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Potential Complication: Gestational Hypertension
Your doctor will test your blood pressure throughout your pregnancy. If your pressure is higher than normal after 20 weeks, you may have gestationa...
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Pregnancy Week By Week: Weeks 1-4
At the beginning of your period, about 20 eggs called ova occupy fluid-filled sacs called follicles. If you typically have your period every 28 day...
Read morePlacenta Previa
Placenta previa is when a pregnant woman's placenta blocks the opening to the cervix that allows the baby to be born. This can lead to bleeding and...
Read moreBraxton Hicks
Braxton Hicks contractions are the 'false' labor pains that a pregnant woman might have before “true” labor. To figure out whether your contraction...
Read moreThird Trimester
Most babies have blue eyes at this stage, and they’ll stay that color until a few days or weeks after they’re born. During this trimester, your bab...
Read moreSecond Trimester of Pregnancy
In your second trimester, you may notice some cramps or aches in your lower belly. It’s the middle phase of pregnancy, when you may start to see yo...
Read morePrenatal Vitamins
Prenatal vitamins are supplements made for pregnant women to give their bodies the vitamins and minerals needed for a healthy pregnancy. This is wh...
Read morePregnancy Tests
It takes longer to get the results than with a home pregnancy test. A qualitative hCG test simply checks for hCG. A quantitative hCG test (beta hCG...
Read moreEarly Pregnancy Symptoms
Besides bleeding, a woman may notice a white, milky discharge from their vagina. But there are early symptoms of pregnancy that may point to the po...
Read moreLabor Induction
If your doctor or midwife has concerns about your health or your baby's health toward the end of your pregnancy, they might suggest speeding up the...
Read moreGetting Started on Getting Pregnant
A lot of couples trying to conceive spend a lot of energy timing sex, with mathematical precision, to calculate when a woman is prime for ovulation...
Read moreFirst Trimester of Pregnancy
The first trimester is the earliest phase of pregnancy. Start taking a prenatal vitamin with at least 400 micrograms of folic acid to help your bab...
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