Ok, seriously, are these pregnant women really rolling on their big bellies? I so want this to be real, though I suspect some of those moves may be dangerous for both mom and babe. Fake preggies or not, the most important thing is the message this Oxfam “Flashmom: Pregnant women break dancing in London” video is sending out.
“Fourteen hundred women around the world die every day in pregnancy and childbirth due to lack of basic health care.”
That’s right. Millions of women around the globe are still do not have access to the midwives, maternity wards and medicines they need for …read more

Health Canada issued an adviorsy earlier this week advising expectant mothers and breastfeeding women not to take the vitamin-mineral supplements Maxum Matragen or Maxum Multi-Vite by Seroyal International Inc.
The concerns lie in the lack of proper labeling, certain ingredients, and lack of others. Both Maxum Matragen and Maxum Multi-Vite contain ginkgo biloba, green tea extracts and vanadium. At this point, the safety of these ingredients for pregnant women or nursing women isn’t known and there is no such labeling to that effect.
As well, the supplements don’t have enough iron or folic acid for pregnant or nursing women. These are essential …read more

Blood pressure control is critically important for pregnant women and is a significant risk factor for preeclampsia. Up to now, angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors have not been prescribed for women past their first trimester because they’re known to cause birth defects. A study of 29, 507 infants suggests that ACE inhibitors, such as captopril and lisinopril, may also cause birth defects in the first trimester as well. Birth defects resulting from ACE inhibitor use in later pregnancy include:

Bone abnormalities in the skull
Inhibition of growth
Fatal kidney damage