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Eggs freezing: New techniques and progress

December 25, 2023March 24, 2017 by admin

The delay in the maternity age is a reality, with many factors influencing this decision. But delaying motherhood does not necessarily mean that women do not want to be mothers, but consider that it is not the most appropriate time (by personal, professional, family situation …).

The freezing or vitrification, one of the assisted reproduction techniques in which more progress has been made in recent years, allows women to preserve their eggs for a long period of time and delay, therefore motherhood.

Logically, opting for this technique is not a decision that should be delayed too much, since, for example, from the age of 40, The fertility of the eggs is greatly reduced. The best age, according to experts, to freeze the eggs is before the age of 35.

Puerperal mastitis: Symptoms, causes and treatment

December 25, 2023August 11, 2016 by admin

Puerperal mastitis is a very common type of mastitis during breastfeeding. What are its symptoms and what causes it? We will discover everything that you need to know about it.

The mastitis is basically the inflammation of the mammary gland, which can actually be affected by a wide variety of causes, many of them wildly different, although usually very commonly associated with breastfeeding.

Menstrual pain, infertility and sexual intercourse pain: What causes these symptoms

March 30, 2023July 21, 2016 by admin

The endometriosis is a disease that affects 10% of women in their childbearing years, still higher than the percentage of women with endometriosis when infertile reaching up to 35%.

Endometriosis can be developed from the first menstruation however it is often not diagnosed until the 25 or 35 years. This disease also affects women during menopause.

The endometrium is the tissue lining the inner layer of the uterus, and endometriosis is generated when this lining grows in other areas of the body. When growing outside the uterus can be located in the muscle layer of the uterus, the fallopian tubes and ovaries.

What is Preeclampsia, symptoms, causes and how to detect it

August 7, 2021March 8, 2016 by admin

If you have heard of the preeclampsia, perhaps you will know that it is a disorder that occurs during pregnancy.

It generates a set of symptoms that can affect both mother and baby. Depending on the severity of each case, there are various treatments to address this problem.

However, less is known about the causes of this disease. If you are pregnant it is therefore good that you internalize on major risk factors that produce preeclampsia and what are the signals that must be attentive.

What is preeclampsia?

Preeclampsia is a condition that occurs during pregnancy, affecting about 15% of pregnant women. It consists of a rise tension caused by pregnancy. It is a potentially dangerous condition for both the mother and baby and can damage the liver, kidneys and the coagulation system of the mother.

Six ways to avoid nausea during pregnancy

September 4, 2016October 12, 2015 by admin

Takes cold drinks: Hydration is very important in the early months of pregnancy, this helps fight nausea and prevents you that annoying morning feeling. If you are not fond of water, do not worry, you can add some water fruits that is your preference and be happy to consume it.

Rest well: Fatigue, lack of sleep and sleep at odd times increase in morning sickness. Sleep well all night and tries to take a few hours in the afternoon also to do so. It is important to stay for hours, your baby and your must feel in total fulfillment, recalls the pregnancy is not a disease is a State that you should enjoy, because you are bringing to the world a new life.

Vaginal bleeding without menstruation: what is that?

January 24, 2018July 28, 2015 by admin

The menstruation (also known by the names of period) is the bleeding that women have when the egg is not fertilized, which was expelled from the ovary to be fertilized. It occurs as part of the menstrual cycle of women, and we can consider it as a normal vaginal bleeding. This bleeding can be excessive and abundant (what is medically known as menorrhagia) or be totally and absolutely normal.

Menstruation is part of the menstrual cycle, which begins on the first day of menstruation and tends to last around 28 days, although a cycle may actually last for between 23 to 35 days, be completely regular, however stays ahead or delayed.

What foods to eat during menopause

September 28, 2015July 11, 2015 by admin

The menopause is a phase of life that every woman fears that comes because the body changes dramatically due to a hormonal revolution that result in symptoms such as hot flashes or headaches. In many occasions a considerable weight gain, which is why it is important to know what foods should take and what you should remove from your diet routine.

Foods you can eat during menopause

Soy. Soy is a type of legume particularly rich in isoflavones. According to some studies, the intake of isoflavones helps reduce the symptoms produced by the menopause. If you want to avoid hot flashes caused by menopause not forget to include soy in your daily diet.

Assisted reproduction: why should be a mother before 35?

April 21, 2015January 21, 2015 by admin

The delay in childbearing age is imposed, but equally our reproductive capacity declines with age, resulting in greater difficulty getting pregnant naturally. It’s one of the reasons why specialists are aware of the increased demand for assisted reproduction techniques, advise motherhood before 35. In fact, as measured by specialists, the reproductive capacity or female fertility begins to decline, month to month, from this age. At 30, the percentage of oocytes in most women around 12%, this is reduced to 3% from 40.

The delay of childbearing age – conditioned by social, economic or personal factors, it is essential, but our reproductive capacity or female fertility follows precisely the opposite process, i.e., decreases with age. From age 35 ovarian capacity decreases both in quantity and quality, which makes it significantly reduce the chances of becoming pregnant naturally. They have increased, and so the specialists in assisted reproduction, the demand for treatments – note it as well as the average age of the patients-at the time advised, if you want to be a mother, not to delay the decision beyond this age.

What is the reason for weight gain during pregnancy?

September 4, 2016January 12, 2015 by admin

One of the reasons for weight gain during pregnancy is logically related to food and, specifically, with the risk of falling more often tempted to eat more satiating products but less nutritious. And not only food influences the mother, also in the fetus.

During pregnancy weight control is desirable, both for the mother or the unborn child. A recent international study (involving countries like Spain, Denmark, Greece, England and Norway) has found that some foods like chips are not advisable in the diet, largely because frying them at very high temperatures, produces a substance called acrylamide that unable to pass through the afterbirth and affect the growth of the fetus and therefore, in his weight at birth.

Shepherd’s purse: Preventing cystitis and heavy periods

September 12, 2023April 7, 2014 by admin

Under this curious name, shepherd’s purse, one hides plant which will recognize multiple properties and, among them, to be an interesting ally for women because it can help prevent two disorders directly related to women’s health. Shepherd’s purse, antihemorrhagic, hypertensive and healing, among other properties, help treat cystitis and prevent heavy periods.

It owes its name to capsules fit in bags of pastors, in their stored seeds. Shepherd’s purse is a plant which is attributed to antihemorrhagic, vasoconstrictor, hypertension and cicatrizant properties.