Sentences with phrase «rather than pregnancy»

What's more, the precise contribution of parenting rather than pregnancy related factors needs to be unravelled further, they say.

«Poor adherence with the Canadian pregnancy prevention guidelines means that Canada, inadvertently, is using pregnancy termination rather than pregnancy prevention to manage fetal risk from isotretinoin,» states lead author Dr. David Henry, senior scientist at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) and executive co-lead of the Canadian Network for Observational Drug Effect Studies (CNODES).

Not exact matches

It launched Glow Nurture, a separate mobile application tailored to pregnancy rather than fertility.

Rather than waiting around for a hypothetical and unlikely legal scenario to play out, our efforts would be better spent working to decrease the number of unwanted pregnancies using the tools we already have... which brings me to my next point.

I also think many efforts at sex education — those built merely around disease and pregnancy prevention rather than human dignity — have hurt people and diminished civil society.

Before we reach irreconcilable differences regarding what should be legal, our energies would be more productively spent on the common goal of reducing the number of unwanted pregnancies rather than fighting each other.

Organizations like Bethany Christian Services and Catholic Charities seek to help women get through their pregnancies and then go through the adoption process, rather than have an abortion.

The testimonies of women (and it is almost always mothers) who care for children with disabilities remain separate, in a distinct category of «affliction,» rather than seeping into the broader analysis of the individual decisions to terminate pregnancies.

It says, «Many pro-life advocacy efforts have focused on the legal status of abortion, rather than addressing prevention of unplanned pregnancy and the needs of pregnant women and families.

It's no longer as easy to find this ice cream, and I think they've changed the pretzels to peanut butter covered rather than peanut butter filled because it's no longer quite as good (or maybe it was the pregnancy hormones?).

He may feel anxious about upcoming expenses, your health insurance coverage, the pain that you'll feel during pregnancy or delivery, what life will be like with three rather than two, and the effects of pregnancy on your sex life.

By keeping a diary or journal, a woman chooses to confront rather than ignore the issues that come up for her during pregnancy.

Because their legs are curled up against the torso for much of the pregnancy, making a full - length measurement difficult, babies often are measured from the crown to rump (from the top of the head to bottom the buttocks) rather than from head to toe.

Properly trained midwives work to keep their moms healthy and maintain low - risk pregnancies by ensuring they're getting enough nutrients and getting to the root of problems (more often than not, it's caused by diet and lifestyle), rather than masking them with medication (but again, recognizing when medication is needed).

Rather than using neonatal mortality (birth to 28 days) or perinatal mortality (from 28 weeks of pregnancy to 28 days of life), they used deaths from 20 weeks of pregnancy to 7 days of life.

The OB DO focuses on seeing the patient as a «whole person» to reach a diagnosis should problems arise during pregnancy, rather than treating symptoms alone.

In the end, there are a lot of pregnancy books on the market that talk about the dad, but more as an afterthought rather than the focus of the book.

Most men — even those whose partners were nearing the end of their pregnancy — said no - one had spoken to them about labour or what to expect, and those who had received such information felt it was too general, rather than relating to their own situation.

A young man allowed her to sleep at his place and she believed it would better to offer her body — risking pregnancy and disease and perhaps self - esteem — rather than display bad manners (or, for that matter, sleep on a beer - soggy couch)?

Therefore it's actually a good induction method to start practicing in the last weeks of pregnancy rather than leaving it to the last minute.

Just a note: perhaps it should be «small, widely spaced BREASTS with minimal growth during pregnancy» rather than «small, widely spaced nipples with minimal growth during pregnancy,»

It's also worthy to note that girls are more likely to survive very early premature birth, as are babies born in singleton rather than multiple pregnancies.

Telling yourself that your period is later, rather than confirming a pregnancy (or confirming it IS a late period) also makes sense.

Knowing that there are people that can hold the hope for this pregnancy can be helpful as hope is seen in subsequent pregnancies in trickles rather than a steady stream.

It helped us focus on the pregnancy rather than on our financial worries.»

Right now you are obviously focused on it and I (23 weeks into pregnancy as a first time mom) would rather my home be extra safe early rather than miss something later.

If it also took you a long time to conceive the pregnancy that you miscarried, it may make sense to speak with a fertility specialist sooner rather than later.

The strategy recommends that evidenced based information be made available in a one stop shop for for women and that women be advised of their options at the start of their pregnancy using evidence rather than clinician preference.

Try to focus on choosing a name, preparing yourself for labor, and reading pregnancy and parenting books rather than on the negative aspects of your pregnancy.

They also believe that the whole family should be involved in a pregnancy rather than just the pregnant woman and her health care provider.

The only difference between UCers and people who use paid attendants, is the UCers are willing to take responsibility on themselves for their pregnancy outcomes, rather than deferring that responsibility to someone else.

Rather than worsening your back, neck and muscle aches with wedges and ill - stacked pillows, choose our long - lasting pregnancy pillows that offer full lateral, back and side support.

It's still measurably higher risk than if it's her second uncomplicated pregnancy (and personally I'd rather know in advance if I were delivering in the hospital) but it's not insane.

«written in a down - to - earth, straight - talking, no nonsense, humorous way, the book goes through everything the other «pregnancy» books go through, but with Dad in mind, rather than mum»

Hickman pinpoints pregnancy weight gain as the biggest indicator of how fast a new mom will drop the baby weight, rather than whether she breastfeeds or not.

(For low - risk pregnancies where labor is progressing normally and not being induced, ACOG suggests that intermittent, rather than continuous, fetal monitoring may be appropriate in some cases.)

The beauty of breastfeeding classes is that you can go in your second trimester rather than waiting until the end of the pregnancy, Gilliatt says, so you can really absorb the information.

This will help you to better meet her personal needs, rather than to give her a generic, one - size - fits - all pregnancy massage.

That way you'll know what symptoms are always a red flag requiring immediate medical attention, those that should be addressed sooner rather than later, and those that are normal pregnancy symptoms (you don't need more to worry about as it is!).

Consider telling family and friends that you are due «sometime in May» rather than on a specific day in order to prevent a daily barrage of phone calls near the end of your pregnancy.

An expectant mom's father is very ill and because his prognosis is not good she's debating the merits of announcing her pregnancy sooner rather than later.

But this mom waited out her pregnancy rather than caving to a scheduled C - section.

However, as you progress in your pregnancy, getting out to shop is something you try to avoid rather than look forward to.

Previous studies have reported that fathers often perceive that current information provided is not always appropriate to their needs (Barclay et al., 1996; Tohotoa et al., 2009), is maternally biased (Singh and Newburn, 2001; Tohotoa et al., 2009) and reinforces a feeling of being on the sideline rather than central to the pregnancy and birth experience (Moriaty, 2002).

The problem I see is that direct entry midwives in the United States will often attend home births that do not fit these criteria; while insisting that home birth is at least as safe as hospital birth, many will attend twin births, breech births, births after 41 weeks, births of women who have pre-existing or pregnancy - induced disease, births after two or more previous caesarean sections, and births of women whose labor has been jump - started rather than begun spontaneously (whether by herbs, prolonged nipple stimulation, the breaking of her water, or illicit use of medications).

During your pregnancy, you will feel better if you eat six small meals each day rather than three larger ones.

Our Optimizing Pregnancy program is more like a membership, rather than the standard fee - for - service of conventional medicine.

By the time your period is due, you will have been pregnant for around two weeks, yet any inkling that you might be will probably come from wondering when your period is going to show, rather than actually feeling any pregnancy symptoms.

Rather than just being a passive bridge between you and your baby, the placenta also produces hormones and signaling molecules, such as human placental lactogen (HPL), relaxin, oxytocin, progesterone and estrogen, which are necessary for both of you during pregnancy.

SMMIS allows the intended place of birth at the end of pregnancy to be derived (see «Definitions» above), rather than relying on the woman's stated intention in the early stages of pregnancy.