Articles for tag: Big Babies, Sleeping Positions, Twin Pregnancy, Vena Cava

Best and Worst Sleeping Positions for Pregnant Women

My first and second pregnancies ended three weeks and one week early, respectively. Both infants weighed slightly more than 10 pounds 13 ounces. My third pregnancy, a twin pregnancy, ended six weeks early with a combined total birth weight of more than 13 pounds. Carrying big babies should have been the hardest part of pregnancy, ...

Non-Cardiac Causes of Chest Pain

One of the most frequent causes of chest pain that can be very uncomfortable and scary is costochondritis. This is an inflammation where a rib joins the sternum over the general area where one might experience angina. When I practiced nursing, the treatment was usually a triamcinolone(corticosteroid) mixed with some 1 or 2 percent lidocaine ...

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Vena Cava for Aqua at Bloomingdale’s

For ardent shoppers of Vena Cava, your purses will now feel the relief this September with the introduction of Vena Cava’s new partnership with the Bloomingdale’s in-house line, Aqua. Vena Cava’s reasonably priced fall collection will make its debut on September 1 in select Bloomingdale’s and then will appear in all the other locations and ...

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What Are Intravenous Injections?

What is an IV? Intravenous therapy, according to answers.com, “is the giving of liquid substances directly into a vein. The word intravenous simply means ‘within a vein.'” The drip method is used to prevent air from entering the vein and allows for an estimate of flow rate. It’s one of the fastest ways to administer ...