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Pregnancy Tips

Fulfilling The Travel Bug While Pregnant

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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 [...]

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Ten Common Early Pregnancy Signs

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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 [...]

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Dealing with Birth Defects and Your Baby

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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

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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

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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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Should I stop smoking if I am pregnant?

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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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Ideas for Bonding with Your Pre-Born Baby, Part 2

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You can use the baby’s movements in the womb to bond with your baby. If you are a person who likes physical touch, you can bond through rubbing, touching or massaging your abdomen gently. Fathers, grandparents, older brothers and sisters can bond with the newest family member. Gathering Dad, brothers and sisters around Mom and [...]

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Ideas for Bonding with Your Pre-Born Baby, Part 1

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The Women’s Center-Sidney is a pregnancy resource center that serves women of Shelby, Auglaize, Miami and surrounding counties in Ohio. The center provides free pregnancy tests, limited ultrasound scans, prenatal vitamins, consulting on pregnancy decisions and an educational and material assistance program. “How do I bond with my baby?” is a question many expectant mothers [...]

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