What Is Causing Your Morning Sickness?
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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome During Pregnancy?
Are Your Experiencing Carpal Tunnel Syndrome During Your Pregnancy?
I Think I’m Pregnant But My Pregnancy Test Is Negative?
Negative Pregnancy Test: I Think I’m Pregnant But My Pregnancy Test Is Negative?
Pregnancy Gas & Bloating?
Pregnancy Gas & Bloating? We receive a lot of questions in regards to swollen tummies. During pregnancy, hormones play havoc with your gastrointestinal tract. Under the influence of these hormones, mainly progesterone, smooth muscle within your body relaxes and unfortunately that includes the lining of our intestines, which causes your digestive system to slow down. Unlike the muscles of your arms and legs this
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The Amazing Placenta
About Your Placenta: The placenta is truly an amazing organ. The word placenta is Latin for cake as this structure is round and flat and is attached to the inside of the womb. This organ is a single structure, one side facing the baby, the fetal portion of the placenta and the other side facing the mother, attached to the womb forming the
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Pregnancy Blood Test
What is a serum screening blood test during pregnancy? The blood tests that are offered during pregnancy are performed for many reasons. Some to see whether you are low in iron, have diabetes and other reasons but the serum screening blood test, done around 15 to 18 weeks is specifically performed to screen for Mom’s that may be at risk of carrying a
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Cramps in Early Pregnancy
Cramps in Early Pregnancy Most pregnant women experience some abdominal aches, pains and cramping in early pregnancy. Not surprisingly these early pregnancy developments are accompanied by significant changes in the way your body functions. Many changes are happening during this time and your amazing body is registering some of these changes in the form of cramping. I know cramps can be a source of worry
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Signs and Symptoms of Ectopic Pregnancy
Signs and Symptoms of an Ectopic Pregnancy: My Ectopic Pregnancy Story: Today want to talk about ectopic pregnancy but before I do I want to share a story about my own personal experience with an ectopic, which could have been fatal! Years ago, I suffered a miscarriage and had to have a D and C (also known as dilation and curettage), which is a
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Miscarriage
About Miscarriages: We have been receiving a lot of questions in regards to miscarriages so I’ve created this video series: Part 1 – Reasons and Causes for Miscarriage Part 2 – Frequently Asked Questions What is a miscarriage? A miscarriage is the spontaneous loss of a pregnancy before the fetus is able to survive outside the monther’s womb. I know this can be
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Missed Periods
We receive a lot of questions in regards to missed periods and negative pregnancy tests. questions like Am I pregnant? Could I be pregnant? Of course pregnancy is the first thing that we think of when our period is delayed or missed especially if sexual activity has taken place. But there are other reasons for you to have a late or missed period.
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