early pregnancy

Causes of umbilical cord accidents

  Causes of cord accidents or obstructed labour that is to say the baby gets stuck on its way either because it is too big or the mother’s bones are too narrow. There is also umbilical cord prolapse-this is when part of the cord drops out of the birth canal especially when ‘waters’ break through, […]

Causes of cleft lip

The causes of Clift lip are not so specific, but the presence of clefts in a family increases the chances. Other causes of cleft lip are vitamin deficiency and taking poor medication, and consumption of large amount of alcohol. Exposure to smoking environment in early pregnancy, exposure to x-rays at an early stage of pregnancy […]

Good diet helps in prevention of spinal bifida

  Having a good diet helps us to prevent spinal bifida. This is the most common of a group of birth defects in Uganda and around the world known as neutral tube defects. Neural tube defects affect the central nervous system that is the brain and spinal cord. The cause of this defect, according to […]