Category Archives: Pregnancy

Here’s a quick intro on my situation and why a pregnancy test was performed on me. Notice I did not say “I took a pregnancy test”. So, I had a suspicious lump in my left breast and had to have an ultrasound, a mammogram (omg, those are awful!!!) and what is called an excisional biopsy, which in a nutshell is slicing your boob open,
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A New York hospital is taking steps to offer the nation’s first uterus transplant, a radical experiment that might allow women whose wombs were removed or are defective to bear children. The wombs would come from dead donors, just as most other organs do, and would be removed after the recipient gives birth so she would not need anti-rejection drugs her whole life. read
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Cutting trans fats from the diet may be especially important for women of childbearing age who want to have children. Eating these unhealthy fats has been strongly linked to an increased risk for heart disease. Now, new research suggests they also increase a woman’s risk of infertility. In their study, nutrition researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health found that women with ovulation-related
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I’m declaring this week “National Appreciation of Pregnant Bellies” week. I know once you get towards the end of your pregnancy, it is hard to move around and you start getting really uncomfortable, if you weren’t already. This is me at 30 weeks pregnant. I know I don’t look huge, but I felt it at the time. It literally felt like I was carrying
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One of the members of the Baby Talkers forums is nearing her estimated due date and was inquiring about labor information and experiences. She has a lot of great questions, such as: what to take in your hospital bag? did you have an epidural? what do contractions feel like? and even how to deal with depriving your husband of sex for 6 weeks post-partum.
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Commonly Used Acronyms Related to Trying to Conceive and Pregnancy and Their Meanings AF = Aunt Flo – menstrual period AI = Artificial Insemination – A technique used by doctors (or sometimes at home by a woman) involving the injection of a man’s semen into a woman in order to cause pregnancy. B/F = Breastfeeding or Breastfeed B/W = Bloodwork BBT = Basal Body
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Check out the new fall arrivals at Mimi Maternity! Mimi is the fun, trendy and affordable place for moms-to-be to find all the clothes and accessories they need during pregnancy! Don’t forget to check out the one and only stop for celebrity moms-to-be, A Pea in the Pod!, for designer labels and the most stylish 9 months of your life. Towards the end of
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