Sudden diarrhea as a sign of impending labor
As soon as you enter the third trimester, you will no doubt be on the look out for signs of impending labor. There are plenty of indications that labor is...
Great Christmas gifts for expectant mothers
Are you wondering what Christmas gift to get for a pregnant friend or relative? When someone is pregnant, it is easy to focus on that baby bump and forget about...
Separation of abdominal muscles - making space for your growing baby
As soon as your belly starts getting bigger and you develop that famous "baby bump", your abdominal muscles will start moving out of the way to make space for your...
Blood pressure changes - hypertension or hypotension
Blood pressure is something that will be monitored carefully in pregnancy, and measured at every prenatal appointment. Of course, you can check your own blood pressure at home or at...
Romanian IVF mother, 72, wants another child?
When Adriana Iliescu, now the mother of five year old daughter Eliza, gave birth, she was the world's oldest mother. But having a baby with the help of IVF and...
Unusual vaginal discharge
Vaginal discharge, or cervical mucus, is something that every woman experiences as soon as she starts menstruating. If you have been charting to conceive and tracking your cervical mucus, you...
Using a home insemination kit
There are quite a few reasons why women or couples who have no fertility problems might attempt to get pregnant by methods other than sexual intercourse. Sexual dysfunction, vaginismus (when...
Linea negra - a dark vertical line on your tummy
Have you noticed a dark vertical line stretching from your belly button to your pubic bone? Or perhaps even from your belly button up to your breasts? That is the...
Mood swings or feeling very emotional
Early pregnancy comes with a set of pretty universal and unmistakable symptoms, that are easy to interpret. These include morning sickness, extreme fatigue, and of course a missed period. But...
Chris Rock entertains laboring woman in mall
American comedian and actor Chris Rock kept a woman who went into labor in a mall in New Jersey busy with laughter as she waited for paramedics to reach her...