Pregnancy & Birth
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Chemicals and Pregnant Women: Taking Care of Your Unborn Baby
Another study, done at the academic fertility center in Boston found that maternal preconceptive exposure to toxic chemicals, especially phthalates, increased the risk of preterm birth. This is the fi…
Collateral Damage: Pregnancy, Prematurity and Pesticides, Pregnancy
The chemical warfare between weed killers and weeds is escalating. Weed killers appeared to be winning the war at first, but in recent years weeds have developed increasing resistance to these chemica…
Breastfeeding, Pumping, and Night vs. Day Milk: Your Questions Answered
Learning to breastfeed your baby can be one of the most challenging and beautiful experiences of being a new parent. Many moms choose to also learn how to pump their breastmilk for times when they can…
Skin to Skin Contact with Your Premature Baby
When you find out you're pregnant, the last thing you want to do is plan for a less than ideal birth. You want to share 40 weeks of blissful pregnancy, followed by a four hour labor and five minute de…
Babies’ Development and the Role of Food
Babies' development from conception to age three is mind-boggling. Newborns resting in their parents arms are not very mobile and don't have much to say. By the time they're three years old, they have…
Mother, You’re Still Carrying Me Today
You may have read a sentimental Mother's Day card (or one of those picture books that makes every mother cry) with the sappy phrase, "Mother, You're Still Carrying Me Today." Turns out, it's true. Li…
I Was Wrong about the Environment
Time and again the magic begins the same way. Sperm and egg come together to create an absolutely unique cell. Then this cell divides to create two identical cells., These cells divide, and divide aga…
The most important 90 seconds in EVERY pregnancy
Did you know that much of your baby's blood is outside of it's body at the moment of birth? And, that in the United States and Europe, this blood will never make it to your child? You read that right,…
Dr. Greene at TEDxBrussels on TICC TOCC – Transitioning Immediate Cord Clamping To Optimal Cord Clamping
The TICC TOCC Campaign Improving the health of billions by strategically spreading a simple idea. The Problem Anemia hinders a quarter of the global population, and is disproportionately concentrated …
90 Seconds to Change the World
Tick tock. Tick tock. TICC TOCC. The difference 90 seconds can make. At the moment of birth, only about 2/3 of the baby's blood is in the baby. The remaining third is still in the umbilical cord and p…
Your Baby Knows What You’re Eating … Even Before Birth
Dr. Greene's take on prenatal nutrition... Babies have more taste buds before birth than at any later time. Why would they be designed to form extra taste buds only for them to disappear before they a…
Autism Linked to Prenatal Prozac, Paxil, and Zoloft?
Autism diagnoses have increased rapidly over the last two decades; so has the number of women taking antidepressants during pregnancy ? from somewhere between 1% and 6% in the early 1990s to 7-13% mor…
Shaping the Future
Dr. Greene's take on shaping the future... When you look at a playground full of nine-year olds, some will be skinny, some will be overweight, and most will be in between. About 25 percent of the diff…
What to Do About Chemicals in Pregnant Women: A green solution.
Here is the fifth take-home lesson from The Environmental Health Perspective article, Environmental Chemicals in Pregnant Women. Lesson 5: A green solution. Leafy green. Yes, we want to reduce exposur…
Breakthrough Test for Down Syndrome
A new technique could revolutionize diagnosis using a new test for Down syndrome in a way that mothers will love. All it takes is 1/2 tsp of the mother's blood for stunningly accurate results. Then No…
BPA, Sperm, Masculinity, and the Average American Guy
A new study suggests that typical BPA exposure may be affecting the masculinity, semen quality, and sperm count of the average American guy. And young boys often have even more BPA exposure than adult…
A New Reason to Eat Your Greens During Pregnancy
More good news for pregnant moms ? a new study suggests that eating more veggies during pregnancy lowers the risk that your baby will develop type 1 diabetes. I've always recognized a strong connectio…
Pregnancy and H1N1 Flu
If you think you may get pregnant in the next year, this may be the most important year to get a flu shot ? and an H1N1 flu shot, when it becomes available. When pregnant, it's generally best to avoid…
Babies are Built from Food
Babies Are Built from Food When a brand-new baby opens her eyes and, for the first time, settles her gaze on her parents with a spark of recognition, something very complex has taken place. The light …
Pregnancy Weight Gain Guidelines Revisited
For the first time in 20 years, the Institute of Medicine updated the guidelines on how much weight gain is acceptable during pregnancy. While I'm glad the medical profession is making the effort to a…