Tuberculosis in Pregnancy

Tuberculosis is an infection caused by a bacteria known as mycobacterium tuberculosis. In most cases of active TB, the lungs are affected with pneumonia symptoms including fever, chronic cough and weight loss.

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[Source: Pregnancy Blog]

40 Weeks Of Pregnancy Information - " An Overview In The Form Of A Week

"I can make a General in five minutes but a good horse is hard to replace" The pregnancy calculation, for the above-mentioned purposes, is done such that the pregnancy weeks are counted from the first day of ...

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Breakdancing mums headspin for decent healthcare

Along London's Southbank passers by were met with the unusual sight of 'pregnant' mums back-flipping their bumps.

The dancers in the video above weren't really pregnant; they were professionals wearing pregnancy suits. But the idea was to say to people: "Dancing like this when you're pregnant is dangerous. But for mums in poor countries - who often give birth without access to midwives, hospitals, or medicines - pregnancy is an even bigger gamble."

The Millennium Development Goal 5 pledged to reduce the number of women dying in pregnancy or childbirth by 75 per cent, but it is the Goal most off track. World leaders must ensure that the promises they made are put back on track.

Similar flashmobs also went on in Paris, Berlin, Utrecht and Canada, which you can see by browsing over to YouTube.

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Ectopic Pregnancy Treatment and Prevention

Ectopic means "out of place." An ectopic pregnancy is a pregnancy where the fetus is not growing in the usual location .

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Preparing for Egg Retrieval Procedure

Egg retrieval is an integral part of the IVF cycle. Throughout the first half of the cycle, you will take fertility drugs to stimulate the development of several eggs. There are a few different injectable medications on the market that are used for this purpose.

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[Source: Pregnancy Blog]

Symptoms of pregnancy: What happens right away

Could you be pregnant? For some women, the earliest symptoms of pregnancy appear in the first few weeks after conception.

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[Source: Pregnancy News]

What is Active Birth?

Active Birth is a term coined by Janet Balaskas, author and founder of the modern Active Birth movement. The idea of Active Birth was introduced in the late 1970's, but it is not a new idea.

In fact, Active Birth is the way women gave birth throughout most of modern history.

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[Source: Pregnancy Blog]

Music for Babies - Does U2 Count?

So my husband and I got to go out to the mall the other night and we were meandering through stores.

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[Source: Pregnancy News]

Nutrition for Vegan Mothers to Be

Nutrition is an important topic for all pregnant women, but there are some additional factors to consider if mom is a vegan. Unlike vegetarians, who often eat eggs, cheese and other diary foods, vegans consume no animal products.

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[Source: Pregnancy Blog]

Listen Carefully to Advice

The other day I told you to seek out other birth parents to learn about their experiences with adoption. Today I am telling you to listen carefully to their advice. However, don't misunderstand what I am saying. While "listen carefully" can mean to listen closely, it can also mean to listen with caution.

What am I talking about?

As you are pregnant, you may have noticed that everyone has a story to share about their pregnancy. Some are enlightening. Some are not-so-enlightening.... [...] Read more!

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"Because it never ends for my family...."

Sure, we could use a better name, but this is an easy term to find in a search. Let's talk about our kids with differences.

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[Source: Pregnancy News]

Seek Out Some Birth Parents

As you continue to do your research on your options of parenting and placement, I encourage you to seek out some birth parents. As that always seems to be more difficult in real life, the best news is that they are quite easy to find online. Examples include some commenters on the birth/first parent blog, any of the birth parent forums on our site and doing a Google blog search for "birth mother" or any title variation.

If you're reading this blog, I'm assuming... [...] Read more!

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[Source: Crisis Pregnancy Blog]

First Symptom of Pregnancy

Pregnancy can leave your emotions in a whirlwind of change. You may feel delighted at one moment and anxious, exhilarated and exhausted the next.

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[Source: Pregnancy News]

Dr. Andy: Embryo at wrong spot in ectopic pregnancy

Editor's note: The information in this column is meant to discuss medical issues in general.

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[Source: Pregnancy News]

Pregnant Women Can Stop Morning Sickness In 2009

According to some recent studies reported in The New York Times and Web MD, pregnant moms can stop worrying about morning sickness, the most known pregnancy symptom.

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[Source: Pregnancy News]

Nutrition for Vegetarian Mothers to Be

Vegetarian women often hear gasps when people learn they are pregnant and intend to continue a vegetarian diet. Many women hear warnings about malnutrition for both mother and baby. Sometimes the warnings even come from nurses, doctors and other medical professionals.

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[Source: Pregnancy Blog]

Birthpoint delivers ancient medicine to expecting women

It may surprise many people that traditional Chinese medicine and obstetrics have a common ground in Santa Cruz.

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[Source: Pregnancy News]

Should I Eat Organic Foods?

During pregnancy, we all pay more attention to what we are eating. The nutritional needs of pregnant women and growing babies include several servings of fruits and vegetables each day. This leads to concern about pesticides and fungicides used in commercial food production.

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[Source: Pregnancy Blog]

Women say new law helps their pension case

WASHINGTON : Four women who lost retirement credit because of decades-old maternity leaves told the Supreme Court Thursday a new anti-pay discrimination law signed by President Barack Obama means they deserve ...

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[Source: Pregnancy News]

10 Tips for Great Postpartum Sex

Some of the most common questions I get in my childbirth class on postpartum are about postpartum sex.

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[Source: Pregnancy News]

How does your Dr feel about inducing

So the other thread made me wonder how other people's Dr.s feel about elective induction.

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[Source: Pregnancy News]

Decorating Your Baby's Nursery

There are so many options and ideas about nursery decorations and themes. Need some tips to help you stream line your thinking when it comes to baby's room? We can help you learn some factors to think about ...

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[Source: Pregnancy News]

Congenital Abnormalities and Obesity

There is abundant evidence that obesity has risks during pregnancy. These include a higher incidence of developing complications, such as gestational diabetes and preeclampsia, large baby and complications during labor and birth, including c section.

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[Source: Pregnancy Blog]

What's Important to You?

I just advised hopeful adoptive parents that expectant parents considering placement have a wide and varied list of things that they look for in a potential family for their child. While that fact remains true, I thought I should encourage you to really consider what your list entails. It is different, of course, for every expectant mother and father. So, how do you figure out what to look for in a family?

You start, first and foremost, with what is important to you.

To... [...] Read more!

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[Source: Crisis Pregnancy Blog]

Limits on Embryo Transfer?

The recent news of the birth of octuplets has brought the debate about embryo transfer back into the spotlight. Higher order multiples usually result from IVF treatments involving the transfer of many embryos. In most cases, all transferred embryos don't implant.

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[Source: Pregnancy Blog]

Can Coughing Hurt the Baby?

Pregnant women experience coughing to varying degrees. Often the cough is related to a cold or flu type virus. In this case, the cough will gradually improve and cease within several days or even weeks. However, some women experience chronic coughing throughout part of their pregnancies.

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[Source: Pregnancy Blog]

I Finally Conquered Pregnancy Anemia, With a Little Help

I've suffered from borderline anemia most of my life, and, after suffering through two listless pregnancies, I'm ready to take my my pregnancy-related anemia seriously.

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[Source: Pregnancy News]

Nursing Mothers & Postpartum Pain Relief

Postpartum pain is something that most people don't consider. If you've had an episiotomy or cesarean section then you will most likely need to prescribed pain medications.

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[Source: Pregnancy News]

Octuplets. Really?

Okay, I don't think you've missed the news about the octuplets born in California last week.

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[Source: Pregnancy News]

Postpartum Depression Quiz

There may be a new blood test to predict postpartum depression. It could supposedly be done when the standard gestational diabetes screening is done to look for the hormone.

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[Source: Pregnancy News]

Pregnancy Information

During the first trimester, marked from conception to 12 or 14 weeks from the last normal menstrual cycle, a woman often experiences morning sickness , tiredness, tender breast and frequent urination.

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[Source: Pregnancy News]

The Importance of Calcium for Your Pregnancy

During pregnancy, a variety of nutrients are vital to the development of the baby and health of the mother. One important nutrient is calcium. Calcium is important to both mother and baby and not getting enough can have serious consequences, particularly for mom.

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[Source: Pregnancy Blog]

Hannigan's Pregnancy Problems

But the star is adamant that the worst symptom of pregnancy is the effect it has on her concentration.

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[Source: Pregnancy News]

Pregnancy Health - Have A Safe...

"When I was born I was so surprised I couldna TMt talk for a year and a half" Maintaining good pregnancy health is extremely important for an expectant mother to ensure her own and her little onea TMs safety ...

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[Source: Pregnancy News]

I feel pretty, oh so pretty

A survey this week, commissioned by a bottled water company, has revealed that women feel at their most attractive at the grand old age of 32.

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[Source: Pregnancy News]

Kidney Infection in Pregnancy

Kidney infections often result from untreated bladder infections. When a bladder infection is left untreated, the bacteria can continue to travel up the urinary tract, until it reaches the kidneys.

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[Source: Pregnancy Blog]

Peri-partum Cardio-myopathy

News can happen anytime, anywhere. If you See It you can Snap It and then Send It to KLTV.

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[Source: Pregnancy News]

.Preparing For Pregnancy

When talking about pregnancy, it is important to know about preconception issues regarding on giving birth.

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[Source: Pregnancy News]

How Much Water to Drink in Labor?

In the eleven years since I got pregnant with our first baby, I've often laughed at changing recommendations. Both during various pregnancies and with each baby there seems to be a new recommendation or a change from past ones. Recent research may lead to changes in drinking water during labor.

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[Source: Pregnancy Blog]

Advice for Grandparents

I have to say that my mom was broken in to the grandparenting thing by my sister.

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[Source: Pregnancy News]