- Industry: Health care
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Painful leg spasms common at night during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy. Leg cramp pain can be relieved by straightening the leg and flexing the ankle and toes slowly up toward the nose.
Industry:Parenting
Part of the Lamaze technique of childbirth, the cleansing breath is a deep breath a laboring woman takes through the nose and out the mouth. It is used at the beginning and end of a contraction to help restore normal breathing and reduce stress.
Industry:Parenting
Red, tender, bleeding gums, which, if left untreated, can develop into periodontitis, a serious form of gum disease.
Industry:Parenting
Numbness, tingling, and pain in the hand caused by the compression of a nerve in the wrist. Carpal tunnel syndrome caused by pregnancy swelling usually goes away after delivery.
Industry:Parenting
Obstetrician-gynecologist. A physician specializing in women's reproductive health.
Industry:Parenting
Mild depression that follows childbirth. It is usually the result of the postpartum hormonal swings and the natural slump after the excitement of labor and birth. Baby blues affects 60 to 80 percent of all new mothers. See postpartum depression.
Industry:Parenting
Moderate drinking of alcohol (one to two drinks daily) during pregnancy can cause FAE in the baby, a syndrome characterized by numerous developmental and behavioral problems. The symptoms are subtle early on and become apparent when the child is older and has trouble with school and socialization.
Industry:Parenting
More commonly called preeclampsia, toxemia is a complication of pregnancy characterized by high blood pressure and protein in the urine after 20 weeks gestation. Symptoms include rapid weight gain and increased swelling. If left untreated, preeclampsia can lead to the more serious eclampsia.
Industry:Parenting
No longer routinely administered in hospitals for laboring women, an enema empties the bowels.
Industry:Parenting
