Midwife blog

Author: Katharina Jeschke

Women who need medication to treat their depression often worry whether taking the medication will increase the risks for the baby or the pregnancy

Babies' immune systems are not yet fully developed. It is therefore particularly important that adults protect the little ones from germs. Washing hands plays a key role in this.

The baby's immune system still has to develop. This is why babies are particularly susceptible to pathogenic germs. The immune system also develops through contact with

Sex during pregnancy is (almost) always possible. Much less often than most couples think, there is actually a reason to temporarily abstain from sex.

The so-called baby blues is a depressive mood that many women experience after giving birth. Up to 75% of mums experience this low mood. In most

Around 5 to 7% of all children in Central Europe have strabismus that requires treatment. This is usually already recognisable in infants. Because silver vision is

The fear of breastfeeding women of not having enough milk for their baby and therefore not being able to feed it sufficiently is an age-old one. And apparently only

Hormones, also known as messenger substances, play a very important role during pregnancy, birth and afterwards.

Sooner or later the time will come: the baby's fingernails will be cut for the first time. What must be done, must be done, and that is usually between

Pre-eclampsia is a hypertensive pregnancy disorder and a very serious complication for the pregnant woman, but also for her unborn baby. It is always associated with high blood pressure above 140/90

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