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Unique Ultrasound
28410 Old Town Front Street, #111
Temecula, CA 92590
Phone: 951-694-8388
email: info@uniqueultrasound.com
Palm Springs Area Office
Phone: (760) 566-6175
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Hours: 8am to 8pm Monday - Saturday Sunday by appointment Same day appointments available
Ultrasound Gift Registry
Now you can have your friends and family pay for your ultrasound package!
Call or email your information to us. We will send out your Ultrasound Registry invitations to everyone on your list. Then all they need to do is call us with the amount they are contributing and a credit card number.
When you reach your desired package amount we will contract you. We'll even have a list of participants for you when you come in so you can send out your thank you cards.
Its easy and a nice way for your friends and family to give you experience of a life time!
Heartbeat Teddy Bear
Heartbeat Teddy Bears: A plush 16” Teddy Bear with your baby’s heartbeat that is a lifetime keepsake!
We’ll mail you a beautiful, plush 16” teddybear and a recording devise. Take the recording devise to your next prenatal doctor’s appointment and while you and your doctor listen to your baby’s heartbeat, you record it with the recording devise (very easy and instructions are included). This recording can be done as early as 13 weeks!
You then insert it into the bear, next to the heart and each time you squeeze it, you’ll be able to hear your little ones heartbeat! The Bear has a zipper in the back, so no sewing is required.
This makes a great gift for Moms and Dads-to-be, Dads that are deployed and Grandparents! It is also a fun way to share with your family and friends that you are expecting!
Our introductory price is just $28.95!
More info here...
Hygeia Breast Pumps
EnJoye Professional-Grade Breast Pump
As seen in Mothering Magazine
Professional grade electric or battery double pump, features the CARE button for customized, audio recording. Yes, you can record your baby’s sound to enhance your milk flow. All parts that come in contact with the breastmilk are BPA/DEHP Free. More info here...
EnJoye Deluxe Tote Set
$319.79 | Buy Now
EnJoye Breast Pump only
$199.99 | Buy Now
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Nutrition During Pregnancy |
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What to Eat During Pregnancy?
Practicing good nutrition is important in your everyday live, but becomes essential before during and after pregnancy because what you eat during pregnancy is very important. Being pregnant is very physically demanding and there’s such a rapid acceleration of tissue growth and, as a result, a rapid acceleration of free radical damage (oxidative stress). By getting the nutrition that your body needs will not only produce a healthier moms but also a healthier baby!
A study done and the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, found that women while pregnant that participated in healthy eating habits, had fewer caesarean deliveries, fewer premature deliveries and a much less incidents of preeclampsia. They also noted that their newborns of these moms tended to have a higher birth weights, a lower incidence of respiratory distress syndrome and fewer admissions the NICU units.
What You Should Eat During Pregnancy
So what is best for Mom and Baby? First, a good variety in your diet is a great place to start. Eating more whole grains, fruits, vegetables as well as foods rich in protein. Protein is the building block of every cell in your baby’s body, and studies show that adequate protein intake (75 grams a day or more) can protect you against problems with eclampsia (pregnancy induced hypertension). Staying hydrated as so many benefits as our body is 50 to 65 percent water and an infant is up to 70 percent! So make sure you get anywhere between 64 to 72 ounces of water each day. This can avoid early labor, healthier skin and can decrease constipation and swelling.
During Pregnancy "Eat Small"
Eating smaller and more frequent meals, or grazing as they call it can also help level out blood sugar levels and make mom feel less nausea and helps with that heartburn feeling you get. Eating well during pregnancy will ensure that the pounds gained go towards the benefit of the baby. You should never diet or restrict foods without discussing with your doctor first. You are also preparing your body to nurse and have an adequate supply of milk once baby arrives and you can’t do that if you’re restricting your intake of good food and nutrition!
What to Eat During Pregnancy
Remember to eat foods that are as close to the source of the original food the better. For example, eat more fresh fruits and vegetables rather than canned or frozen and try to stay away from fast foods as well as fatty foods. Vitamins’ or supplements are not meant to replace foods you eat but rather they are an addition to your diet to ensure your intake of nutrition is to the highest.
Join us at Unique Ultrasound on Friday, Feb., 24th at 12 noon for a FREE hour of Nutrition for You and Your Family. Learn how to have more energy while you’re pregnant and after and also have a healthier baby! We will also share how to add more fruits and vegetables’ to your children’s diet for FREE!
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The fetal heart is a lot different than a newborn heart. A fetus does not use their own lungs until they are born so they fetal heart does not pump blood through the lungs in order to collect oxygen.
Just a few weeks after conception, the fetal heart takes up the majority of the fetus’ very small body. The heart resides high in the chest, but after a few more weeks will move down to its normal position in the chest cavity. The fetus’ heart begins to beat at 5 weeks gestation, at around 80-85 beats per minute. This rate increases about 3 beats per minute per day during the first month.
The Fetus Heart
When the fetus heart is first developed it resembles that of a tube. As the fetus begins to grow, so does the heart. Due to lack of room, that tube begins to bend and twist, beginning to take on the shape of a normal human heart. At this stage the heart has two separate heart chambers. Next, the heart develops two atriums and one large ventricle. The next step in development is the separation from one large ventricle into two ventricles, the left and the right. The fetus heart now has four heart chambers.
The Fetus Heart Structure
During each stage of development, the fetal heart resembles the structures of hearts similar to animal’s hearts. In the early stages when the heart looks like a tube, it is similar to a fish heart. Next when the fetus heart begins to take shape and form two chambers, it resembles a frog’s heart. After the fetal heart has developed two atriums and one large ventricle, it looks similar to a snake or turtle heart. Lastly when the fetus heart has developed all four heart chambers it has a distinguished structure of a human heart.
Fetal Heart Beat
Through development the fetal heart has some extra passages throughout the heart that differ from a human heart. A newborn’s heart has a left and right atrium that are part of the processing of pushing deoxygenated blood from the heart into the lungs, then receiving oxygenated blood from the lungs . In a fetal heart there is an opening between these two atriums called the foramen ovale, letting blood flow freely from the right atrium to the left. A newborn’s heart has a pulmonary artery, which pushes blood from the heart to the lungs and an aorta, which receives oxygenated blood from the lungs and pushes it out to the rest of the body. The fetus heart has a blood vessel, the ductus arteriosus, which connects the pulmonary artery and the aorta. After birth the ductus arteriosus will close, leaving a separated aorta and pulmonary artery.
Fetal Heart Rate
The fetal heart rate can usually be detected with a fetal ultrasound doppler as early as 8 weeks. The normal fetal heart rate is between 110 to 180 beats per minute, but can vary slights. Fluctuations can occur throughout the day due to activity level and are completely normal. Many believe that gender prediction can be done through fetal heart rate. It is said that if your baby’s heart rate is less than 140 beats per minute it’s a boy and if it’s over 140 beats per minutes it’s a girl. Unfortunately this is just an old wives tale and the only way to determine gender is through a sonogram.
As your fetus begins to develop, their heart is present from a very early stage. Through all the steps of development the heart continues to beat. Even after your baby is born, the heart continues to develop for a few weeks as it forms into a fully functioning human heart. |
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Doula and Midwife Assisted Births |
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What is a Doula?
More pregnant women are having a doula or midwife involved in their labor and delivery these days. What role does a Doula play in your pregnancy, labor and delivery? A doula provides continuous emotional and physical support during the labor and delivery process. Their main goal is to promote pain management, by making the laboring mother as comfortable as possible. It is impossible to predict what anyone is going to experience and face while in labor, so the doula is prepared to assist a soon to be mother in any circumstance to make them more comfortable.
What Services Does a Doula Peform?
The process of working with a doula begins well before you go into labor. A doula will start working with the expecting mother on establishing a birth plan, what to expect during labor, and ease any fears. During labor and delivery, a doula is there is assist the mother with pain and comfort levels. They focus on many techniques in order to keep the laboring mother as comfortable as possible. Physically, the doula focuses the mother on breathing techniques, visualization, and positioning that keeps the mother’s pain level at a manageable level. Doulas may also use massage to keep their patients relaxed and focused. They also assist the fathers in being encouraging and nurturing to a laboring mother.
Hiring a Doula
Hiring a doula to assist during labor and delivery has been proven to reduce many birthing complications, decrease medical intervention, and decrease the use of drugs. When a doula is present during labor and delivery, the time of labor is on average 25% shorter and they reduce the use of oxytocin (a drug to speed up labor) by 40%. On average, women in labor with a doula present request pain medication 30% less often, while the use of an epidural is reduced by 60%. Not only does a doula help reduce a women’s pain level significantly, their presents result in less complicated births. Doula assisted child birth reduces the use of forceps by 40% and the need for a cesarean by more than 50%.
Benefits of a Doula
Women who have used a doula find the birthing experience to be much more satisfying and experience less postpartum depression. Babies born with a doula present have shorter hospital stays with fewer babies being admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit and have an easier time breastfeeding. Although a doula may be pricey, many insurance companies are starting to add doula services because of the astonishing statistics associated with their success. If you are looking for a doula check out some of the following certification organizations within the U.S.: Doulas of North America (DONA), International Childbirth Education Associations (ICEA), Childbirth International (CBI), and the Childbirth and Postpartum Professional Association (CAPPA).
What is a Midwife?
Midwives offer an alternative to using an OBGYN. They provide care during the pregnancy, labor and delivery, as well as postpartum. The main difference between a midwife and a licensed physician, is doctor manages labor while a midwife in taught to let nature take its course and not intervene unless completely necessary.
Benefits of a Midwife
The choice to use a midwife instead of a doctor has many advantages. Midwives are much more affordable compared to a physician, which can be a big positive. Midwives offer a type of birthing plan that involves much less intervention compared to that of doctor. Births assisted by midwives have a reduced mortality rate associated with intervention and fewer recover complications. Many midwives are equipped with the ability to deal with difficult births, such as breech babies, twins, and babies in posterior position.
If you are looking to have a natural birth with the least amount of intervention as possible, choosing a midwife is the first step. The following are some resources you can seek out for more information on midwives: American College of Nurse-Midwives, Midwifery Today, Midwifery Journal, and Citizens for Midwifery (CFM).
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