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Pregnancy is a minefield of difficult decisions

Filed under: Preconception — Gettingpregnant.com Team @ 1:52 am

Pregnancy is one big bundle of decisions. … Doctors offer the maternal serum triple test, better known as the “triple screen,” around the 18th week of pregnancy. …

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Micro RNAs play role in egg making

Filed under: Infertility — Gettingpregnant.com Team @ 11:28 am

Researchers at Northwestern University and Carnegie Mellon University have found that a recently described class of molecules called microRNAs (miRNAs) play an important role in regulating oogenesis, the process by which females make eggs…

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Low Folic Acid Levels During Early Pregnancy Linked to Increased Risk of Delivering Low-Birthweight

Filed under: Preconception — Gettingpregnant.com Team @ 2:49 pm

Women who have low levels of folic acid in their blood during early pregnancy are more likely to give birth to low-birthweight infants than women who have higher blood levels of the vitamin in early pregnancy…

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Couple of fixes coming soon to the site

Filed under: Getting Pregnant Update — Gettingpregnant.com Team @ 10:37 am

We are working on a couple minor fixes to our main site that should be ready by the time the blog is fully up and running. We are also debating on whether we should have pregnancy and baby articles on our website for those of you who are successful in getting pregnant as we would love to keep you visiting for years to come.

Estrogen gene helps explain some infertility

Filed under: Preconception — Gettingpregnant.com Team @ 1:37 pm

Scientists who have been studying mice have suggested that based on their finding that if a women lacks a certain estrogen-related gene, Infertility drugs may not help…

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Newly Researched Infertility Treatment Comes to the Western U.S.

Filed under: Infertility — Gettingpregnant.com Team @ 11:57 pm

A new infertility treatment has now come to the Western U.S. known as Wum Technique which is a manual physical therapy, similiar to a massage. This apparently has seen pregnancy rates go up to 67% for study participants who have received the therapy before having IVF. (41% is the national average)

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Pregnancy Myths

Filed under: Pregnancy — Gettingpregnant.com Team @ 10:30 am

10 Myths about pregnancy busted.. read more here Cope with pregnancy better after you read this interesting article by Dr. Roopa Nishi Viswanathan.

Ways to read your bodys changes before a pregnancy test

Filed under: Preconception, Getting Pregnant Update — Gettingpregnant.com Team @ 8:18 pm

There are certain cues that you can look for before investing in a pregnancy test to see if you are pregnant. Your body goes through changes that might seem obvious to some but to others have no idea. If you want to know more I suggest that you read the latest article we added to our Preconception section.

Hope everybody is having a wonderful summer - I know we are! :)

Ovulation Calculator

Filed under: Preconception — Gettingpregnant.com Team @ 12:03 am

Have you tried our free ovulation calculator yet? This is a really great simple tool that will help you estimate your conception date as well as a due date and fetal age. Just another resource that may be of use to those of you who are hoping to become pregnant.

Pregnancy Tests

Filed under: Pregnancy — Gettingpregnant.com Team @ 10:39 am

According to a recent survey more american women who have been pregnant learned of their pregnancy through a home pregnancy test than by any other means… read more here

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