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About Praptichauhan

Prapti Chauhan is a professor of Genetics in Bangalore. She has contributed to several online research papers. However, she passionately develops contents on pregnancy, childbirth, childcare and stem cell banking and umbilical cord lining and more. Visit our website to know more about me.

Benefits of Yoghurt While Expecting

Praptichauhan14 Jan, 2025Health

You need to be careful about how you change your lifestyle to stay healthy during your pregnancy. The change in your lifestyle during pregnancy would include following a daily routine – doing the right kind of activity and taking food in the right quantum. While choosing a balanced diet you should keep protein, choline, vitamin A, calcium, iodine and other dairy products in mind. Yoghurt falls under a bacterial food group and receives the top priority during the pregnancy phase as it’s a very good source of Vitamin B, phosphorous, calcium and probiotics.

When Should You Worry About Uterine Contractions?

Praptichauhan09 Jan, 2025Health

The uterus, also known as the womb, is a unique organ shaped like an inverted pear. It is in the pelvic cavity, sitting above the urinary bladder and in front of the rectum. For women who have never given birth (nulliparous women), the average size of the uterus is approximately 7.5 cm (3 inches) in length, 5 cm (2 inches) in width, and 1.75 cm (1 inch) in thickness. From the time you’ve conceived till the last stage of your pregnancy, the uterus undergoes a whole series of changes. The uterus tends to be larger and its shape can vary more significantly from the moment of conceiving the baby to the last stage of pregnancy. As the days and months progress, you may notice the need to count your baby’s kicks and occasionally feel a squeezing or tightening sensation in your abdomen, which is linked to uterine contractions.

What Are the Most Common Infections in Babies? How to Prevent Them?

Praptichauhan18 Nov, 2024Health

Babies can get infections from an infected mother during pregnancy and birth. Also, an immature immune system may infect an infant. This aside, the monsoon and winter are prime times for babies to fall sick. The monsoon’s wet, humid conditions create dust and mould mites, which cause allergies in babies. Also, mosquitoes thrive in stagnant water, puddles, and flower pots, making babies vulnerable to malaria and dengue.

What You Should Know About Endometriosis During Pregnancy

Praptichauhan05 Nov, 2024Health

If you’re trying for a baby for a very long time and happen to be unsuccessful, you may come across several reasons for it through tests and scans. It may be due to your age, lifestyle disorders, or medical conditions like polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), follicular disorders, as well as uterine disorders (uterine fibroids, septate uterus, or endometriosis). Amidst all this, endometriosis is a condition where a tissue like endometrium (uterine lining responsible for menstruation) develops in ovaries, intestines or pelvis tissues. The endometrial tissue attaches outside the uterus. This is a painful situation, accompanied by heavy bleeding. Moreover, endometriosis may be a hindrance to healthy conceiving.

Breast Cancer Symptoms Types Causes Diagnosed

Praptichauhan31 Oct, 2024Health

The breasts are one of the most essential organs in a woman’s body. One needs to take care of them from the very beginning otherwise the chances of breast cancer – the abnormal growth of cells around the breast lobules or ducts – grows abnormally. These cells can spread to other parts of the body. This happens when the cancer cells multiply and become a tumour. The tumour spreads from the breasts to the rest of the part of the body. According to WHO, globally, while 1 in 12 women are diagnosed with cancer denoting it as one of the leading cancers among Indian women.

Pinkish Brown Discharge During Pregnancy: All That You Need to Know

Praptichauhan25 Oct, 2024Health

Bleeding during pregnancy is not uncommon, but it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s dangerous causing problems with your pregnancy. 1 out of 4 of you during pregnancy may experience vaginal discharge. During pregnancy, pinkish discharge can result from vaginal secretion and other factors. In addition to pink discharge in the first, second, and third trimesters, pinkish-brown discharge has a lot of significance.

The Importance of Mental Health For Expecting Mothers

Praptichauhan15 Oct, 2024Health

Pregnancy changes your life a lot. You’re undoubtedly happy to become a mother, but at the same time, dealing with hormonal as well as physical changes takes a toll on emotional health. You’ll not just feel worried about your physical health but also be concerned and anxious about the health and well-being of the developing baby inside you. You’ll start feeling jittery as you get close to labour and birth.

Maternal and Neonatal Obesity: The Associated Risk Factors & Natural Ways to Prevent It

Praptichauhan19 Mar, 2024Health

It?s beautiful because of the happiness hidden inside your anticipation of giving birth to a healthy and cuddly baby after nine months. It?s challenging as your body is in constant flux. You?ll swell, the skin will change, and you?ll gain weight. Gaining weight is one of the most noteworthy pregnancy changes. After all, your body is changing along with your baby growing inside you. Healthy weight gain of the mummy-to-be is associated with the health and well-being of the growing baby.

Prenatal DNA Screening: Find Out the Risks and Benefits

Praptichauhan19 Mar, 2024Health

You?ve embarked on a beautiful journey of becoming a mother. While going through the entire journey from the first trimester to the last, you may have several questions about the growing baby and the health of your pregnancy. So, to know how your pregnant body and the baby inside you are functioning, you might have to undergo prenatal screening.

Paediatric Cancer: Types, Reasons, Symptoms, and Treatment

Praptichauhan15 Feb, 2024Health

The cells in the body manage the other cells, control their life, and interact with them. Sometimes, these healthy cells change and grow uncontrollably. The uncontrollable growth of the cells is believed to be affected by cancer. Although this life-threatening disease can affect every age as well as gender, paediatric (childhood) cancer is rare. Only 1 in 285 children can be diagnosed with cancer.