During pregnancy, we spend months imagining what our baby will be like, caressing our belly that grows every day and waiting for the great moment of delivery, in which we can finally hold him in our arms.
The last weeks of pregnancy are a very special stage, when the desire to finally see our child's face is mixed with the fear of childbirth and the confused feeling of sadness because one of the most wonderful and unique stages of our life ends: the pregnancy.
An international study in which 100 researchers from 43 hospitals in 18 countries (including two Spanish) participated and in which 2,100 pregnant women participated, concludes that infected women are 50 percent more likely to have complications during pregnancy such as premature delivery, pre-eclampsia (high blood pressure) or admission to the ICU.
The director of the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) of the United States, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, said on Friday that she recommends that pregnant people receive the vaccine against Covid-19, after knowing the preliminary conclusions of a new study on Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines.
Between my first and second pregnancy I had several gestational losses. They were very hard times and full of uncertainty, where there was no lack of medical tests to intern to determine what was happening. Eventually, I was diagnosed with a thrombophilia disorder and prescribed low molecular weight heparin to start pricking the moment I got pregnant again.
Cravings consist of an irrepressible desire to eat or drink something, and although they can occur at any time and at any age, pregnancy is the stage par excellence. Not surprisingly, 25% of pregnant women claim to have had cravings at some point during pregnancy.
We have already reached the 30th week of pregnancy in our week-by-week pregnancy review. If all goes well, this is already a good week to start prepartum classes, although they usually start a little later.
I think one of the most worrying phrases you can hear when you're pregnant is "you have to rest at home." Such is the psychological burden you feel when you know that anything you do can put your baby's life at risk, that that life change that you already know will come with motherhood, comes to you suddenly. But is it really necessary to carry it out? Is it really an effective measure to decrease the rate of preterm births?
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.
