A Day in the Pregnancy Life: The 5-Hour Glucose Test
After passing two blood glucose tests and failing nearly all the urine glucose tests in the office – I faced the ultimate in lab tests, the 5-hour glucose test.
After passing two blood glucose tests and failing nearly all the urine glucose tests in the office – I faced the ultimate in lab tests, the 5-hour glucose test.
A study on female fertility and fasting was completed on female mice, but it was performed by researchers at the Harvard Medical School — so there is a bit of clout behind the research.
If you’ve been fighting the fertility battle for a long while and you’ve started looking into alternatives like surrogacy, you may be facing the moral and emotional dilemmas associated with those choices.
The care I received via the midwife was less than stellar, but that doesn’t mean all midwives are the same.
According to one pregnancy test company – the answer to how far you are along in pregnancy by hCG pregnancy hormone levels is not what most women are looking for.
When my final pregnancy was revealed to be a twin pregnancy I just knew things were going to change and that I would appreciate the simplicity of the first two. Boy – I was right.
According to a study on women who lived in the Pioneer lands of the United States in the 1800s, twins are not an accident.
Having a baby is a challenge for some couples, but that challenge should not result in a broken relationship.
When baby number two came along, things were exponentially harder, but we managed to find jobs that worked with us on the start and end times so we could care for our children – again on opposite shifts.
Do eat healthy whole foods, but make sure you wash them to prevent Listeria infection and other food borne illnesses.
When I was pregnant with my first daughter, I gained a lot of weight very quickly. The midwife thought I was eating too much food and I knew she was wrong.
I was thrilled when I found out I was having twins, but soon after my world was turned upside down.
Autism is one of those medical conditions that leave the
There are lots of smoking cessation aids out there today, including gums, supplements and prescription medications.
According to a study, when pregnant mice were placed in direct contact with cell phones during the 19-day pregnancy, offspring showed signs of behavioral problems similar to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in humans.
After an interesting hCG result on my blood pregnancy test, my obstetrician asked me to come in for an ultrasound. I was just six weeks pregnant, but the blood test told a different story.
After a hysterectomy, I was told my adrenal gland would pick up testosterone production but I think my adrenal gland is lazy. When I exercise it takes me weeks to recover with pain bad enough