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‘It’s not eating for two’!
We all know the old saying about ‘eating for two’ during pregnancy. But now Australian health experts have issued a warning that overeating during pregnancy can put unborn babies at risk of disease! The experts said that babies born to
women, who overindulged during the nine months, were more likely to develop illnesses, such as asthma, food allergies and type 2 diabetes. ‘It's important to know that the extra
calories you need are actually not very much,' Sydney neonatologist Dr Adrienne Gordon said. ‘It’s not eating for two.' The experts said women needed to
develop healthy patterns of eating and that the number of children suffering from asthma and food allergies was increasing. To address this issue, they suggested that mums to be should eat the recommended daily intake of fruit and veg to give their kids the best – and healthiest – start in life.
30 Modernmum Good news on morning sickness
For many years, the idea that morning sickness is the sign of a healthy pregnancy has been ridiculed as an old wives’ tale. But now, scientists at the University of Reading say that morning sickness may
actually be a good thing since it is caused by a hormone that is vital for a healthy pregnancy. This will be good news for the four in five women, who are estimated to battle nausea
in the first twelve weeks of their pregnancy. While the condition is referred to as ‘morning sickness’, it can actually strike at any time of the day and can, in its most extreme form – hyperemesis – be extremely debilitating. The hormone – endokinin – which acts on the brain to cause morning sickness, also
ensures good blood flow through the placenta. This ensures that oxygen and nutrients reach the unborn baby. Professor Philip Lowry from the University of Reading’s school of biological sciences,
said he hoped the news would bring some ‘psychological relief’ for those suffering from the condition. ‘There may be a temptation to use endokinin-blocking drugs to treat morning
sickness during pregnancy,’ he said, ‘but these findings suggest that such drugs could affect the health of the pregnancy and must be avoided.’
Blood test provides hope for mums to be
At the moment, it’s reckoned that around one in four women in the UK and Ireland suffers a miscarriage. But now a new blood test developed by a team from the Laboratory for Reproductive Medicine and Immunology in San Francisco could predict from the earliest stages of pregnancy whether a woman will go on to suffer a miscarriage. The test, which can predict if a woman is at risk of giving birth prematurely, or of developing pre-eclampsia, is carried out in the first twelve weeks of pregnancy. If she proves to be at risk of such conditions, then doctors may be able to act early to prevent them.
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