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Foods to Avoid While Breastfeeding
July 18, 2021
You are what you eat (and drink), right? Your baby is what you eat too. Nutrition is a priority from the time you decide to get pregnant through your pregnancy and breastfeeding. The foods you eat will affect your breast milk, […]
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5 Reasons Why Oral Health Is So Important During Pregnancy
November 14, 2019
Dental health and prenatal health – do those two things seem unrelated to you? Today, we realize the body is a complex and holistic system; what happens in one area can have serious positive or negative effects in other […]
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Keeping Track of Baby’s Health: Screening Tests
February 26, 2016
Your labor and delivery team have two priorities at the heart of their services –those are to ensure both you and your baby are safe and healthy. In order to facilitate those goals, we provide all kinds of prenatal tests […]
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4 Differences Between a Midwife and a Physician
June 25, 2014
We love our midwives here at Overlake OB/GYN. They allow us to give the ultimate well-rounded care to our pregnant mothers and their babies. While there was a time when midwives were the only assistance available to women in labor, […]
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Why What You Eat BEFORE You Get Pregnant is So Important
June 17, 2014
First we were telling you what to eat WHILE you’re pregnant. Now, we’re here to lecture you about what you eat BEFORE you get pregnant. Okay, perhaps “lecture” is a strong word choice, but after the recent studies we’re reading about women’s pre-pregnancy […]
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You Are What You Eat: 5 Things You Should Be Eating During Pregnancy
June 17, 2014
Nothing shines the spotlight on your diet more than pregnancy. All of a sudden, that daily soda or your favorite soft pungent cheese becomes the enemy. It’s true that what you eat – and what you don’t eat – can play a […]
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The Pregnancy Diet: 3 Dos And Don’ts
June 17, 2014
Imagine a diet where you’re encouraged to eat an additional 300 calories per day! You can have fresh fruit smoothies with yogurt every morning, and are advised to keep that protein coming in the form of lean meats, eggs, cheese, […]