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Sleeping well is as important as eating healthy and exercising well. If you are pregnant sleep is all the more important to you and to the developing baby. Sleeping less than 5 hours a day for a week or so can put you in the risk of pre-diabetes. Lack of sleep can also be a risk factor for Pre- eclampsia which is associated with high blood pressure, and high protein in the urine. 

If you are trying to conceive, it is a good idea to take a few steps to improve your general health. This can increase the chances of pregnancy. All the factors which contribute towards good health in general also contribute towards good reproductive health.

Megan was advised by her friend to avoid coffee during pregnancy. But she was not sure about Tea? So she asked the Doctor - Doctor - Is drinking Tea considered detrimental to the baby? In other words, Can I drink tea during pregnancy?

Studies on pregnant women have shown that Pregnancy causes some changes in vascular properties and is known to cause an increase in blood volume and heart rates in the mother during pregnancy. However, these were thought of as temporary changes which go down after pregnancy. The impact of pregnancy on the subsequent development of heart disease in women has always been debated.

Most parents wait for that moment when they can hear the heartbeat of their unborn child for the first time. For the mother, it is a sign of reassurance that everything seems to be right in her pregnancy. 

While parents are always eager to introduce new tastes and foods to their infant it is better to avoid certain foods until your baby is one year old. 

मुझे हमेशा यह सुनिश्चित करने के तरीकों के बारे में पूछने वाले दर्शकों से कई प्रश्न मिलते हैं कि बच्चा किस लिंग का है। एक स्वस्थ बच्चा होने के लिए लड़का या लड़की रखना महत्वपूर्ण नहीं है।

पुरुष बच्चे के लिंग को प्रभावित करते हैं, न कि महिलाएं। पुरुष शुक्राणु प्रदान करते हैं जिसमें या तो X (लड़की) या Y (लड़का) जुड़ा हुआ लिंग गुणसूत्र होता है। यह एक कप्लना है की एक पुरुष अंडकोष लड़की शुक्राणु दूसरा लड़के शुक्राणु का उत्पादन करता है, लेकिन, यह सिर्फ एक गलत विश्वास है! दोनों पुरुष अंडकोष X और Y शुक्राणु की बराबर संख्या उत्पन्न करते हैं और यह यादृच्छिक मौका है, जो अंडे को निषेचित करता है। कुछ पुरुष बेहतर गुणवत्ता वाले X या Y शुक्राणु का उत्पादन करते हैं जो इस कारण से हो सकते हैं कि विशेष परिवारों की बड़ी संख्या में लड़कियां या लड़के हैं।

How does the baby look this month?

By the end of the 5th month, your baby is almost the size of a Papaya. She/he measures 10 inches long and weighs from 200-450 gms. By 18 weeks fetus gets more lively and moves its head and face once in a while inside the amniotic sac.You may be wondering if your little one can see inside the uterus, now that the eyes are formed. Well, not completely, but they can appreciate the light. For it to see, the visual impressions have to be read by the visual area in the brain.

When a baby is born before 37 weeks of gestation, it is considered premature birth. 

Mothers in their early 30s have the lowest chance of having a premature baby, new research has found, with the risk rising significantly once the mother passes 40.

Records of more than 165,000 pregnant women were analyzed,

Why do pregnant women have food cravings?

I remember the time when a friend of mine was pregnant and they lived in a remote area in the US. She had a craving for Masala Dosa one morning when she was in her 6th month. Indian restaurants were not very common and she made her husband drive 120 miles to an Indian restaurant. This is just one story, there are plenty of such stories i hear about pregnant women craving from sweet dishes, hot and spicy to sour items. Some women also have a craving for non-food items like chalk, mud, wood etc. This is called Pica.