Category Archives: Pregnancy Matters

Pregnancy and Old Wives Tales

There are plenty of old wives tales that abound and they all seem to surface when you’re pregnant. Everyone wants to give you their piece of advice. Someone will want to tell you that you shouldn’t bend, or walk a … Continue reading

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Pregnancy Stretch Marks

As soon as you find out you are pregnant you know things are going to be changing, from your waist size to those little stretch marks that pop up. Stretch marks are exactly that, red or purple marks left in … Continue reading

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Pregnancy Worries

There is nothing more stressful than worrying about something going wrong during pregnancy. It doesn’t matter if it is your first time being pregnant or your fourth. There are many things that may make you anxious during your pregnancy and … Continue reading

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Pregnancy Month 8: Weeks 29-32

Morning sickness (and all those other first trimester symptoms) have probably re-appeared during month eight

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Pregnancy Month 4: Weeks 13-16

Your baby is about the size of an orange this month, and growing! See what’s happening during weeks 13 to 16

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Fertility Prediction Based on Menopause Test

If you want to get pregnant when you are older, then a new blood test might help. Measuring AMH which is a hormone found in a woman’s ovaries can predict the age at which a woman is likely to reach … Continue reading

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How To Have An Easier, Safer and Shorter Birth Check This Out

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Why do I feel so depressed?

Why do I feel so depressed even though I am happy to be pregnant?

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What are some great pregnancy and parenting books?

jenny c asked: I already have the “What to expect when you are expecting” series, what else was useful for you? What books on parenting have been worth buying for you? What about pregnancy books? Which ones could you not … Continue reading

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Is there evidence that pregnancy causes the mother to develop an autoimmune disease?

Amanda asked: My grandmother and a cousin both developed severe rheumatic autoimmune diseases after pregnancy, when being previously fine before pregnancy. I have not been able to find any additional evidence of pregnancy causing an autoimmune disease to develop, but … Continue reading

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