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2 Weeks Pregnant – Are You Even Pregnant Yet?

July 4th, 2024

What's happening at 2 weeks pregnant? Are you even pregnant at this point?! Our obstetricain takes us through exactly what is going on inside your body....

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Pregnancy Week 3 – Implantation Time (Hopefully!)

July 3rd, 2024

What's happening in Week 3 of Pregnancy? Find out what changes you might experience. Plus what you need to eat and how the fetus is developing...

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Pregnancy Week 4 – Time to Take a Pregnancy Test!

July 2nd, 2024

Finally we’re here! At week 4 you can discover if you’re pregnant. Have you performed a pregnancy test? If you not, it’s time to buy a test or two.

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Labor Without Pushing — A Guide to Breathing Out Baby

If you’ve looked into hypnobirthing or other methods of coping with labor and birth, you might have come across the phrase ‘breathe the baby out’.

What Medications Can Aﬀect a Pregnancy Test Result?

There are surprisingly few medications or substances that can affect the accuracy of a home pregnancy test. So if you’re worried that your hormonal birth

Preventing and Treating Yeast Infections in Pregnancy

If you have never experienced a vaginal yeast infection then you are a very lucky woman. A yeast infection in pregnancy isn’t anything serious but

8 Things NOT to do in the First Trimester of Pregnancy (and Why)

When you find out you’re pregnant, the first thing that happens is… well, emotions. All the emotions. But when you’ve had a chance to catch

What Does it Feel Like To Be Pregnant?

When most women talk about what does it feel like to be pregnant they focus on the early physical symptoms. Nausea, the cramps, the tiredness, the

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Should I Buy a Home Fetal Doppler? Are They Safe?

Fetal dopplers for home use are now widely available and many parents-to-be understandably like the idea of being able to check on baby whenever they

Rectal Pain during Pregnancy (It Really is a Pain in the Butt)

What Causes Rectal Pain During Pregnancy? The reason is pretty simple—the uterus expands in size, the baby keeps growing, the placenta weighs another pound or

5 Ways to Cope with OCD in Pregnancy

Written by Psychologist Nikolina Miljus. One in 100 pregnant women will experience obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms for the first time in pregnancy or OCD pregnancy. For women