Though it’s a good idea to avoid colouring your hair during the first trimester, it’s okay for expectant mothers to touch up their roots or experiment with a new colour during the later months of their pregnancy.

A woman’s heart while pregnant will need to pump more blood around the body to compensate for the blood being directed to their baby.

Each baby adjusts to breastfeeding differently, just as each mom’s breasts release milk differently. Light coughing or sputtering, especially just when starting out to breastfeed, is normal, and just a sign that your baby is adjusting to the process and the flow of the milk.

The umbilicus is the small piece of cord left after it has been cut following birth. After several days it will fall off. Keep the area clean and dry, and watch for signs of infection such as pus or redness.

Studies show that obese men are less fertile than men of normal weight, have lower sperm counts and fewer sperm that can swim well.

Some medications (e.g. phenothiazines) as well as extremes of weight loss, stress or exercise can cause this type of secondary amenorrhea. A pituitary or hypothalamic tumor would be a rare finding in these patients who were all screened with prolactin levels at the beginning of the diagnostic evaluation. However, if there is no cause apparent from the history, it is sometimes suggested to get a baseline CT or MRI scan of the sellar region to rule out a (very rare) tumor.