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Got Nausea? Eleven Tips to Beat It

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Got Nausea? Eleven Tips to Beat It

hello i wanted to know what can i take for my morning midday noon evening and night sickness. the only time i feel well is when i am sleeping. help me please i feel like i am going to die thats how sick i feel.” That sounds awful! The good news is that the intense nausea and retching usually peaks … [Read more…]

Filed Under: 1st Trimester Tagged With: vomiting, nausea, Low-Nausea recipes, hyperemesis gravidarum

What Week Will a Pregnancy Belly Show?

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What Week Will a Pregnancy Belly Show?

Q. My husband was wondering when I will actually start to show through my clothes cause I do have a little round belly but it doesn’t show through my clothes. I told him I’m only 12 weeks, it will happen soon enough but he wants to know when?” Having an obvious pregnant belly actually takes … [Read more…]

Filed Under: Symptoms, 1st Trimester, Featured Tagged With: bump, pregnancy belly

Five Best Things About the First Trimester

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Five Best Things About the First Trimester

Once you find out you’re pregnant the trimester’s almost over! Pregnancy calendars include the first day of your last period, and pregnancy tests usually can’t detect pregnancy any sooner than two weeks from conception. So that means you’re technically already five weeks along or more when you get a … [Read more…]

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What’s a Nuchal Scan?

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What’s a Nuchal Scan?

A nuchal translucency scan, also known as an NT scan, is a prenatal screening test done by ultrasound that helps to calculate the baby’s risk of being born with Down syndrome and certain other chromosomal disorders. The NT scan measures the amount of fluid behind the fetus’ neck. About 65 to 85 … [Read more…]

Filed Under: 1st Trimester Tagged With: prenatal testing, trisomy, genetic screening

How Pregnancy Calendars Work

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How Pregnancy Calendars Work

Even though conception usually happens about two weeks after the first day of your last period, pregnancies are dated from the first day of your last period. This can get confusing when, say, your doctor tells you that the ultrasound shows your baby is nine weeks and two days old, which makes you 11 … [Read more…]

Filed Under: 1st Trimester Tagged With: calendars

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