Archive by Subject

Losing your baby weight - exercising around family life

February is not exactly the month you feel inspired to exercise in is it? This week our mummy blogger Jane talks about how she has vowed to fit exercise in - on top of everything else she does already!

...

[Read More]

Submitted by JMiddleton on Wed, 15/02/2012 - 12:46

Unborn babies may be harmed by BPA in food packaging

A US study has raised concerns about the use of BPA in food packaging for pregnant mothers.

Concerns have long been raised over exposing babies to BPA through food jars and bottles, but this new study says that exposure while in the womb may be even worse as the mother consumes the chemical through her diet.

The study fed pregnant mice small amounts of BPA to see what the affect would be on their offspring. As well as struggling to find their way out of a maze, the baby mice were also more anxious.

[Read More]

Submitted by JayneCC on Wed, 06/07/2011 - 20:21

BPA exposure reduces chance of IVF success

This blog has reported on a wide range of medical studies that have pointed to various general health and infertility-related problems caused by exposure to bisphenol-A (BPA). Now, a new study led by the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), suggests that this harmful chemical may damage a woman's ova before a baby can even be conceived, much less born. The UCSF researchers studied a small subgroup of 26 women undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) — looking specifically at the impact BPA had on the success of the procedure.

[Read More]

Submitted by Binit on Wed, 29/12/2010 - 11:15

BPA exposure reduces chance of later-life pregnancies

A report in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives provides a reason why women who wait find it more difficult than before to get pregnant. A research study on mice shows that mothers that had received the highest doses of BPA early in life had fewer total pregnancies, with just 35 percent of them delivering six or more litters over the eight-month study, compared to 76 percent of the BPA-free mothers. The upshot of the study is that not only is it important to consider the health consequences of BPA exposure, but the level of exposure matters too.

Submitted by Binit on Fri, 03/12/2010 - 16:07