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How Much Vitamin C Do You Need During Pregnancy?
Vitamin C is essential for a healthy immune system, and it also aids in the production of collagen for your tendons, bones, and skin during pregnancy. Consume citrus fruits and other vitamin C-rich fruits and vegetables throughout pregnancy to ensure adequate vitamin C intake. You generally don’t need to take a vitamin C supplement because you can obtain enough vitamin C from your food and your prenatal vitamin. Why is vitamin C important during pregnancy? Both you and your baby require vitamin C on a regular basis because your bodies utilize it to produce collagen, a structural protein found in cartilage, tendons, bones, and skin. Vitamin C is also essential…
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Epidural: What Is It & How Does It Work?
“Epidural anesthesia for labor pain reduction is a form of anesthesia in which pain medicine is injected near the lower spine or backbone,” says Sangeeta Kumaraswami, M.D., an anesthesiologist specialized in obstetric anesthesia at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, New York. “It numbs the area below the injection, enabling a woman to stay awake and attentive but more comfortable throughout labor, and to feel pressure to push when the time comes to deliver her baby. It is also known as an epidural block or epidural injection.” How Does an Epidural Work? An epidural anesthesia injection works by injecting an anesthetic into the epidural area around your spine, preventing pain signals…
