The Sluggish Bowels in Pregnancy
One of the most important problems in pregnancy is the sluggishness of the bowels! Nature arranged this to take place as an important adaptive change to allow the system to absorb as much nutrients from the gut as possible for the developing fetus. With this change some pregnancy problems occur including flatulence and constipation. Dr Menon...
Your Pregnancy and the Digestive System
Pregnancy is necessarily associated with adaptational changes to ensure the baby thrives and grows. These physiological changes are brought about by hormones that increase several thousand fold in some cases. The main hormones include Oestrogen and Progesterone produced by the placenta. The impact of these hormones differ from person to person...
Chewing Gum Improves Bowel Action
Women find it difficult to get going again after caesarean. A new study confirms that gum could do the trick (more...)...
