If a baby with a GBS infection is not treated or improperly treated the newborn can be left with lifelong devastating injuries. A Group B Strep infection in a baby can develop into pneumonia, sepsis, or meningitis. Given a baby's undeveloped immune system this can produce such permanent disabilities as cerebral palsy, seizure disorders, brain damage, cognitive and motor retardation, or even to death. In the remainder of this article, we review a...more
Paramedics, who are usually the first on the scene of a medical emergency must give treatment that meets the applicable standard of care. Their ability to identify symptoms, to make fast and correct decisions whether to notify a doctor for advice, whether to give medication or treat the person right then and there, and whether to move the person immediately to a hospital, can actually make the difference between life and death. In what follows we...more
Erb's palsy is an injury that affect's a newborn's shoulder, arm and hand, leaving the infant with a limp arm. The injury may arise during childbirth if excessive pressure is used, thereby damaging the nerves in the shoulder. If your baby has the injury you ought to contact a lawyer right away to learn whether you and your newborn might have a malpractice claim against the responsible doctor. Erb's palsy is an injury to the network of nerve fibers that send signals from the spinal cord to the shoulder, arm, wrist, hand and fingers, and thus affects the newborn's power to manipulate the affected areas and feeling in those areas. It is an injury that typically during a difficult natural delivery due to too much force applied to the head, neck or shoulders. The types of deliveries during which a baby is most likely to be harmed in this manner include those involving a big baby, breeched position or prolonged labor. In such situations, the doctor or other health care professional may use maneuvers (sometimes involving the use of forceps or a vacuum) that can result in too much pulling on the shoulders in the course of a headfirst delivery or place excessive pressure on the arm and...more
An expectant mother who is a carrier of the group b strep may transmit the bacteria to her child during labor whether or not the mother is asymptomatic. Research have shown that between about 25% of pregnant women are colonized with group b streptococcus. If there is no intervention, a child born to a woman who is a carrier of the bacteria has a...more
Free Baby Stuff Through Mail Before you can begin to receive free baby stuff through mail there is a lot that you need to do. You will have to go to the right websites and apply for them. Be careful because some websites that are visited could be a scam.In order for you to set up an account so you can receive these kind of items it is...more
Ideas on Buying the Best Baby Toys When anybody is buying baby toys it can be overwhelming, this is because there are so many to choose from. Baby toys should keep your baby amused and also provide some educational factors. All babies will learn from the toys that they are playing with, so the more toys that your baby has the more that your baby will learn.All babies learn from their five senses; sight, sound, taste, smell, and touch. When looking to buy a toy for any baby it is good to keep this in mind, any toy that you are thinking of buying should have at the least one thing that will stimulate at least one of the five senses. We now live in an electronic age where digital toys with flashing lights are all the rage. Baby toys with the flashy light feature are not the best because they do not offer any stimulation of the five senses.Before you buy any baby toys for your baby you should first ask yourself some questions like: Will the toy hold the baby's attention? Will the toy survive the baby? Will the baby be able to figure out how to use this toy? Does this toy look as though it will keep the baby's attention? Can the baby toy be played with in more then one way?...more
Baby Toys Overview: Baby Einstein Octoplush Introduction:In this highly competitive world, mothers and fathers want to give their children the very best start in life. Along with love and care, it's also vital to involve even the youngest kids...more
Is It True That You'll Get A Girl Baby If You Conceive Before Ovulation? I recently received an email from a couple who had heard that if you conceive up to seven days before ovulation occurs, you will have a girl baby. They wanted to...more
If you are going to buy a new carrier to carry your baby with you wherever you go, you need to take some important factors into consideration before deciding on which carrier to buy. This is simply because you cannot just buy a carrier and expect it...more
In the course of labor, expecting mothers are normally attached to a fetal heart rate monitor. The tracings from the monitor are read for signs that the health of the unborn baby is in jeopardy. If such warning signs arise steps need to be taken...more
Since babies do grow so fast, you don't want to get clothing that is a perfect fit for babies as they are now, you want to get clothes that your baby can grow into and yet are comfortable for them. You will want your baby to have clothes that are...more
All right my friend. Im going to break down the acn compensation plan so you can understand it.If you are going to invest, time, effort and money into building a long term business with ACN, its vital to understand how youre going to be paid.One of...more