Introducing solid food to babies ages 6 months and up
PARA ESPANOL OPRIMA AQUI Average healthy babies will triple their weight by the first birthday. In the first six months, babies gain about 1 ounce a day, slowing to about 20 grams a day by around 4 months, and gaining about 10 grams or less a day after six months. To reach that weight,
Keeping you and your baby healthy before and after birth
According to the CDC, babies of mothers who do not get prenatal care are three times more likely to have a low birth weight and five times more likely to die than those born to mothers who do not get care. Such is the importance of prenatal care, a series of medical checkups that
Ozempic’s could have an effect on pregnancy
An increasing number of women are reporting unplanned pregnancies — even among those who’ve struggled with fertility — while taking popular anti-obesity and diabetes drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic. As reports of the phenomenon have trickled out across social media, doctors are still trying to figure out what effect, if any, the class of
Stress during pregnancy can lead to early maturation of first-born daughters
A UCLA-led team of researchers has found a correlation between early signs of adrenal puberty in first-born daughters and their mothers’ having experienced high levels of stress during pregnancy. They did not find the same result in boys or daughters who were not first-born. The 15-year longitudinal study’s findings were published in the February issue of
More pregnant women are going without prenatal care, CDC finds
The number of women going through pregnancy without prenatal care is growing — even though the overall number of babies born in the U.S. is falling, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The lopsided trend, published Tuesday by the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics, may reflect,