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When you have a new little person in your life, it’s easy to forget about yourself. There are new demands on your time. But it’s important to take care of yourself as well as your baby.

The epinephrine autoinjector is used to give yourself a shot during an emergency allergic reaction. Here's what you need to know.

In pregnancy and during labor, your health care provider will check your unborn baby’s heart rate and other functions. Monitoring can be done on the outside of your belly (external monitoring). Or it may be done directly on the baby while inside your uterus (internal monitoring). Fetal monitoring is a very common procedure.

Epilepsy is a disorder of the nervous system. It is also called a seizure disorder. Normally the body's nerves send information by electrical and chemical signals. People with epilepsy have abnormal electrical signals in the brain. This can cause a seizure.

Epilepsy is a brain condition that causes a child to have seizures. It is one of the most common disorders of the nervous system.

Children should wear protective eyewear during sports and recreational activities. In the classroom, they should wear eye protection when doing lab experiments.

The epiglottis is a flap of cartilage at the base of the tongue at the very back of the throat. When the epiglottis becomes swollen and inflamed, it is called epiglottitis.

Detailed information on important decisions to be made when a child is dying, including the right to refuse treatment, to die at home versus the hospital, advanced directives, do not resuscitate, autopsy, organ donation, palliative hospice care, and funeral arrangements.

Down syndrome is a genetic problem that includes certain birth defects, learning problems, and facial features. Read on to learn more details.