Prenatal care and surrogate mothers
Surrogacy is always a complicated process, as well as usually a beautiful one. There are, after all, more parties involved in a surrogate pregnancy than there are in a conventional...
What is Mommyrexia?
According to recent research, there are expectant mothers who keep on smoking throughout their pregnancy to have a smaller baby, and they think that leads to a smoother delivery (Don't...
What is a molar pregnancy?
A molar pregnancy is a pregnancy that is not developing in a manner that facilitates the birth of a baby. Instead of the usual 46 chromosomes in a fetus (23...
What does unsuccessful IVF have to do with organ transplants?
Infertility may be on the rise, but so too are are the successes of fertility treatments. IVF is a very advanced infertility treatment, and the medical community is able to...
Talking about birth plans during prenatal appointments
While prenatal care and often testing is an important part pregnancy, we should not underestimate the fact that prenatal appointments with your chosen provider usually lead up to labor and...
The most common miscarriage symptoms
The risk of miscarrying is the highest during the first twelves weeks of pregnancy in other words, the first trimester. Newly pregnant women may be very happy to be expecting...
An outline of the ablation procedure
Are you suffering from painful, excessive periods that make your life difficult for a good portion of the month? If so, you are joining one in five other women. You...
How does stress during pregnancy affect your baby?
A new study hot off the press shows that babies whose mothers were extremely stressed during their pregnancies could end up with emotional problems that last a lifetime. Before exploring...
Blood type and infertility linked?
There are lots of different possible causes of infertility, and sometimes it is a rather hard task to find out what the culprit is for a particular couple. Now, there...
What is a missed miscarriage?
Pregnancy loss before 20 weeks gestation is termed miscarriage. When we think of miscarriage, images of cramping, bleeding and pain come into our heads, and indeed these miscarriage symptoms happen...