Pregnancy is the process by which a fertilised egg develops into a foetus or embryo, inside the body of a female mammal. While majority of human pregnancies result in a single offspring, there are cases of multiple births resulting in more than one offspring such as twins or triplets. The nine months of pregnancy are divided into three trimesters to mark the milestones of foetal development.
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Many women discover that they’re pregnant while they’re in the middle of a weight loss diet. This situation raises many questions, the foremost of which is should they continue their weight loss diet, and if so, how?
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Pregnancy is the period from conception to birth when the woman carries the fetus in her uterus. The common method to calculate the date of pregnancy is to add 240 days to the date of the first day of the last menstrual cycle. One needs to have a proper knowledge of this stage so that a woman can successfully deliver a healthy baby.
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If you find yourself experiencing constipation during pregnancy, you are not alone. Nearly half of all pregnant women experience constipation during some point during their pregnancy. Bloating and pain are often a result of constipation during pregnancy, and it has even been identified as a cause of pre-term labor. Pregnancy and constipation don’t have to go together, however. Fortunately, it is possible to find relief.
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Being pregnant is not the time to start any new strenuous exercise routine. But staying fit will help keep your weight down during pregnancy, reduce fatigue, backache, leg cramps, shortness of breath, and help with delivery and post-partum recovery. Simple exercises such as walking, swimming, low-impact aerobics, riding a stationary bike, and yoga are good exercises you can do while pregnant.
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Pregnancy, whether it is expected or not, usually presents itself in many different ways. The first and most common sign of pregnancy is the missing of the menstruation. For women who have regular menstrual cycles, marking down her period can easily tell her when she is late. Many women, nowadays, will not even wait until their missed period and will do a pregnancy test before their missed period. Newest pregnancy tests are able to detect a pregnancy even before the missed period.
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Motherhood is a unique and beautiful experience of life. Every woman desires to go through this phase. It has its own share of joys and difficulties. The happiness of bringing a new family member overcomes the difficulties.
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Pregnancy Test: The Initial assessment.
There is a hormone that is produced in your body almost a week after your periods or a few days after the fertilized egg has been rooted in the wall of your uterus, this hormone is called Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG).
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Heartburn in pregnancy is caused by a muscular weakness. The muscle involved is the lower esophageal sphincter (LES), a ring of muscle between your stomach and esophagus. The LES is designed to relax when you swallow food so that the food can enter the stomach. Once the food is in the stomach, the LES is to tighten, keeping food and stomach acids from flowing back into your esophagus. If the LES always worked properly, no one would ever suffer heartburn in pregnancy.
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How fit you are prior to your pregnancy is not something many women give a lot of thought to. When you and your partner decide the time is right, or when a pregnancy happens unplanned, you are often only then left to consider how you are going to physically cope with pregnancy.
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