According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, almost 4 million American women give birth every year. Nearly one third of them will have some kind of pregnancy-related complication. Those who don’t get adequate prenatal care run the risk that such complications will go undetected or won’t be dealt with soon enough. That, in turn, can lead to potentially serious consequences for..

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Source: KidsHealth.org via Yahoo! News

Women with hemoglobin SC disease, an inherited blood disorder, can expect relatively normal pregnancy outcomes, according to a report in BJOG: an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology…

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Source: Reuters Health/Yahoo News!

Just added to our preconception section on our website an article about foods that can enhance your fertility.

This helps explain what foods are good to eat and what foods are not if you are trying to get pregnant. This article also talks about how it is important that you eat healthy before your baby is born as this can help ensure that no problems happen later.

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An infant’s first cry may occur not in the delivery room, but in the womb, researchers have found.

With the help of video-recorded ultrasound images, the investigators found that a group of third-trimester fetuses showed evidence of “crying behavior” in response to a low-decibel noise played on the mother’s abdomen.

Fetuses showed a “startle” response to the noise, along with deep inhalations and exhalations, an open mouth and a “quivering” chin — all signs of crying…

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Source: Reuters Health

We are pleased to add our friends at Beyond Fertility to our link list.

This is a wonderful site run by Lori Ramsey who has authored many of the articles that you will find here. Beyond Fertility offers an excellent product store which has plenty of items to help aid you in getting pregnant as well as items for those of you who just got pregnant and have/or are having a baby. Please take a look at this site as we are sure you will like it as much as we do. Thanks.

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We just added an article explaining more about Endometriosis to our Infertility Section. It is titled “How Endometriosis Affects Conception” and will help you understand more about this common but poorly understood disease.

Additionaly you will find out more information on how it is diagnosed and what you can do to treat it.

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Forget about sonograms and amniocentesis tests — a new take-home kit allows expectant moms to find out their baby’s gender as early as five weeks into their pregnancy…

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Source: Charlotte Observer

More than 1.2 million Australian women have put their unborn children at risk by drinking during pregnancy, according to new research and medical evidence.

The Salvation Army has released a survey conducted by Roy Morgan as part of its alcohol awareness campaign, which highlights the risks unborn children face when women drink during pregnancy.

The condition, known as foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), affects about 200,000 Australians and includes central nervous system problems, low birth weight, mental retardation and abnormal facial features…

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Source: The Age

We just added an article today to our infertility section called “Infertility and Pregnancy”.

This article explains how it is the couples problem and should not be looked at as just one of the partners. Goes on to explain what causes infertility for both women and men. An interesting read, be sure to read it if you get a chance.

Click here to read the article on GettingPregnant.com

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