If your body has begun to show changes recently, and so has your mood, you could be pregnant. Often, the signs of pregnancy are able to manifest themselves even without the tell-tale ‘missed period’ to ring the first bell. But it is easy to confuse these symptoms with those your body registers during a menstrual […]
An expectant mother is constantly reminded to eat well, because she is “eating for two”. This is partly true: the mother does provide nourishment to her child from her body. But she need not eat double her normal portions of food. At best, the pregnancy diet may include about 300 calories more than the usual […]
So you’ve just confirmed that you are pregnant! Congratulations! The next few months are going to reshape your life in several magical ways. And though you didn’t notice anything amiss till you missed your first period, your body was silently preparing itself for your baby from the first week of conception itself. Your body changes […]
Reshma Seth gave birth to her second child last year. The 33-year-old interior designer proudly shows photographs of her pregnancy days. “People would keep commenting on how my skin glowed. They kept saying it was because of the baby! But apart from my skin and hair improving in texture during the pregnancy, I also take […]
Childbirth is both exciting and terrifying by turns. Every expectant mother is thrilled with the idea of finally meeting her precious child, but also worried about the birth process. Mass media has already painted a slightly gory picture of childbirth, highlighting the painful aspects more than the positive ones. Modern medicine, too, aims to tame […]
Staying positive during pregnancy boosts your immunity, leaves you better able to cope with tiredness and anxiety, while also helping you adapt to the time when the baby is born. There is a direct correlation between the expecting mother’s stress levels and the outcome at the pre and post pregnancy stages, as well as the […]
This is the story of a 16 year old girl from Kozhikode, Kerala, who was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML). She was being treated at an advanced stage of the disease at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi. Leukaemia is a type of cancer affecting the blood and bone marrow, which produces our blood […]
Is it possible that Stem Cell Therapy offers more successful treatment outcomes? New researches and studies seem to indicate so. Scientists and researchers the world over continue with their studies into the efficacy of Stem Cell Therapy to address such incurable disorders as autism and Type 2 diabetes. However, if some reports are anything to […]
Follow these simple tips to have a memorable pregnancy as winter settles in. Winter is a wonderful season, bringing with it hopes of new beginnings. The season puts people in a good frame of mind – gone are the rigours of summer and the damp of the monsoon. One can snuggle up in bed on […]
Did you know that if you feed your child, an excess of sugar rich food, it will result in hyperactive behaviour? This is what a report published in Parents suggests[1]. Children are extremely picky in their eating habits and may often compensate eating essential vegetables with not so healthy snacks. While it is okay to […]