Pregnancy

The placenta acts as a protective barrier for the baby during pregnancy and its normal structure is different from that of any other human organ. This is how forceful researchers from the Wellcome Sanger Institute and the University of Cambridge are, who claim that it resembles that of a tumor and that it harbors many of the same genetic mutations found in childhood cancers.

Although we have already a year since the coronavirus was declared a pandemic, there are still many questions about this virus and how it affects each person according to their age and living conditions.

We have already reached the 31st week of pregnancy in our week-by-week pregnancy review. The countdown begins, if it does not advance in approximately nine weeks your baby will be born.

Although pregnancy is a stage that fills us with excitement and excitement, it is also a process in which we can experience some discomfort. Hormones and the various changes in our body, are generating some things that can make us feel uncomfortable.

It is likely that during pregnancy a hyperpigmented line appears on your belly that seems to separate it in two. It does not come out for all women, and some are more noticeable than others.

One day, pregnant with my first child, I began to notice strange and rhythmic shaking that had nothing to do with the kicks that I had been feeling for weeks. I remember that in those moments I was worried and I felt somewhat puzzled. It wasn't long before I knew that these rhythmic movements were my baby's hiccups, something that started to become common during the third trimester of pregnancy.

Although something more is learned every day about how the coronavirus behaves among children, with the existing data after a year living in a pandemic, it is known that vertical transmission during pregnancy is rare, as is newborn infection at the time of delivery or the days after, with skin-to-skin contact with the mother and breastfeeding.

Oral diseases are very common during pregnancy, so much so that according to the 2020 Oral Health Study presented by Sanitas, more than 85% of pregnant women affirm that their oral health has been affected by pregnancy. This is due to the hormonal and physical changes that occur in this stage and that negatively affect the oral health of women, facilitating the appearance of problems.