Feeling butterflies in the stomach is a feeling that has always been related to love. After becoming a mother, I deduced that this simile would have occurred to a woman, and more specifically a pregnant woman. Some of us have felt bubbles, others butterflies, and although the descriptions we hear of it are diverse, there is no doubt: it is the first (and romantic) manifestation of the baby that is in our womb.
During the nine months of pregnancy, the baby does not use its lungs to breathe, but does so through the mother. In fact, their lungs will take a long time to mature, and it won't be until birth that they start working.
From the second trimester of pregnancy, around 18 weeks (it may be earlier if it is not the first pregnancy), the movements of the baby within the womb begin to be felt. We can also feel when she has hiccups and towards the end of the pregnancy the kicks are felt more and more vigorous.
Have you ever wondered what makes some women give birth to their babies at week 38 and others do it at week 41? Have you ever wondered what is the sign that indicates that the baby should be born? Because there are those who think that it is the mother's body that says that it is time and there are those who think that it is the baby's thing and, under normal conditions, it is the latter who are right.
When we think that we know all the symptoms that COVID-19 infection can cause to babies and pregnant women, new complications appear that are discovered to be associated with the virus.
There is evidence that mothers with male fetuses are at increased risk of preterm birth and gestational complications such as diabetes or pre-eclampsia. But until now it was not clear why this supposed disadvantage of the male sex.
Despite the nearly 100 million cases of Covid recorded to date worldwide, there is no strong evidence that the virus that causes the disease, SARS-CoV-2, poses a threat to fetuses.
Umbilical cord prolapse is a complication that occurs before or during childbirth, understood as "prolapse" the fall or descent of an organ or organic structure. In this rare case (it occurs in less than 1% of births), the umbilical cord falls or prolapses through the cervix in front of the baby once labor has started.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
