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Try Hypnobirthing Classes Suggests Alba
Pregnant Jessica Alba has offered some unusual advice to other expectant moms – she has asked them to try ‘hypnobirthing classes’ to keep calm.
The 30-year-old actress, who is expecting her second child with husband Cash Warren, said that she is finding the lessons on using hypnosis during childbirth very useful.
“It’s different for everyone, although I do recommend the hypnobirthing classes,” Alba told Us Weekly.
“I highly recommend it. It just makes you chill,” she added.
But she admitted that she wasn’t so calm when she had her first child, daughter Honor, two.
‘I was freaked out going into it my first time going into labour,’ she said. ‘Like what if I panic? What if I just freak out and I don’t know what to do?’
So has her second pregnancy been any easier? ‘Oh yeah! But a little bit harder on the body because my daughter still wants to be picked up. Ever since my belly popped, she really is on me!’ m&c
Jaundice Meter Reduces Newborn Blood Tests
A jaundice meter used on newborns in Calgary has resulted in 40 per cent fewer blood tests on babies, according to health officials.
Jaundice occurs when a baby develops high levels of bilirubin, a byproduct of the normal breakdown of red blood cells.
Calgary’s three hospitals and all public health clinics in the city use a device called the transcutaneous jaundice meter, which shines a light on the baby’s skin to measure yellowish skin tones. It replaces visual checks, which are not always accurate. [Read more...]
Bedtime Bottle Leads To Obesity Later?
Toddlers given a bedtime bottle are far more likely to be overweight when they are older, research shows.
Those regularly fed a bottle of milk when they are two years old are 30 percent more likely to be obese by the time they are five and a half.
Researchers warn that parents who continue to give children a bottle at an age when they have started eating solid foods are overfeeding them.
They say that an 8oz bottle of full-fat milk contains 150 calories – 12 percent of the energy a child aged between one and two needs in a day. [Read more...]
Breastfed Babies ‘Develop Fewer Behaviour Problems’
Children who are breastfed for four months or more develop fewer behaviour problems, Oxford researchers say.
The study, involving 10,000 mothers and their babies and in journal Archives of Disease in Childhood, says that may be because of the make-up of breast milk.
Or, it says, breastfeeding may lead to better mother-baby interaction.
Breastfeeding is already associated with other health benefits for babies, including lower rates of infection and less obesity in later life. [Read more...]
Stroke Is Something You Can Avoid
To hear boomers talk, their greatest health fear associated with aging is Alzheimer’s disease.
But these boomers are ignoring a health problem they can control, says Dr. Orly Avitzur, medical adviser to Consumer Reports Health and a neurologist.
“Stroke is the No. 1 cause of disability in the United States and a more common condition to have,” she says.
“A person can make profound lifestyle and medical changes that will reduce the risk of stroke by 80 percent.” Consumer Reports Health cites 11 strategies for stroke prevention as part of National Stroke Awareness Month in May. [Read more...]
British Men Among Fattest In Europe
British men are among the fattest in Europe, and Britishers do less exercise as compared to any other country in the world, according to a WHO study.
The study which went into the rise of heart and lung disease, cancer, stroke and diabetes, ranked British men as the third fattest in Europe, with 67.8 per cent of males 15 or over either overweight or obese.
Only Greece (77.5 per cent) and Malta (73.3 per cent) are fatter. [Read more...]