The sixth obstetric week is the fourth week from conception. Remember that obstetric pregnancy lasts 280 days or 40 weeks and begins before conception and real appearance…
Cramps are very unpleasant, but many women suffer from leg cramps during pregnancy. However, you should know that frequent cramps are not a normal body condition. It is…
Most often, it is in the fifth week of pregnancy that a woman becomes aware of her pregnancy. The 5th obstetric week is the 3rd week from conception. This means that your baby…
Congenital or neonatal hypothyroidism is a severe chronic disease, when normal thyroid gland activity is impaired and the amount of important thyroid hormones is reduced in blood. Why does this happen in children? What…
Babies are born with small nails on hands and feet. Postmature infants have fairly long nails. It is clear that your newborn doesn’t need such a manicure. This means…
Choosing laundry detergent for baby clothes and underwear, one should be especially careful about different components present in the product. If only a few components are listed on the package, this…
In obstetric practice, the fourth week of pregnancy means that your fetus is two weeks old. The embryo has already settled in your womb. Now a new life will develop inside you.…
It is generally thought that home birth can be extremely dangerous. This idea is popular because today we consider childbirth a surgical procedure, though it is a natural process. Only a decade ago, we considered…
Sound sleep is one of the key indicators of the health of a newborn baby. A newborn should sleep 16 — 17 hours a day. Parents of newborns face a number of sleeping problems. We will help…