Catherine Pearson assembled a list of eight of the biggest health research findings about preconception, pregnancy and childbirth to come out in the last 12 months — with the caveat that science is a process and any finding requires replication and verification before it’s considered definitive.
- Sleep and diet can affect fertility
- Specific fertility treatments lead to more multiple births
- Miscarriage is more common than most people know
- Maternal exercise benefits newborns’ brains
- Junk food addiction may start in the womb
- Pregnancy interventions are common … and not always welcome
- Midwifery care is linked to better outcomes
- Delayed cord clamping has benefits
Read 8 Things We Learned In 2013 About Having Babies
HuffPost Parents, 12 Dec 2013
On my readling List! Thanks Dom
Oncle Gerrit
excellent !