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Teenage Pregnancy and a Way to Prevent It Teenage pregnancy it can ’t happen to me. This is the mindset that most teenagers have these days. Teenagers feel that they are invincible and that things‚ such as pregnancy‚ happens to others‚ but that they are immune to it. A lot of teenagers believe that you can ’t get pregnant the first time you have sex‚ if a girl is on her period‚ pregnancy cannot occur‚ among other myths. The reason teens believe this is that the education on sex isn ’t teaching
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Conclusion Teen pregnancy is a pregnancy in female human-beings who are below the age of twenty years and being a teen parent it isn’t as great as it sounds. Teen pregnancy should be highly discouraged has it has effect on the teenage mother and the baby born. The teen mother may face complications such as premature labor‚ medical complication during the pregnancy period‚ at child birth or after child birth and are likely to drop out of school. One cause for an early pregnancy for a teenager is
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Deonte Anderson Alcohol and Pregnancy A pregnant woman’s lifestyle ultimately affects the development of her baby. Excessive exposure to alcohol during pregnancy can inflict serious‚ permanent physical and mental damage on her child. When a pregnant woman drinks alcohol she is making her child drink also. In knowing how Fetal Alcohol Syndrome can be prevented‚ what the symptoms are‚ and who and what make up the risk factors fetal alcohol syndrome can be better understood.
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Child Marriage Throughout the world‚ marriage is considered to be a happy moment in everyone’s life and is a moment of celebration but sadly‚ the practice of child marriage gives no such reason for celebration. Many young boys and girls get married before they can reach the age of 18. This shocking act takes place for a number of reasons. In order to get benefitted socially‚ physically and to decrease financial burdens‚ many parents and families throughout the world‚ promote the marriage of their
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Nutrition during Pregnancy by Amy V. Haas [Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in Having a Baby Today Issue 5‚ Spring 2002.] Photos by Jennifer Rosenberg The single most important thing that you can do for your baby is to eat a healthy‚ well-balanced diet. A well-balanced diet is one that includes foods from all food groups in appropriate amounts‚ so as to ensure proper nutrition. Proper nutrition ensures that all essential nutrients (carbohydrates‚ fats‚ protein‚ vitamins‚ minerals and
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untimely pregnancies. Statistics on teenage pregnancy show that this is a common problem in society. “One in ten women between the ages of fifteen and nineteen are faced with pregnancy” (Birthright). Since most people do not see it in their everyday lives‚ not many people realize how extensive the problem of teenage pregnancy really is. According to Teen Help‚ “34 percent of teenagers have at least one pregnancy before they turn 20” (Teen Help). Not only is teenage pregnancy a problem to society
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