Parenting success relies on understanding developmental benchmarks, managing maternal health during and after pregnancy, and implementing effective behavioral strategies for toddlers and teenagers.
It's easy for new parents to worry about every detail of their newborn's health -- including his weight. Most newborns lose weight in the first few days after birth, for a number of reasons. Weight loss of less than 10 percent of birth weight during the first week is considered normal.
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Abdominal pain and light bleeding occur frequently in pregnancy. As many as 20 to 30 percent of women bleed in early pregnancy, the American Pregnancy Association states.
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Exposure to harmful substances in the earliest weeks of pregnancy -- often before a woman realizes she's pregnant -- can pose risks to human embryos.
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Human chorionic gonadotropin, or hCG, is a hormone medication often administered as an intramuscular injection. Women undergoing fertility treatment often self-administer hCG injections at home or have someone else give them an injection to trigger ovulation or egg maturation.
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Abdominal discomfort occurs commonly in pregnancy. The growing uterus, an active fetus and shifted intestines can all contribute to abdominal discomfort. But pain in the upper abdomen can be caused by problems beyond the usual pregnancy aches and pains, though less serious concerns can also be to blame.
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Although plants and herbs might seem natural and safe, they can have potent effects. Trigonella foenum-graecum L.Leguminosae -- better known as fenugreek, a plant whose seeds and leaves have a long history of use in alternative medicine, could have several potentially serious effects on your unborn baby.
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