Hurrah! We have power at last…a week after hurricane Irene romped through, we have juice! Thanks for bearing with us while we camped out. So let’s get on with the topic of How to Get Pregnant, starting with why do we need to know this? In the past few decades, the average age for a [...]
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We recently received this query from hip hop dance teacher Aysha Cheatham Bowling on the DTP facebook page and we thought it was so important that it deserved a blog entry. Question: I am a hip hop dance teacher and this is my first pregnancy. I am 6 months going on 7 months (due in [...]
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A review of factors that can affect and maternal and child health outcomes during the Pregnancy Pathway.
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A precis of recent research findings on how bifido bacteria help baby’s digestive tract mature by digesting certain sugars in breast milk and coating the tract to ward off noxious bacteria.
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Breastfeeding has been clearly demonstrated the best nutrition for babies and the best protection for healthy outcomes for babies and mothers. Of course, there are cases when it is not possible – genetic disorders that make it impossible for some babies to metabolize proteins or infections that one does not want to transmit via breast [...]
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Basic information on fetal programming, including behavior and environmental factors that influence fetal development.
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