Informational Health Articles

Menstruation is, for many women, an unpleasant and private occurrence not something they would willingly announce to the whole world. Yet one Norwegian company made it compulsory for all female...

Have you got the almost uncontrollable urge to clean, reorganize every cupboard in your house, or wash your baby's clothes and iron them? This is what is referred to as...

Going into labor too early is a common concern among pregnant mothers, and that is not without reason. The earlier you seek treatment for pre-term labor, the better the odds...

The term "blighted ovum" is commonly used to describe a pregnancy in which a fertilized egg starts implanting itself into the uterine wall as usual, but no embryo develops. During...

Gay men can become fathers too. If you are part of a loving couple and you would like to add a child to your family, making it happen is just...

Your growing uterus and baby certainly start putting a strain on your body from the second trimester onwards, and lower back pain is a common manifestation of this. Your ever-expanding...

Ovulation tests are urine tests that detect hormones that are released when a woman is most fertile, and therefore most likely to get pregnant. They can be used in the...

Once you enter the third and final trimester of pregnancy, and your baby is quickly increasing in size, fetal movement is hard to miss! Do you remember those first, butterfly-like...

What do labor contractions feel like? This is a question that few women will ask themselves when they are still trying to conceive, but one that will inevitably pop up...

In the first trimester of pregnancy, keeping foods down can be a struggle. Most women have some morning sickness, and extreme fatigue and low energy are other very common early...