Pregnancy and Postpartum

by Julie Schweitzer WHNP

Maintaining a healthy balance of essential vitamins and minerals are important during all stages of pregnancy and nursing.  To make it easy for you, here is a list of vitamins that you will want to include in your daily diet.

Vitamin B6 is important for your body to metabolize proteins, fats and carbs.   Vitamin B6 also helps in forming red blood cells and antibodies.  In the developing baby it plays a vital role in developing the baby’s brain ...

Many advances in genetic testing have become more readily available to the general population in recent years.  Most of us are familiar with the BRCA testing for breast and ovarian cancer, the COLARIS test for colon and uterine cancer and there is also testing for fetuses well before the second trimester.  

More and more it seems that patients are hearing about tests from other family members and friends and are aware of the options to determine their baby’s risk for Down’s ...

There have been reports lately about acetaminophen (Tylenol) during pregnancy causing an increased risk of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in children.

The study did involve many limitations and suggests that current practice should not be changed at this time; however, additional studies are planned for this area of medicine.

This blog entry is intended to educate you about risks to your unborn child, not to scare you into not taking Acetaminophen at all.  In fact, Acetaminophen is the only fever reducer ...