August 28, 2007

Pregnancy Calculator: A Must-Have For Pregnant Women

window.document.getElementById(’post-111′).parentNode.className += ‘ adhesive_post’;If you’re pregnant and aren’t quite sure what is going on in your body, I suggest you check out a pregnancy calculator. Those things are amazing, and can even go so far as to give you a pretty good idea when you conceived if you haven’t got a clue. All you have to do is find a pregnancy calculator, enter in the date you conceived (or if you don’t know, the first day of your last period) and a ton of information will be returned to you.
For example, I found a pregnancy calculator online and entered the first day of my last period as April 20th. After a few seconds of processing, it told me that my conception date was May 5th (around two weeks before my next period was to start). It then went on to tell me that my greatest risk for birth defects was in the range of May 25th to June 29th. My baby’s fetal organ formation begins around May 25th and it’s major organs have formed by June 29th.
Also, I learned that the risk of miscarriage decreases after July 13th. Even cooler, I found out that if my baby was premature but […]

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Pregnancy Week 25: What To Expect 25 Weeks Into Your Pregnancy

For expectant mothers, pregnancy week 25 should be a pretty big milestone. For one thing, you have passed the point of no return…you are more than halfway to having a baby to hold! At this point, mom has been pregnant for around 23 weeks and is probably getting the hang of the whole pregnancy thing. As for the baby, it is rapidly developing. At 25 weeks into the full term 40, the nostrils of the baby are beginning to open and the blood vessels in the lungs are starting to develop. Also, the baby is beginning to get a backbone during this exciting time! There are 33 rings, 150 joints and 1,000 ligaments that compose the spine, and your baby is starting to form them all.
When it comes to the expectant mom at pregnancy week 25, her uterus is around the size of a soccer ball. It’s kind of a miracle to think of how your body is changing to accommodate your young one, but it probably doesn’t feel like one. Because of the large size of the uterus, it is beginning to put pressure on the back and pelvis. This translates to shooting pains in the lower back and […]

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Things You Should Know About Male Infertility

window.document.getElementById(’post-111′).parentNode.className += ‘ adhesive_post’;Infertility is one of the taboos of society that can be challenging and frustrating for couples who are giving their all just to conceive. Couples feel helpless and isolated when they learn that they have a low to nil chance of conceiving. While this is not necessarily a disease, this disorder can cause the same amount of stress and hopelessness.
Male infertility is a disorder that can make men feel heavily burdened. However, knowing more about male infertility will strangle the misconceptions associated with the inability to conceive. By arming ourselves with what we should know about male infertility, we can assess the different options to make the right decision.
Defining Infertility
Infertility is the inability of a couple to conceive after trying for one year. Infertility for women is the inability to deliver a baby to full term.
Defining Male Infertility
Male infertility, also termed as male factor infertility, is simply the man0s attribution or cause to a couple that has no ability to conceive. Male infertility is generally connected with hormonal disorders, obstruction in the reproductive system, sexual dysfunction, or recurring illness.
Male infertility is actually the state of inability rather than a specific disease, although the […]

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