Having a baby - being pregnant
Being pregnant isn't a sickness, it's a perfectly normal part of a woman's life. However, not all women are well during their pregnancy. If you are pregnant, you should get exercise, rest and eat healthily. If you are in doubt about anything you ... [... more]
Child & Youth Health |
Emergency contraception (the morning-after pill)
Don't panic. If you've forgotten your pill, or the condom has broken, there is something you can do to prevent becoming pregnant. Contact your pharmacy, doctor or local family planning clinic as soon as possible (within 120 hours but the earlier ... [... more]
NineMSN Health |
Slapped face disease
Slapped face disease commonly affects children and causes bright red cheeks. For most people, this illness is no worse than a cold. Rarely, if a pregnant woman gets this infection, there can be harm to her unborn child. Most unborn babies are not ... [... more]
Better Health |
Food poisoning - prevention
Food poisoning is caused by eating contaminated food. Food poisoning affects more than five million Australians every year. Some people are more at risk of getting food poisoning than others - these include pregnant women, the elderly, young ... [... more]
Better Health |
Food safety - storing eggs
Eggs make a nutritious contribution to the diet. To enjoy them safely, it is important to buy good quality eggs. Make sure they are correctly stored and prepared. Avoid giving food made with raw eggs to pregnant women, young children, elderly ... [... more]
Better Health |
Foetal alcohol syndrome
Alcohol consumed by pregnant women can harm their unborn babies. Foetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) refers to a range of features that affect some babies exposed to alcohol before birth. Alcohol consumed by pregnant women can harm their unborn babies. ... [... more]
Better Health |
Maternal serum screening
The maternal serum screening test (MSS) is a blood test offered to pregnant women. The test helps to determine the risk of certain abnormalities that may affect the unborn child, including chromosomal abnormalities like Down syndrome and Edward ... [... more]
Better Health |
Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) is a serious health problem for women. It can cause infertility (inability to get pregnant) due to scarring of the fallopian tubes (the tubes leading from the ovary to the uterus). It is estimated that even one ... [... more]
Child & Youth Health |
Pregnancy - morning sickness
Contact your doctor if you are vomiting and can't keep food or drinks down. Morning sickness (nausea and vomiting) is a problem for about 85% of pregnant women during the first four months or so of pregnancy. The nausea might be due to low blood ... [... more]
Child & Youth Health |
Keeping the baby
Becoming pregnant as an teenager, especially if the pregnancy is not wanted, can put enormous stress on young women and their families. However once it has happened there is no way to go back so the important thing is to support the young woman ... [... more]
Child & Youth Health |
Robert Cohen
These days, Bonnie Saks is lucky to gets four consecutive hours of shut-eye, what with her bed-wetting young son, her unfinished doctoral thesis, her meager teaching salary, and the fact that she's pregnant by a lover about as reliable as her ... [... more]
Random House |
Natsuhiko Kyogoku
In Japanese folklore, a ghost that arise from the burial of a pregnant woman is an Ubume. The Summer of Ubume is the first of Japan's hugely popular Kyogokudo series, which has 9 titles and 4 spinoffs thus far. Akihiko "Kyogokudo" Chuzenji, the [... more]
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