Pregnancy is a life changing phase for a woman. It changes every bit of your life because you carry a whole new life inside you. All of a sudden everything in your life starts revolving around the baby growing in your womb. Majority of the pregnancies go without any specific complications. Having said that does...
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Depression During Pregnancy : What to Do | Fit Pregnancy and Baby
Depression during pregnancy is a serious medical condition that poses risks to you and your baby. Learn the symptoms and treatments for depression. Pregnancy often gives rise to mixed emotions and it becomes difficult to understand your frequent mood swings. In one moment you might feel super excited and just the next moment you would...
Ectopic pregnancy, symptoms and how ectopic pregnancy treated
Ectopic pregnancy – A pregnancy in which the fertilised egg implants outside the uterus. In normal pregnancy, ovary releases an egg into fallopian tube which then get fertilizes after coming in contact with a sperm. The fertilized egg, after a few days moves to the uterus where it gets a lining and then the baby...
Vitamin K Injections For Newborns : Why It’s Essential for Newborns
Vitamin K is necessary nutrient in every human body for blood clotting. The main source of Vitamin K is from bacteria in intestines. Deficiency of Vitamin K can lead to severe bleeding over small cuts or injuries. It can also lead to internal organs’ bleeding such as brain which can pose a major life threat....
Newborn Care After Birth | Feeding, Sleep & Development Tips
Newborn babies need extra care and attention. The early nutrition and care determine strong foundation of a child’s future. This is why you should be extra careful with your newborn’s care after birth. In fact child care starts before the birth only. You should be utterly cautious with every step you take right from the...
Mother and Baby Health Care During Pregnancy
Mother and Baby Health Care During Pregnancy is a multifaceted program involvingmedical visits, prenatal testing, nutrition, exercise, screening for infections and certain genetic diseases where appropriate, getting any maternal illnesses under control, and taking any other special considerations. Health is wealth; we have been listening to this saying from ages. This is absolutely true in its literal sense....
Common Benign Skin Lesions in Newborn Babies
Skin Lesions and Newborn Rashes all you need to know about Rashes are extremely common in newborns and can be a significant source of parental concern. Most of rashes are transient and benign and some require additional workup. Some of commom benign skin lesion in newborn include erythema toxicum neonatorum, milia, miliaria, seborrheic dermatitis, neonatal...
Newborn Screening Test: Most Essential Tests For Babies
The Purpose of Newborn Screening Newborn screening is the practice of testing every newborn for certain harmful or potentially fatal disorders that aren’t otherwise apparent at birth. There are a number of potentially devastating diseases that can be present in a newborn but hidden at the time of birth. These diseases, if undetected by newborn screening,...
When to worry for Vomiting in Newborns
It’s common for normal babies to vomit milk often in the early weeks as they adjust to feeding and as their bodies develop. These babies are playful, active and spit out milk without any force. This is called regurgitation which is harmless and subsides in a few months. Consider vomiting due to illness if baby shows any...
Neonatal Jaundice
Jaundice is a common condition encountered in newborns. It can be a source of stress for new parents. Here is a series of few questions and answers which will provide you useful information to help alleviate some anxiety and misconceptions : What is Jaundice ? Jaundice is yellowish discolouration of skin and /or whites of...