Prenatal
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…
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…
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…
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…
Optimal Cord Clamping and Stem Cells – When to Cut the Cord?
Dr. Greene's take on optimal cord clamping... What if there were a simple, free, natural way to give your baby a bit better start on the first day of life: Improving blood counts now Reducing the chan…
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…
What to Do About Chemicals in Pregnant Women: Toothpaste matters.
Here is the fourth take-home lesson from The Environmental Health Perspective article, Environmental Chemicals in Pregnant Women. Lesson 4: Your choices do matter. Many industrial chemicals were found…
Chemicals in Pregnant Women: Public policy
The Environmental Health Perspective article, Environmental Chemicals in Pregnant Women, has been getting a lot of play. I've got five take home lessons from the study. Here's number 3. Lesson 3: Publ…
What to Do About Chemicals in Pregnant Women: All products are eco-products
Yesterday we looked considered the importance of the recent journal article in the Environmental Health Perspective, Environmental Chemicals in Pregnant Women. Today I'd like to explore the second les…
What to Do About Chemicals in Pregnant Women: A peek behind the curtain
A major 2011 analysis of typical pregnant women across the US found widespread evidence of toxic chemicals in their blood, often at levels that have been linked to higher risk of developmental and rep…
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…
Your Baby Is Listening – Even Before Birth!
Dr. Greene's thoughts on a new study showing babies are listening even before birth... I love the results of a new study on babies and languages that shows the innate ability our babies have to fit in…
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…
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…