Down syndrome screening during pregnancy is offered as a regular prenatal test. No screening procedure can be 100% accurate, but advances in technology have made screening for Down syndrome as well as several other chromosomal disorders highly effective. ...
The medical community overwhelmingly agrees that ultrasound pregnancy scans can provide a variety of important information to expecting parents and their healthcare provider(s). Beyond merely identifying the sex of a baby, ultrasounds can reveal fetal anomalies...
Is Vitamin C for Pregnant Women Important? Vitamin C is an “essential” nutrient. “Essential” means that, unlike just about every other living being on the planet, we cannot manufacture our own supply and need to eat foods containing...
Minerals Nutrition: What About Copper? Remember when you were a kid and you stuck your wet lip onto your popsicle and it froze and left little blood spots behind when you pulled it off? Remember how it tasted when you licked your lip afterward, that funny...
One of the first things a doctor will prescribe for a newly-pregnant woman is a prenatal multivitamin. In this blog, you will find out the importance of vitamins in pregnancy. Most of the pregnant women do not take vitamins during their pregnancy. Ladies, this...
