LADYTIMER DAILY QUIZ
Nov 29, 2024
Extremely hot baths are not a good idea during pregnancy
Baths are fine, but they need to remain at warm to lukewarm temperatures, as baths which are too hot can increase the risk of miscarriage or birth defects.
Drinking alcohol doesn’t increase the risk of miscarriage.
A study published out of Denmark found that a woman who drinks 1 to 2 alcoholic beverages per week had around 1.5 times the likelihood of suffering through a miscarriage in comparison to non drinking women. This Danish study also discovered that even a single alcoholic drink can increase the risk of miscarriage. This means that in regards to alcohol it’s better to be safer than sorry, meaning zero alcohol should be consumed for at least the first four months of pregnancy.
What is the most common cause of a miscarriage?
Foetal genetical abnormalities, specifically glitches with the foetus’s chromosomes, are the cause behind 70 percent of all early pregnancy miscarriages.
Newborn babies should spend most of their time sleeping.
A newborn baby should spend the majority of the day sleeping, waking every four hours or so to eat. If the baby is not waking on his own, or seems uninterested in eating regularly, it may be a sign of illness, and the baby should be inspected by the doctor.
PCOS symptoms include excess hair growth and acne.
Infrequent or prolonged menstrual periods, excess hair growth, acne, and obesity can all occur in women with polycystic ovary syndrome.
Which fertility problem negatively effects implantation of the egg in the uterus?
A)
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
Causes of implantation failure include genetic defects, thin endometrium, embryonic defects and endometriosis.