How To Better Protect Yourself As a Black Birthing Person

A few days after coming home from the hospital, I knew something was seriously wrong. I’d just given birth, and my baby was fine, but I had a blinding headache, which was soon compounded by chest pain. Five days later, I found myself gasping for breath during simple actions like walking around the house. By … Read more

Folic acid is often used in pregnancy. Why Canada just recalled multiple brands

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Health Canada has recalled six brands of 1mg folic acid tablets for potentially containing a higher dosage than is safely recommended during pregnancy. The brands involved in the recall are Compliments, Equate, Health One, Nature’s Bounty, Pharmasave and Sisu. The supplements were sold by the company Vita … Read more

Brittany Mahomes Warns Moms To ‘Take Care Of Your Pelvic Floor’

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10 Best Belly Oils for Pregnancy: Dermatologist Recommendations

Key Ingredients: Jojoba seed oil, sweet almond oil, avocado oil, argan oil, meadowfoam seed oil, squalane, Centella asiatica, shea butter, rose flower extract, coconut oil, French marine algae Frequently Asked Questions What to look for in a belly oil For basic hydration purposes, look for nourishing ingredients like shea butter, cocoa butter, hyaluronic acid, and … Read more

Alabama IVF patients call court ruling that paused treatments ‘a gut punch’ – National

Tory Beasley had dreamed of having three kids, and she and her husband turned to IVF after struggling with infertility. She was scheduled for an embryo transfer next week at an Alabama fertility clinic in the hopes of having a dreamed-of second child. The mental health therapist was in her doctor’s office when she got … Read more

Alabama IVF Patients Are Running Out of Time

In October, Melissa began an in vitro fertilization cycle. A resident of Birmingham, Alabama, her fertility journey to that point had been not just difficult, but harrowing—earlier that year, she had nearly bled to death during a procedure to resolve a second-trimester miscarriage. When the IVF process yielded just a single viable embryo, she had … Read more

Alabama Fertility Clinics Face Crisis After Court Decision

Kate was scrolling through Facebook when she saw a news story about an Alabama court ruling on embryos. The 39-year-old Tennessean had been going to her fertility clinic across the border in Alabama for months, and she was exhausted. She and her husband had gone through several rounds of intrauterine insemination and in vitro fertilization, … Read more

What Fertility Doctors Wish You Understood About IVF

On Friday, Feb. 16, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that several couples whose embryos had been destroyed when they were removed from a hospital freezer could sue for “wrongful death,” meaning the embryos are considered children in the eyes of the law. The text of the ruling refers to embryos as “unborn life” and “extrauterine … Read more

For families struggling with infertility, IVF access poses more difficulty: experts – National

Experts are welcoming the news B.C. will soon start funding in vitro fertilization (IVF), saying it can help people struggling to grow their family with accessing care that can be prohibitively expensive. “Unfortunately, many people do require IVF to start and to grow their families,” Dr. Kimberly Liu, head of the University of Toronto’s Reproductive … Read more

‘Good Luck!’ Pink Stops Concert As Fan Goes Into Labor

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