Flu shots in pregnant women protect their unborn children, but only for a matter of weeks.
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Well: Diet Soda in Pregnancy Is Linked to Overweight Babies
Drinking one can of diet soda a day doubled the risk of having an overweight 1-year-old.
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Well: The Weekly Health Quiz: Traveler’s Diarrhea, Pertussis, and Pregnancy
Test your knowledge of this week’s health quiz.
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Potatoes and Pregnancy
A new study suggests that the more potatoes in a woman’s typical diet, the more likely she is to develop gestational diabetes, a serious complication of pregnancy.
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Pregnancy Is the Best Time for Some Vaccines
Many women go through pregnancy unprotected by readily available vaccines that can prevent irreversible harm to the woman, the unborn baby or the very young infant.
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Well: Weight Gain During Pregnancy Is Especially Good for Boys
The less weight a woman gains during pregnancy, the less likely she is to have a boy, an analysis found.
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Pregnancy Weight Gain Predicts Child’s Obesity
Gaining too much weight during pregnancy is associated with an increased risk that your child will be obese as a preschooler, new evidence shows. Gaining too little weight may have the same effect.
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Well: Low Vitamin D Tied to a Pregnancy Risk
Low vitamin D levels were associated with an increased risk for severe preeclampsia, a serious and sometimes fatal disorder of pregnancy.
How Pregnancy Changes a Runner’s Body
There’s never been any doubt that pregnancy drastically changes a woman’s body: She gains weight, her center of gravity shifts and connective tissues become looser. But it also affects how a woman moves.
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Too Many Pills in Pregnancy
Doctors are concerned as studies find more women take medications during their pregnancies, including in the first trimester, when fetal organs are forming.
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