By Tan Thiam Chye, Tan Kim Ten, Tan Heng Hao, John Tee Chee Seng
Edited via well-liked obstetricians in KK Women's and kid's health center, the most important maternity health center in Singapore with approximately 12,000 infants added every year, this ebook offers a complete and informative examine being pregnant and childcare. It covers subject matters starting from pre-pregnancy care, being pregnant care, and real supply to child care. It additionally addresses universal questions like, What are the pre-pregnancy vaccinations that i want? , Is it secure to dye, re-bond or perm my hair whilst i'm pregnant? , and Are chinese language herbs and TCM secure for being pregnant? Written through a various staff of members, this easy-to-read e-book (replete with illustrations) is very instructed for the lay individual and busy occupation mums-to-be who're getting ready for the coming in their newborns. Contents: Pre-pregnancy Care: Pre-pregnancy Vaccination; Sexual place and Timing for notion; child Gender choice -- Boy or Girl?; All approximately Your being pregnant: sooner than the 1st Antenatal stopover at; Thalassemia checks; Antenatal Ultrasound Scans; Vaginal Discharge while pregnant; matters approximately Your supply: delivery Plan and position of a Doula; Induction of work (IOL); Fetal tracking in the course of exertions; Vacuum and Forceps supply; twine Blood Banking; Postnatal and child Care: child Blues and melancholy; Breastfeeding; Care of the baby; Resuming Sexual kin and birth control; Myths approximately Confinement; and different papers.
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There are many brands of pregnancy test kits available in the market, which are quite reliable. These are available at our local pharmacies. Alternatively, you could go to your doctor for a test. What is a Pregnancy Test Kit? During pregnancy, a hormone called human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) is produced, which circulates in the blood and is also present in the urine. The pregnancy test kit detects the presence of hCG in your urine. It is a qualitative test. 1 Urine pregnancy test kit. 2 Urine test kit positive for pregnancy.
There is no evidence that vaccinating pregnant women poses any risk to the developing fetus. The pregnant woman may be vaccinated with “killed” (inactivated) viruses, bacterial vaccines or toxoids. Examples of “killed” vaccines are flu, Hepatitis B and tetanus vaccines. We recommend that you avoid “live” virus vaccines (like measles, mumps, and rubella) that contain small parts of the actual virus. They may cause miscarriage or birth defects if they are transmitted to the baby. This risk is very small though.
It is characterized by the implantation of the womb lining tissue in the abdomen or the pelvic cavity. Menstrual pain and subfertility are the most common symptoms that can affect these women. In severe cases, it can disrupt the fallopian tubes and cause tubal blockage. However, even mild cases have been known to be associated with subfertility and the surgical removal of these deposits can result in an improvement of the fertility. Male Factor Subfertility Abnormal sperm parameters can include a low sperm count (oligospermia), lack of sperm (azoospermia), abnormal sperm shape (teratozospermia) or a lack of sperm motility (asthenospermia).