#pregnancy

#pregnancy

You have a radio head tattoo on the back of your neck. We both lived on s.e. 28th ave. We spent only one night together but I saw you months later in the frozen food section at Fred Meyer and you were pregnant. Was it mine? This was over 10 years ago. I'm in my late 40s now and never had any children. Just curious. I don't even remember your name anymore as it's been so long.

From the pulpit of the presidency, Donald Trump offered some advice to pregnant women: Tough it out before taking Tylenol. Nine times in all, Trump said expectant mothers should suffer through their discomfort instead of reaching for acetaminophen or paracetamol in countries outside the U.S. to cure their fevers or headaches, despite the drug being one of the few painkillers that pregnant women are allowed to take.

Catch up quick: Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy's vaccine advisory panel voted that people - including those who are pregnant - should make their own individual decision about whether to get a shot in consultation with their health care provider, instead of broadly recommending the shot. That recommendation must ultimately be approved by the CDC. Back in May, Kennedy announced that the CDC no longer recommended the COVID vaccine for healthy pregnant women.

"My Aura ring started to go crazy," Allie says. "'Your heart rate is up, your body temperature is up.' But I was still nursing. I hadn't had a period. Everything she was feeling could have been related to postpartum hormones. She hoped her ring would tell her if she ovulated, but says "the app needed three months of steady cycle information first."

Some doctors are now advising their pregnant patients to avoid plastic itself, which contains harmful chemicals that can hurt some mothers and babies alike. Marya Zlatnik, a University of California at San Francisco fetal medicine specialist, told the Washington Post that when giving some of her early-pregnancy patients the rundown of what they should and shouldn't consume or be exposed to, she's begun adding plastic products to her no-no list.

I say mothers as I noticed my husband was not subjected to the same algorithms that I was. I, too, found it completely overwhelming when I was pregnant and have come off all social media, as the suggested reels I was barraged with did nothing but create anxiety for me as a new parent. I decided it was toxic messaging that I didn't need to be privy to.

Every time, I jokingly make a bet with my husband on how long she will last before making a rude comment about how much weight I've gained. She said I was fat when I was in great shape. She said I was fat when I was carrying baby weight from giving her two perfect grandchildren. Before we visited her last summer, I worked hard and lost some weight.

Iodine is a critical nutrient, used to form thyroid hormones that regulate energy and metabolism - but there is little public awareness of its importance, experts say When we think about essential minerals in our diet, iron, calcium and magnesium are the ones that likely spring to mind. Often overlooked is iodine, which is vital for our metabolism, growth, and brain health. Iodine is particularly important during pregnancy for foetal brain development

My social media algorithms knew I was pregnant before family, friends or my GP. Within 24-hours, they were transforming my feeds. On Instagram and TikTok, I would scroll through videos of women recording themselves as they took pregnancy tests, just as I had done. I liked, saved, and shared the content, feeding the machine, showing it that this is how it could hold my attention, compelling it to send me more.