What to do about hip pain in pregnancy
Many women suffer from hip pain in pregnancy. Hip pain has a tendency to increase as your pregnancy goes on, and can be an obstacle during the day, as you...
When can you find out your baby's gender through ultrasound?
Finding out your baby's gender through ultrasound is the single most exciting aspect of prenatal care for many women. Knowing whether your baby is a boy or a girl means...
Cold sores during pregnancy
Almost everybody gets them sometimes cold sores, herpes, fever blisters, or whatever you like to call them. They are often associated with a somewhat weaker immune system. Because of this...
Can you fight pregnancy insomnia?
Once your baby bump starts growing, your nights keep getting shorter, or so it seems! Insomnia is a common problem in pregnancy. Sleepless nights can be caused by a wide...
Thrush treatment during pregnancy
Thrush is annoying condition caused by candida albicans. This fungus can present in the mouth, on the nipples, and in the vagina. It leads to itchy and sometimes painful discharge...
Foods to fight water retention during pregnancy
Fluid retention, swollen ankles and general bloating are symptoms that pop up while you are pregnant relatively often. These symptoms are completely normal and nothing to worry about, but they...
Prenatal care - what to expect from a glucose test
We discusses prenatal care to some extent in previous weeks. Today, we will discuss glucose tests, which most doctors recommend. Glucose tests are essentially screening tests, that are carried out...
Pregnant and Rh negative? What you need to know
If you have Rh negative blood, you will probably know about it before you get pregnant. Blood tests are nearly always conducted early in pregnancy to verify your blood type...
Cheap maternity clothes for plus size women
Maternity clothes are always a little on the expensive side. Clothing companies tend to exploit the fact that mothers to be often have no choice but to buy maternity clothes...
Frequent urination - just another pregnancy symptom
Have you had the urge to pee just about every minute since getting pregnant, and are you wondering what is causing this annoying symptom? Let me start off by saying...