Is it 1741? Are we headed back in time a few hundred years? Looking around you would think not, but a new and rising trend to have out-of-hospital births might indicate otherwise. Despite massive effort on behalf of the medical industry and huge advances over the last 100 years some people still choose to forgo […]
There seem to be fees everywhere and for everything we do, whether hidden or openly declared, they can add up to a significant amount over the course of a year. There are six places to really watch out for them: credit cards, debit cards, investments, bank accounts, memberships and subscriptions, and traveling. Being aware of […]
The Society for Reproductive Investigation released two studies that examined the effects of obesity on pregnant women. One considered the affects of changes in diet on a 6 months old infant. The other considered the development of anemia and its link to the body mass index of women before they were pregnant. The first study […]
Extraneous spending is often the result of a person’s emotional state of mind. Therefore, having an awareness of what emotional triggers cause an individual to spend can be an important initial factor in working toward better money management. These triggers can range from seemingly good experiences to less than positive moments. As such, they include […]
Mothers could lessen their children’s risk of allergies claims a new study published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. By eating foods rich in Vitamin D during pregnancy Mothers could lower the risk of allergies in their children. 1200 mothers and their children were surveyed and followed for 7 years. Vitamin D rich […]
Drinking before and during pregnancy is not only exceptionally dangerous to developing fetuses, and much more prevalent than most realize. Many women of childbearing age do not take birth control and consume alcohol, as well as not ceasing to drink if they are actively attempting to become pregnant. The CDC, or Center for Disease Control […]
Does too much or too little sleep have an effect on a woman’s weight gain during pregnancy? A recent study conducted on better than 700 women indicates that it very well may. The study, conducted by researchers with the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, involved monitoring the pregnant women over a 7 day period. Although the […]
Since 2000 the average age of a first time mother has been slowly increasing. Due to the harsh demands of women’s careers and needing to “have it all” has played a tremendous part in this new trend. The average age of a first time mother went from being 24.9 years old in 2000 to 26.3 […]
Money problems are not just for the middle aged and the middle class. Millennials are experiencing money problems like never before. Between their desire to keep up with the ‘Jone’s’ to astronomical student loan debt, millennials are drowning in money woes. Between joblessness, underemployment, and rising prices and more it is much harder to get […]
Infants whose mothers were obese before pregnancy appear to have an increased risk of death, according to a new study.But even though the researchers found that pre-pregnancy obesity was related to worse outcomes for infants, it’s important to note that the study wasn’t designed to prove a cause-and-effect relationship. Still, the study’s lead author, Eugene […]
