Health

Happy New Year to everyone. 

The March of Dimes provides another resource to pregnant women.  There are many topics of interest on this site some of which are medical references that cover a wide range prenatal and genatic issues, promoting the health and wellness of women and couples to improve birth outcomes , pregnancy and newborn care, understanding your newborn and improving interaction, postpartum depression,  and food choices for you baby.  There are also acticals in Spanish.   Another important fact about this site is that is gives you information on how you can make a difference in your community by volunteering and it explains scholarship opportunities. 

A few weeks ago a representative from my insurance company called me.  She told me she had worked as a nurse with pregnant women and as a lactation aide for 30 years.  She explained to me that I was entered into a new program called Humana Beginnings.  This is a program designed to help mothers give their babies a healthy start in life by providing support, guidance and resources both in your community and online to pregnant women.

One day this week my son woke up with what looked like a mosquito bite right below his eye. It didn't seem to bother him much until later in the day. Then it began to swell up and eventually his entire eye was swollen and it was extremely red around the bite. The following day I took him to the doctor. The doctor said that the tissue around the eye and mouth are very sensitive and prone to bruising or redness when irritated. He prescribed an antibiotic called Amox-Clav 400mg/5ML susp 50 ML (Amoxicillin and Clavulanate Potassium for Oral Suspension, USP 400 mg/5ml).

Every day 12,000 women will give birth in the US. Some have easier pregnancies than others, especially for those women who exercise throughout their pregnancies. According to the Ohio State University Medical Center experts, exercising and eating right while your pregnant will deliver much better results and could make giving birth much easier.