Archive for the Treatment In 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
Gestational Diabetes: Handling blood sugar during pregnancy
About 2 to 5 percent of pregnant women in the U. S. develop gestational diabetes – a type of diabetes that occurs only during pregnancy and usually disappears after delivery.3 But certain factors, including a family history of diabetes and being overweight or older than age 30, can increase your r