February 20, 2009
Many women get pregnant effortlessly. Some hit the jackpot after many months or years of trying. While some others seem to have run out of luck. Actually, the total time it may take for you to conceive a child is a fraction of a second, when a healthy sperm finds the egg and penetrates it.
Including the time needed for you and your partner to begin and end the sexual intercourse, then you may get pregnant in only under an hour. However, conceiving a baby involves the meeting of a lot of factors at the right time. While this happens...
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February 20, 2009
For many couples, avoiding pregnancy is very difficult and simply talking about it makes the woman pregnant. For others, however, conceiving can be very elusive and exasperating. Here is what you should know in case you are wondering how to conceive a child.
Eat healthy foods
There a lot of factors responsible for pregnancy, but many doctors believe that a healthy diet is key. In a Harvard School of Public Health study involving around 17,000 women, the researchers were able to identify "fertility foods" that can odds of pregnancy.
So which dietary tenets are able to increase fertility? Doctors suggest that you...
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February 3, 2009
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) conducted a study which showed that women who are diagnosed with diabetes before they become pregnant are 3-4 times likely to have a child with one or more birth defects than women who are not diabetic. The study was published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
The National Birth Defects Prevention Study (NBDPS) article reports that pregnant women with pre-gestational diabetes mellitus (pre-pregnancy diagnosis of diabetes, either type 1 or type 2 diabetes) are more likely to have a child with different types of single or multiple birth defects than...
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November 25, 2008
It's like a second instinct for women to become mothers because women are innately caring and protective. When women have difficulty in procreating, they often feel sad and depressed because they feel that they are somewhat less of a woman because they cannot have a baby.
If you are one of the many women who suspect that they are infertile, do not worry. There are many ways of finding out whether you have infertility problems or not. In fact, some methods can be done right in your own home.
Basal Body Temperature
BBT is a method of determining...
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October 8, 2008
At the third month of pregnancy, your baby has reached more milestones in development. Here are some of the developmental changes your baby undergoes in weeks 9-12.
Length and weight
By week 9, your baby measures .9-1.2 inches from crown to rump. By week 10, your baby is now officially a fetus. He/she now measures 1.25-1.68 inches and weighs a little less that 2/10 of an ounce.
By the 11th week, your baby is about the size of a large lime - measuring about 1.75 to 2.4 inches from crown to rump, and weighing about 3/10 of an ounce. Read More
October 2, 2008
The second month of pregnancy is also very crucial to your baby's development. In a matter of four weeks, your baby will undergo a number of developmental changes. Let us look at how your baby will be progressing in the second month of its life.
Embryo
In the second month of your baby's life, he/she will develop from a blastocyst into an embryo. By the 5th week of pregnancy, your baby will be around .05 inches long. The primitive circulatory system - Heart, brain, spinal cord, muscle and bones are still continuing to develop.
Faster heart beat
In his/her second month of life...
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September 18, 2008
Your baby's development is just amazing. A lot can happen in matter of weeks. The first few weeks of life are the most crucial period for your baby. Let us look at your child's development in the first four weeks of his or her life.
Ovulation
Ovulation is the perfect time for you to get pregnant. The egg now only needs to be fertilized.
Conception
This is when the egg is fertilized by the sperm, and voila! You're pregnant.
Your baby's gender
Your baby's gender is automatically set the moment the egg was fertilized. The egg carries either an "X" or a "Y" chromosome. Though your...
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August 29, 2008
Different women have different pregnancy symptoms. The most common symptom though, is a missed period.
It important to know and understand the various signs and symptoms of pregnancy because there may be an underlying condition to each symptom other than pregnancy.
Some women do not develop symptoms within the first weeks of pregnancy. Some my not even develop symptoms at all. While for other women, symptoms develop as early as week after conception.
Below are some of the most common pregnancy symptoms, and their alternative explanations (other than pregnancy). If you have any of the following symptoms, take a pregnancy...
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