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  • Pressure Points That Cause Miscarriage

    There are two pressure points linked to miscarriages, or used later in pregnancy to induce labor. One is called "Three Yin Intersection" and is located approximately four finger widths above your...

  • How Big Is My Unborn Baby?

    From week 1 to 40, your baby will go through an incredible growth spurt. During week 3, your fetus is 0.006-inch long, but by the end of your pregnancy your newborn will be between 18 and 21...

  • What Causes Yellow Discharge in Early Pregnancy?

    Many women may become concerned about the changes in vaginal discharge during pregnancy. Vaginal discharge during pregnancy should be thin, light in color and weak in odor. Discharge that is...

  • Safety of Fetal Doppler Monitors

    Fetal doppler monitors are small machines used to listen to the heartbeat of an unborn baby. They are used frequently by doctors and nurses, as well as pregnant women in their own homes. Fetal...

  • What Are the Causes of Diarrhea in Early Pregnancy?

    Diarrhea is defined as loose, watery stools. This is sometimes a symptom of early pregnancy. Although this condition is usually harmless, it's important to avoid dehydration.

  • What Organs Does a Fetus Have on Week 12?

    Twelve weeks into a pregnancy is just about the end of the first trimester. While the expecting mother is recovering from morning sickness, her tiny fetus begins to use the organs that have been...

  • Monthly Development of the Human Embryo

    Pregnancy can be overwhelming. Your own body is going through so many changes that it can be easy to forget about the undetectable transformations going on inside you. Each month the embryo and...

  • How to Find Free Stuff for Pregnant Women

    Let’s face it, babies are expensive! Formula may cost you around $25 per can and don’t even get me started on the ridiculous price of diapers! Luckily there’s help out there for pregnant women...

  • How to Sleep Better While Pregnant

    It can be very difficult to sleep while you are pregnant. Your increased size can give you backaches, heartburn, and even make it harder for you to breath which can make it very difficult to...

  • How to Avoid Water Retention During Pregnancy

    Rising levels of estrogen during pregnancy can lead to water retention. This can be uncomfortable and discouraging for a pregnant woman to experience. Pregnant women may not be able to avoid water...

  • Is it Safe for Pregnant Women to Wear Sunscreen?

    Pregnant women should always wear sunscreen, as their skin can be more sensitive. All sunscreen products should be safe for pregnant women, however a doctor will be able to confirm if the...

  • How to Relieve Bladder Pressure During Pregnancy

    Bladder pressure is an uncomfortable problem, which usually occurs in late pregnancy, due to the low position of the baby as he prepares to enter the birth canal. This pressure can lead to...

  • How to Really Know If You Become Pregnant

    Trying to figure out if your efforts to become pregnant were successful can be tricky. A lot of common pregnancy symptoms can also be linked to simple premenstrual ones. The only way to really...

  • How to Cure a Stuffy Nose During Pregnancy

    When you become pregnant, hormones in your body begin to change. One of those changes is the increase in blood flow to the respiratory system. This can lead to some congestion which results in a...

  • How to Alleviate Back Pain When Pregnant

    There are some aspects of pregnancy that most women can't avoid. Morning sickness, mood swings, strange cravings and a sore back are a few examples. Expectant mothers experience a dramatic shift...

  • How to Use a Heating Pad During Pregnancy for Sciatica

    Sciatica is common among pregnant women, mostly because the baby can press against your sciatic nerve. Sciatica causes a unique sharp shooting pain that either begins in the lower back or...

  • Information on Week 25 of a Pregnancy

    The 25th week of pregnancy is during the second of three trimesters. This week, your baby's long, lean body is starting to fill in with important fat cells. More than 60 percent of your pregnancy...

  • Early Fetal Ultrasound Tests

    Early obstetric ultrasound is a diagnostic tool. Sound waves take a picture of developing fetus, placenta and uterus. A transducer is passed over the abdomen in pregnancies greater than 11 weeks...

  • How to Plan a Pregnancy

    Well, you want to have a baby, does that mean you will? even if you follow all the steps there is a small chance you will not succeed....crazy huh!

  • How to Take Ginger Root When Pregnant

    One of the less-than-pleasant side effects of early pregnancy is nausea. The feeling of queasiness and vomiting can occur in the morning--the proverbial "morning sickness"--or at any time of day....

  • Can I Take Children's Tylenol While Pregnant?

    Acetaminophen, the name of the drug used in Tylenol products, is a pain reliever that also reduces fever. Children's Tylenol is merely a smaller dosage of the same drug. Typically, doctors...

  • Safety of Nexium During Pregnancy

    Nexium, a prescription drug used to treat acid reflux issues, can be prescribed to a pregnant woman. It is considered a class B drug and is not anticipated to harm an unborn baby if taken during...

  • Why Is Morning Sickness Worse at Night?

    The term "morning sickness" is a misnomer. Pregnancy-related nausea can strike at any time, day or night. If it seems worse at night, it may be because that's when you aren't as busy and notice...

  • How to Understand a Fetal Ultrasound

    During a fetal ultrasound, an ultrasound technician or doctor slides a special device (transducer) over your abdomen, which bounces sound waves off your womb and your unborn baby's body. The...

  • Reasons for Breakthrough Bleeding & a Light Period

    During most normal pregnancies, a woman's natural period goes into remission. However, a woman may have period-like bleeding for the first part of her pregnancy due to a hormone imbalance. This is...

  • How to Help Yourself Prepare for the Baby Blues

    Its better to prepare for the baby blues ahead of time than to try and figure out what to do when you're in the middle of it.

  • How to Place Headphones on the Tummy for the Fetus

    Though there are no studies that support playing music while pregnant will make your baby more intelligent, there is some evidence babies can remember music heard in utero. A study from Leicester...

  • What Does Low Progesterone in Pregnancy Mean?

    Progesterone is an important hormone that helps support pregnancy. Low progesterone levels can cause problems, but can also be helped.

  • If You Have Regular Periods Can You be Pregnant?

    Although some women experience bleeding during pregnancy, this should not be mistaken for a period. A menstrual cycle and pregnancy cannot occur at the same time. Pregnancy bleeding is common and...

  • Can You Get a TB Test During Pregnancy?

    Although a test for tuberculosis involves an injection of bacteria, the test is still safe for pregnant women. The bacterium that is injected is not live and there is no risk of getting TB from...

  • Why Do Babies Kick Inside the Womb?

    For pregnant women, feeling their baby's movements for the first time is a special moment filled with joy and anticipation. As the baby develops, the movement becomes more frequent and easier to...

  • Natural Nausea Treatment During Pregnancy

    Morning sickness ranges from mildly inconvenient all the way to unbearable and unrelenting. No matter the severity of the nausea during pregnancy, many women are looking for cures that do not...

  • How to Read Pregnancy Sonograms

    Trying to read pregnancy sonograms can be tricky, depending on the stage of the pregnancy. The earlier the pregnancy is, the less defined many of the features will be. However, later in the...

  • How to decide between a midwife and an OBGYN

    There are many different opinions on different types of doctors. Understand the difference between a midwife and an OBGYN and learn how to decide which is right for you.

  • How to Stop Strangers From Touching Your Pregnant Belly

    When you're pregnant and showing, the world wants to celebrate with you and maybe bask in some of your joy at being pregnant. Strangers can suddenly show up in your personal space and cradle your...

  • How to Pack a Bag for The Hospital for Delivery

    Packing a bag probably never seemed so hard. Preparing for labor and delivery and packing the hospital bag takes both thought and time. It's best to pack the bag and have it ready to go during the...

  • What is Expected Fetal Growth?

    Fetal growth can vary from baby to baby. It is important to remember that the expected fetal growth is an outline of the average growth of a healthy fetus. The external growth of a fetus may be...

  • How to Have a Healthy Pregnancy After PCOS

    Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is an endocrine disorder. The Center for Disease Control reports that PCOS affects as many as one in ten women of childbearing age and is the leading cause of...

  • Fetal Doppler Facts

    The fetal Doppler is a handheld instrument that doctors use to listen to and monitor a fetus' heartbeat. Because the Doppler is often used before a pregnant woman undergoes an ultrasound or feels...

  • How to Get Pregnant After the Nuva Ring

    The Nuva Ring is a monthly birth control method that consists of slow release hormones on a vaginally inserted, flexible plastic ring. The ring remains in place for three weeks and is removed for...

  • How to Perform a Sperm Count Using a Microscope

    Couples who are having difficulty in trying to conceive may need to evaluate the male partner's sperm count. Without enough viable sperm, fertilization of the egg can be difficult, resulting in...

  • How to Handle First Pregnancy Fears

    First pregnancies can be an exciting and scary time. You aren't quite sure what to expect in your pregnancy and worry about what to eat, how much you can exercise, how you will prepare for a...

  • How to Why abortions are bad

    This is about why ppl should not get an abortion. Step Because an abortion is just like murder. Step Next its like you are killing one of Gods ppl. Last step is cause it is a human just like you...

  • When to Stop Bioidentical Progesterone?

    Bioidentical progesterone is used in fertility treatments to bring on a natural menstrual cycle in women who have low progesterone. It is also used to balance hormones in menopausal women. A...

  • Why Have I Got Low Levels of HCG?

    Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) is the hormone produced by the body when pregnant. Both blood- and urine-based pregnancy tests measure levels of hCG. Low levels of hCG may be a sign of a number...

  • What Is HCG Trigger Shot?

    The hCG trigger shot is a dose of the hormone human chorionic gonadotropin, which normally is produced by the body after implantation of a fertilized egg into the uterine lining. This medication...

  • Pregnancy & Emergency Contraceptive Pill

    The emergency contraceptive pill is a high dose of hormones used to prevent a completed pregnancy in the absence of other birth control methods. These hormones thicken the cervical mucus, prevent...

  • Can Lower Abdominal Pain Be a Sign of Early Pregnancy?

    Lower abdominal pain can be a sign of early pregnancy. Ovulation, implantation and other changes can cause pain in the lower abdomen that are easy to confuse with premenstrual cramps.

  • Pregnancy at 37 Weeks

    At 37 weeks of pregnancy the baby is considered full term. You may experience several changes as your body prepares itself for delivery. Consider packing a bag for yourself and the baby, in case...

  • Can You Tell When You Are 5 Weeks Pregnant?

    There are several ways a women may determine that she may be pregnant through examining her own pregnancy symptoms. Many of the signs are ones that occur not only in early pregnancy, but begin in...

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