LADYTIMER DAILY QUIZ
Feb 22, 2025
Experiencing acne while pregnant is a sign that the baby is a girl.
This is another gem for the ‘101 pregnancy myth collection’, as acne has no association with the sex of a baby.
What is the term that refers to the dark line that some pregnant woman get which runs down their stomach?
Though it may be referred to as the pregnancy line, its more technical label is linea nigra. Around three quarters of pregnant women will manifest a linea nigra, which is a brownish stripe that runs vertically down the stomach. There exact cause of this mark has not been ascertained, and it will typically manifest around the fifth month mark, though it can develop later.
Women who consume excessive amounts of caffeine while in the early months of their pregnancy have a greater chance of miscarrying.
Studies have found that women who consumed around 200 milligrams of caffeine daily, which is the equivalent of two cups of regular coffee a day, were twice as likely to suffer from a miscarriage. Experts recommend that during the first trimester of pregnancy caffeine should be banned from a woman’s diet, and during the later months the intake should be limited to around a single cup of regular coffee per day.
A one year old may be able to say simple, common words like “mama”, “dada”, “no”, or “uh oh”.
A one year old should be saying one or more of these simple words, and making noises that sound like other words. They should jabber, and babble, making lots of noise with commonly used sounds that don’t yet form words.
Parents of infants and babies should be mindful of their child hitting developmental milestones:
B)
Just before doctor’s appointments
C)
Every 2-3 months starting at birth
D)
Only when they’re older
From the time your baby is born, he begins developing in new and exciting ways. Milestones represent age appropriate accomplishments that most babies and children are able to do by a certain age. These accomplishments should be monitored every few months to make sure your child is progressing healthily and positively.
Which is not a possible cause of Hypothalamic amenorrhea?
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.
