Pregnancy & Childbirth

Where pregnancy and childbirth is concerned there is a lot to take on board from what happens in the nine months you are pregnant through to fertility treatment and what to expect where childbirth is concerned. Although no one can tell you exactly what to expect or what this is going to be like as it is different for every woman, it does put your mind at ease to know there is help available and this pregnancy and childbirth section here at Article Alley is proof of this. All of the articles that appear in this section are here to answer your questions and to clarify things that you may not be clear on. We hope that you are able to use this section again and again whether its to put your mind at rest or to brush up on your knowledge surrounding procedures etc. You can read and re-publish as many of our articles as you need, after all that is what they are there for and remember as we get new content submitted to us on a daily basis you can keep checking back for new information, facts and answers so why not have a browse through our articles now.

lightest clothing. The principles which ought to guide a parent in clothing her infant are as follows: The material and quantity of the clothes should be such as to preserve a sufficient proportion of warmth to the body, regulated therefore by th...
Author: Jerald Shapiro

The milk may also be rendered less nutritive, and diminished in quantity, by the mother again becoming pregnant. In this case, however, the parent's health will chiefly suffer, if she persevere in nursing; this, however, will again act prejudicially to ...
Author: Jerald Shapiro

should happen, however, that the child has disturbed and restless nights, it must immediately be removed to the bed and care of another female, to be brought to its mother at an early hour in the morning, for the purpose of being nursed. This is necessary...
Author: Jerald Shapiro

The especial province of the mother is the prevention of disease, not its cure. When disease attacks the child, the mother has then a part to perform, which it is especially important during the epochs of infancy and childhood should be done well. I refer...
Author: Jerald Shapiro

The respiration of a pure air is at all times, and under all circumstances, indispensable to the health of the infant. The nursery therefore should be large, well ventilated, in an elevated part of the house, and so situated as to admit a free supply both...
Author: Jerald Shapiro

sallow and sunken, the child will dread motion, and lie upon its back with the knees bent up to the belly, the tongue will be loaded, and in breathing, while the chest will be seen to heave with more than usual effort, the muscles of the belly will remain...
Author: Jerald Shapiro

Deficiency of milk may exist even at a very early period after delivery, and yet be removed. This, however, is not to be accomplished by the means too frequently resorted to; for it is the custom with many, two or three weeks after their confinement, if t...
Author: Jerald Shapiro

10, Phlegm in throat:-- This also causes difficult breathing resulting in cry.Often a typical sound can be heard with each breath. 11,General aching:-- Generalised body ache with restlessness is seen in flu and prodromal stages of some infecti...
Author: Jerald Shapiro

--------------- cleanliness is essential to the infant's health. The principal points to which especial attention must be paid by the parent for this purpose are the following: At first the infant should be washed daily with warm water; and a ...
Author: Jerald Shapiro

For women trying to conceive, diet and nutrition can be highly important. But even the greatest pregnancy medical advice will have trouble pinpointing the best days to become pregnant. Before you consider any infertility option, you should first make su...
Author: Aurelia McAleese

The chief error in rearing the young is overfeeding; and a most serious one it is; but which may be easily avoided by the parent pursuing a systematic plan with regard to the hours of feeding, and then only yielding to the indications of appetite, and adm...
Author: Jerald Shapiro

The first set of teeth, or milk-teeth as they are called, are twenty in number; they usually appear in pairs, and those of the lower jaw generally precede the corresponding ones of the upper. The first of the milk-teeth is generally cut about the sixth or...
Author: Jerald Shapiro

A young lady, confined with her first child, left the lying-in room at the expiration of the third week, a good nurse, and in perfect health. She had had some slight trouble with her nipples, but this was soon overcome. The porter system was now comme...
Author: Jerald Shapiro

Since ancient times, reflexology has been applied to help stress, health, and well being in the human body. Recent techniques in pregnancy acupressure have also been proven to reduce labor symptoms, enhance natural contractions, and greatly help in easin...
Author: Aurelia McAleese

As you near the end of your pregnancy you may be wondering what the signs of labor are. "When is it the real thing?" "When do I go to the hospital" or "When do I call the midwife?" While there are certainly variations among women, there are several signs ...
Author: pinkwitch