Baby Your Baby on KUTV
The Baby Your Baby experts from Intermountain Healthcare and the Utah Department of Health share their knowledge, advice and tips for pregnant women and new parents on KUTV. Here is what we recently covered:
- What we know about placenta pills.
- Learn about the impact of putting your child to bed with a bottle and how it relates to tooth decay in children.
- What is Parvovirus 19 and what are the risks during pregnancy?
- New guidelines help parents understand how to make the best choices on sleep to reduce the risk of SIDS.
Before Pregnancy:
- Baby Your Baby encourages all women to make a PACT to increase your chance of having a healthy baby.
- Planning pregnancies is good, smart sexual health, which has a positive effect on women and their families.
- A healthy mom has the best chance for a healthy baby. Starting your pregnancy at a healthy weight increases the chance of a healthy pregnancy outcome.
- You and your baby need Folic Acid for a healthy pregnancy. Find out why, and how much you need each day.
- Regular physical activity before pregnancy is important for a healthy pregnancy and birth.
- Preventing infections before and during pregnancy can protect babies from being born with birth defects.
During Pregnancy:
- Nurse Al answers questions about being outdoors in the summer when pregnant or breastfeeding.
- Should you worry about Zika during pregnancy? Watch Nurse Dani now
- Uncontrolled diabetes during pregnancy increases the risk for birth defects.
- Hypertension - or high blood pressure - can cause problems during pregnancy.
- Fish can be safe to eat during pregnancy. Here we explain which types are best and how much you should eat.
- Want to be induced? Learn why it may not be best for baby.
- Cravings are common for most women during pregnancy.
- Practice food safety guidelines during pregnancy.
- Are allergy medications safe during pregnancy and breastfeeding?
- Is it safe to go to the dentist during pregnancy? Read about x-rays, anesthesia and more.
- Learn the benefits of Doula care during labor.
- Know the signs of early labor and have a plan if it happens to you.
- Questions about medications while pregnant or breastfeeding? Follow this advice from MotherToBaby.
- CMV is a common virus that infects people of all ages. Know the risks of CMV and how to prevent the infection during pregnancy.
- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is a hidden disability. Watch Nurse Al now
- Learn how to prevent a preterm birth.
- It is recommended that every pregnant woman haver her teeth cleaned during pregnancy.
- Why exercise is important during pregnancy.
- Should you be worried about Air Quality during the winter months?
- Tricks for treating colds, flu, headaches or heartburn during pregnancy.
- All women should be offered the option to undergo genetic testing and early pregnancy screenings for fetal Down syndrome, fetal defects, cystic fibrosis, and HIV screening.
- Ultrasounds are often a parent's first look at baby.
- Violence in the home puts your baby's life in danger as well as your own.
- You eyes can experience major changes during pregnancy, causing an alteration in vision.
- What is anemia and why is it common during pregnancy?
- Learn how alcohol, drugs or tobacco can affect your baby's health.
- What you should know about using herbs and supplements during pregnancy.
- Cramping can be a normal part of pregnancy. When is it a concern or just "normal?"
- Your health insurance now pays for preventive health care services at no cost to you.
- Pregnant and suffering with a cold? Read these five tips for possible relief.
- Changes to a pregnant woman's immune system can make her more sensitive to the flu. You should get the flu vaccine as soon as possible.
- Questions about asthma medications during pregnancy and breastfeeding.
- Holidays bring about parties and gatherings. Nurse Al gives advice to pregnant moms.
- Dangers may be lurking for pregnant moms during the holidays.
- Moms can help avoid exposure to Zika virus and birth defects when traveling to warmer places.
After Pregnancy:
- Wondering how contraceptives affect breastfeeding?
- Postpartum Depression affects hundreds of Utah mothers every year. Learn about the signs and treatments available today.
- Breastfeeding supplies and support are now covered by insurance.
- Learn more about pregnancy spacing and why it's important to your health.
- Ten Steps hospitals are encouraged to take to help you breastfeed successful.
- Were you diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes? Read these important reasons you should follow up with your health care provider.
- Mothers' milk is a give like no other. In situations when mothers cannot provide human milk to her baby, donor human milk is the best substitute.
- When dads support moms who are breastfeeding, mom ism ore likely to start and keep breastfeeding.
- Breastfeeding is the best choice for your baby's health. Learn how to fit breastfeeding into your changing lifestyle.
- Learn how to encourage your employer to support breastfeeding!
- Celebrate World Breastfeeding Month.
Infants and Children
- Learn about the tests your baby will receive during their first few days.
- Raising a child is a joy and has its challenges. If your child has special health care needs, that job is even more complex.
- Infants should never go to bed with a bottle. Follow these tips to help wean your baby.
- It is normal to worry when your child has a fever.
- Breastfeeding your baby may lower the risk of obesity for you and your infant.
- Early infant eye screening saves eyesight.
- Why its important to test your baby's hearing and identify hearing loss as soon as possible.
- Does your baby cry a lot? He or she may have colic.
- Choosing the right safety equipment could mean the different between a healthy life, severe injury, or even death for your child.
- Are you hiding your pregnancy? A Utah state law provides a secret, safe haven for your newborn.
- What is Cryptospridium and how can it affect your family's health?
- Autism affects 1 in every 54 children in Utah. Early developmental screenings are vital for all infants and children.
- Many health screening are covered at no cost with your health insurance.
- Learn why it is important that every baby in Utah receives a newborn heelstick screening. Watch now
