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How Much Weight Gain is Healthy for Pregnancy?

Posted by Aricka Flowers, May 13, 2008 at 02:00 AM by Aricka Flowers

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As much as you may want to gorge with reckless abandon, being pregnant does not give one carte blanche to eat everything in sight. Healthy eating and weight management is still important during pregnancy, actually even more so since you are eating for two. The American Pregnancy Association suggests that women who are at a healthy weight prior to pregnancy gain somewhere between 25 and 37 pounds during the entire gestational period.

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Antidepressant Use May Not Affect Baby

Posted by Aricka Flowers, May 09, 2008 at 11:00 AM by Aricka Flowers

Certain antidepressants may be safe enough for pregnant mothers to take, according to studies published in the "New England Journal of Medicine." Known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, the antidepressants do not raise the risk of complications in babies born to mothers who take the drugs. Paxil, Prozac, Zoloft and Celexa fall under this category.

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Good Timing between Pregnancies Can Prevent Complications

Posted by Aricka Flowers, May 06, 2008 at 10:00 AM by Aricka Flowers

New research shows that it is important to plan how much time you will take between pregnancies. Careful planning can prevent pregnancy complications and birth defects, according to experts.

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Excess Pre-Pregnancy Weight Can Cause Complications

Posted by Aricka Flowers, May 02, 2008 at 11:00 AM by Aricka Flowers

Here's yet another reason why it is important to maintain a healthy weight before getting pregnant: avoiding diabetes. According to a recent study done by Kaiser Permanente, the number of women with type 1 or type 2 diabetes has doubled since 1999; among teenagers that figure has risen to five times the original amount. Diabetes can cause a number of complications during pregnancy.

The study's author says that it is important to acknowledge that for the first time ever, more women will be entering their reproductive years with diabetes. The increased incidence of diabetes among women in their childbearing years is directly linked to the increase in overweight or obese women in the general population.

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