Tips for Working While Pregnant
Do's and Dont's For Working While Pregnant Being pregnant and working can leave most pregnant women with some interesting challenges. How do you manage to remain healthy, stress free, control morning sickness and still ensure that your work does not suffer? It's a good idea to get a handle on how you can manage all of these issues and perhaps more importantly to recognize when the everyday duties of your work may affect you and your baby. Dealing with morning sickness Anyone who suffers from morning sickness knows that it can hit you at anytime – it doesn’t know the…
Pregnancy & Travelling
Traveling While Pregnant Many pregnant women are often concerned about traveling during their pregnancy and whether traveling could harm or cause any complications. Generally if you are not in a high risk pregnancy, or unless something untoward should happen during your travel, it should be safe for you to travel during your pregnancy. However, it may be best to confirm with your health care provider before making any definite travel plans. General Pregnancy Travel Tips Try and get up and walk around every hour when traveling Don't overdue it when traveling. Rest as much as possible. Make sure you always…
Pregnancy & Flying
A common question is how safe is it to travel by air during the first and last trimester of your pregnancy. Well the good news is that there is no real danger to you or your developing baby if you choose to travel by commercial airliner during your pregnancy up to about 35 weeks or, unless you have certain complications such as severe anemia, sickle cell disease, clotting disorders and placental insufficiency, as these can place even more risk on you and your baby. One of the more common concerns is what effect the air pressure will have on your…
Pregnancy & Car Travel
There is absolutely no reason why you cant travel while you are pregnant with a little planning and basic care – unless of course your health care provider has suggested otherwise. Of course it will be much easier if you are not travelling alone, especially over long distances, so if possible take a friend or partner along the longer trips – to help share the driving load and keep you company along the way. Are Pregnant Women More prone to motion sickness? No - there's no evidence that being pregnant is going to increase the chances of developing motion sickness…
Working & Pregnancy
Are You Working During Your Pregnancy? Nowadays more than ever more and more women are continuing to work during their pregnancy, and this often raises some common questions about pregnancy and work. such as: Is it safe to work during pregnancy? Can I work my entire pregnancy? Will my baby be in danger if I continue to work? United States Legislation The U.S. Pregnancy Discrimination Act prohibits job discrimination on the basis of pregnancy or child birth. It states that pregnancy and related issues should be treated the same as any other disability or medical condition. A doctor may be…