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Fulfilling The Travel Bug While Pregnant

Becoming pregnant does not have to mean the end of life, as you know it. An unexpected bundle of joy may take some women by complete surprise. Their job may require travel, or a long awaited vacation occurs 7 months into their pregnancy. Whatever the reasons, pregnant women can travel with doctor permission. Up until 36 weeks, most airlines will allow pregnant women on board. Experience your pregnancy while celebrating your last few months of individual freedom. Traveling will be much harder with a baby, toddler or child in tow. [click to continue…]

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Ten Common Early Pregnancy Signs

Early pregnancy is characterized by many changes in the body. Some of these changes may be subtle while others stick out, quite literally. However, just because you may be experiencing one or two of these symptoms doesn’t necessarily mean that you are really pregnant. Each woman’s body is different, and these symptoms could be indicative of many things other than pregnancy. Seeing many of them altogether should prompt a pregnancy test. Keeping calm and not worrying are the best ideas when trying to figure out if you are pregnant or not. The stress of worrying could inflict some of these symptoms on its own. [click to continue…]

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Dealing with Birth Defects and Your Baby

What if you’ve done everything you could do to have a healthy baby. You’ve stayed away from cigarette smoke. You didn’t drink alcohol or use damaging drugs. You had good prenatal care. You ate nutritious food. You took prenatal vitamins, especially folic acid. Plus, you did all the others things that you should do during [...]

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Preventing Heartburn During Pregnancy

Heartburn (which has nothing to do with your heart and is explained in detail here) is one of pregnancy’s many uncomfortable side effects, and it is extremely common among expecting mothers. Even if you’ve never had heartburn before, you’re likely to experience it during your pregnancy for a number of reasons. First, as the hormone [...]

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Gestational Diabetes and Pregnancy

Going to the doctor will become a regular routine throughout your pregnancy. You will undergo testing, ultrasounds, and weight checks. At first you may visit the doctor every couple of weeks. However, as your pregnancy progresses, you will eventually maintain regular weekly visits.

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STDs During Pregnancy

Transmission of sexually transmitted diseases from the pregnant women to her fetus, newborn, or infant can occur before, during, or after birth. Certain STDs such as syphilis are able to cross the placenta and infect the fetus– potentially affecting fetal development. Other sexually transmitted diseases including gonorrhea, chlamydia, hepatitis B, and genital herpes can be [...]

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How Can You Talk with Your Teenage Son About Sex?

New teen condom use statistics report that most sexually active teens do not use condoms regularly. In fact, over half of all sexually active boys have said they don’t use them, according to the new teen condom use statistics. This disturbing behavior puts teens at risk for not only unintended pregnancy, but also for sexually [...]

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Should I stop smoking if I am pregnant?

Are you pregnant? Well, then that’s two good reasons to quit smoking. If you’re pregnant and smoking cigarettes, you’re smoking for two. When you inhale, you inhale nicotine, carbon monoxide and other chemicals, and these pass into your baby’s body. They can affect the chance of you having a healthy baby, and no baby should [...]

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