Deciding to get help for infertility can be a tough choice for couples to make. Infertility is a very private matter, and couples often feel shy or embarrassed about discussing it with anyone, even a doctor.
Age is the biggest factor in deciding when to seek treatment. Many people are surprised to learn that a woman’s [...]
UNIVERSITI Kebangsaan Malaysia is inviting parents to participate in a year-long research to determine the scope of services needed for the Education Ministry’s special education programme.
Headed by Dr Hasnah Toran, senior lecturer in Special Education at UKM’s Education Faculty, the research entails doing content analysis based on the questionnaires fielded to parents with special [...]
If you just gave birth and you are facing breastfeeding problem – don’t give up. Breastfeeding may not be easy but as soon as you and your baby learn how to do it, you will see that it is the best way of bonding with your baby.
Doctors and nutritionists all around the world agree [...]
Large study finds trans fats linked to increased endometriosis risk and Omega-3-rich food linked to lower risk.
Women whose diets are rich in foods containing Omega-3 oils might be less likely to develop endometriosis, while those whose diets are heavily laden with trans fats might be more likely to develop the debilitating condition, new research [...]
As a good postfeminist-era mom, I certainly didn’t push my son toward trucks and my daughter toward tutus. If anything, I went out of my way to avoid giving them gender-stereotyped toys, offering glittery finger paint to my son and trains to my daughter. But it didn’t matter: My son turned his doll’s crib into [...]
Most women expect to gain weight and have morning sickness during pregnancy. But there are other body changes that you may not expect.
Beyond “glowing,” pregnant women expect weight gain, exhaustion and morning sickness. But what about hemorrhoids, breakouts and tingly hands? These are changes you might not normally link to pregnancy.
Pregnancy-related hormones are responsible for [...]
Couples who conceive through certain types of infertility treatment may have a higher-than-normal likelihood of having a premature baby, a new study suggests
Danish researchers found that among more than 20,000 women who gave birth at their hospital between 1989 and 2006, those who had conceived through in-vitro fertilization (IVF) or intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) [...]
Although women have less sex as their pregnancy progresses, they don’t enjoy the experience any less, new research shows.
“We’ve studied men’s sexual health for many years, and we have not studied women’s sexual health, concerns, issues and problems in the past, and there’s a gender information gap,” said Dr. Irwin Goldstein, editor-in-chief of The Journal of [...]
Babies and young children are being exposed to high doses of carcinogenic chemicals in their own bedrooms according to a Europe-wide study on the air quality inside our homes; and it seems newly decorated rooms may be the worst offenders.
The study was carried out by Women in Europe for a Common Future (WECF) and measured [...]
Pregnancy is a time where lots of things are changing in your body and with your hormones.
Here in short some tips on how to decrease some of the stress:
Take a break and relax (put your feet’s up and read a book or a magazine)
Chill Out (try Meditation and positive visualization)
Participate in antenatal yoga classes (there you [...]