Archive for the pregnancy Category
SEEING YOUR DOCTOR BEFORE YOU GET PREGNANT
If you're thinking about having a baby, don't wait for the results of a home pregnancy test before seeing a doctor. The best time to have that first pre-natal visit is before you become pregnant, because a healthier you could mean a healthier baby. Pre-conceptual counseling, as it is called,
HCG levels in pregnancy
HCG, or human chorionic gonadotropin, is a hormone made by the pregnancy that can be detected in the mother's blood or urine even before the woman's missed period. This hormone is what we look for with a "pregnancy test". HCG is first detectable in the blood as early as 7-8 days after ovulati
Conception Tips
This list is taken from the book "Getting Pregnant- What Couples Need to Know Right Now" by Niels H. Lauerson and Collete Bouchez. There is obviously much more information in the book on how to get pregnant than I can write here. Therefore I have provided a link to buy the book at the bottom
Recurrent Miscarriage – A Form of Infertility
For anyone who has experienced more than one miscarriage, the headline is striking: While the researchers themselves caution that their results are not enough to warrant special related treatment, the report offers another piece to the puzzle of recurrent miscarriage. Losing a pregnancy, no
Which common “childhood disease” can threaten a pregnancy?
Rubella- Although there are many measles-type infections, the one that can be harmful is the rubella virus, otherwise known as German measles. Rubella can cause birth defects and long term problems in babies if their mothers are exposed during pregnancy. The most common problems are cataracts that c