Pregnancy News

Pregnancy is one of the most exciting stages of a woman’s life. There is so much to do, so much to prepare for, and so many changes that the body goes through when a woman is expecting.

For safety sake, the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the FDA have said that you should not be using infant sleep positioners that are designed to keep babies on their backs.

Women who are trying to conceive are often disappointed when they begin to feel the all too familiar cramping associated with their periods.

Women who have had children will tell you that fatigue is usually one of the early pregnancy symptoms they felt.

Many couples wonder whether it’s safe or healthy to have sex during pregnancy and will be happy to know that intercourse while pregnant is completely fine in most cases for low risk women.

County leaders say the time is now to initiate plans to tackle poverty, drugs, teen pregnancy and other factors affecting Hernando County’s youth from being successful.

Women find surgical termination of pregnancy in the second trimester more acceptable than medical termination, say researchers according to a new study published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

Everyone, happy or upset, is talking about healthcare reform this week. I’ll stick to my neck of the woods to tell you a bit about what it will mean when it comes to giving birth.

Are you on the Twitter or Facebook band wagon yet? Lots of people are joining these social networking sites.

What are the symptoms of pregnancy? If this question is lingering in your mind then leaf through the following article to know early signs of pregnancy.

Gestational diabetes is a condition that happens to between 3 and 5% of women during the last 2/3 of their pregnancy .

Janis Ollson, 31 became the first patient to survive a rare bone cancer which required her body to be cut in half.

Gestational diabetes carries an increased risk to several complications with the birth of a child as well as some long term neurological problems that can plague the child through their young years.

A Canadian woman is the first patient to undergo an operation in which doctors cut her body in half to remove a tumor - and survive, The Vancouver Sun reported.

Everyone discusses family size since the birth of the Suleman octuplets and I’ve been getting a lot of dirty looks when I take my kids out.

DEAR DR. GOTT: I have been reading about a diet using hCG drops on Facebook. Apparently, three drops under the tongue three times a day rids you of hunger pain, and then you only eat 500 calories a day for a month with a loss of 30 pounds a month.

Q I have been reading about a diet using hCG drops. Apparently, three drops under the tongue three times a day rids you of hunger pain, and then you only eat 500 calories a day for a month with a loss of 30 pounds a month.

What do false positive pregnancy test results mean? Why do you get such results? Find answers to these questions in the following article.

Could it be just another PMS or am I really pregnant this time? Do you find yourself in a similar situation? Pregnancy detection before missed period may help you to get over this dilemma.

“Hmmm… Now what would be some good baby shower thank you sayings?” If this is what you are dubious about, then here is a simple way out.

This wasn’t actually news to birth activists who have been claiming this for years, but recent data from California showed that there were 17% more c-sections in for-profit hospitals compared to the nonprofit counterparts.

A casual - and barefoot! - Christina Applegate hit the beach with fiancA© Martyn Lenoble as he participated in the Surfrider Foundation ’s 5th annual celebrity expression session, held at First Point on Saturday in Malibu, Calif.

It has stood the test of time for some 3,000 years. Some Bay Area pregnant women are turning to acupuncture to ease morning sickness, fatigue and other side effects associated with pregnancy.

Nine months can seem like a long time at the beginning of pregnancy. From the pregnancy test and early pregnancy symptoms to the first contractions , it’s almost a year! Though the truth of the matter is that you have so much going on that you may often forget about the whole span of time and focus on the here and now.

The following article lists almost all the early signs of pregnancy before missed period, which will help you ascertain whether you have conceived or not.

It’s quite normal to worry about ‘is flying safe during pregnancy’ when you are pregnant and have a preplanned tour to take.

It’s Grandparents Day! If you’re expecting then you’re dealing with grandparents, even if this is your first baby.

During your first trimester, your body changes and your baby grows so that fatigue becomes a very early symptom of pregnancy .

Vaginal bleeding and lower abdominal pain are the common miscarriage signs. This article deals with miscarriage signs and symptoms.

Happy Labor Day! In my family we like to tell your birth story the night before your birthday.