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Prenatal Visits
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Should Parents-to-Be Get Paid to Attend Prenatal Visits?

Women without health insurance or those who are not familiar with the healthcare system often skip their prenatal visits, which can lead to complications for both mother and baby.
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Women without health insurance or those who are not familiar with the healthcare system often skip their prenatal visits, which can lead to complications for both mother and baby. According to a study by the Harvard School of Public Health, offering expectant moms $100 to begin their prenatal doctor visits in the first trimester and continue through delivery is enough incentive to have them comply.

By offering the financial reward, the researchers saw a 62 percent increase in the number of program participants and a 39 percent decrease in the number of low birth weight babies. The plan, which also offered the participants' doctors a $100 bonus for enforcing the appointments, cost the healthcare companies less in the first year of the babies' lives.

What Are Your Doctor's Prenatal Care Goals?
Pregnancy

What Are Your Doctor's Prenatal Care Goals?

Most women with access to health care services visit the doctor more during the course of their pregnancy than they do at any other time in their life.
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Most women with access to health care services visit the doctor more during the course of their pregnancy than they do at any other time in their life. It can be overwhelming and alarming the first time around, but it's only for the benefit of mommy and baby.

Prenatal visits are typically scheduled every four weeks during the first 32 weeks of gestation, every two weeks from 32 to 36 weeks gestation and weekly from 36 weeks to delivery. It is quite common for the doctor to tack on additional weekly appointments if she sees anything that she wants to monitor. The extra visits can be nerve racking, but they work wonders in the stress relief department.

For a look at your doctor's primary prenatal care goals, read more

Prenatal Terms
Pregnancy

Do You Know Your Prenatal Lingo?

Rereading my pregnancy books has reminded me of all the terms I never knew the first time around and ones I am relearning this second time.
by babysugar

Rereading my pregnancy books has reminded me of all the terms I never knew the first time around and ones I am relearning this second time. See if you remember what these terms mean!
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Strike A Pose: Prenatal Yoga Tips for Pregos
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Strike A Pose: Prenatal Yoga Tips for Pregos

I've been asked a lot about yoga and pregnancy.
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I've been asked a lot about yoga and pregnancy. Whether you are new to yoga or an experienced yogini, it's a wonderful way to take care of yourself and your baby-to-be.

Here are some things you should know if you are expecting...

  • Most gentle types of yoga are appropriate during pregnancy. Of course, tell your obstetrician or midwife you are practicing yoga - you'll probably be given an enthusiastic "thumbs-up." If you have high blood pressure or other complications, you'll want to ask first before starting (or continuing) your yoga practice.
  • Prenatal Yoga focuses a lot on opening the hips, releasing and stretching the lower back, relaxation skills, and pranayama (breath). By using and stretching the muscles you'll be needing during birth, you will essentially be making labor easier.
  • Prenatal Yoga also benefits your unborn baby - when you experience peace and relaxation, so will your babe.
  • While pregnant your body produces a hormone called relaxin which is intended to soften your inflexible bones and ligaments to make room for your growing baby and to prepare for birth. Avoid stretching further than you normally do, you don't want to pull a muscle.
  • Try to find a Prenatal Yoga class so you'll be able to get your questions answered. It's also a great way to meet new moms - to share with women who know exactly what you're going through.

Want to read some more tips? Then read more