Pregnancy:
Pregnancy articles, pregnant woman, pregnancy information, pregnancy and birth, stages of pregnancy.
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Nov 14th, 2009
Dr. Ben Ramaley is a fertility doctor who’s practice is based in Greenwich, Connecticut. He has been accused of doing the unthinkable - using his own sperm in an artificial insemination procedure rather than the patient’s husband's.
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Oct 27th, 2009
A study conducted at Queen Mary, University of London finds that the number of Down syndrome pregnancies has risen dramatically over the past two decades. The research results, which are published in the British Medical Journal, notes that a major factor is that many women are choosing to delay pregnancy.
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Oct 21st, 2009
The October 21 issue of the the Journal of the American Medical Association brings to attention how an undetected genetic mutation in one sperm donor can affect his offspring. It also triggers questions of appropriate screening of sperm donors as technology has improved the ability to screen for genetic mutations.
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Oct 14th, 2009
A global report said on Tuesday October 13, 2009 that contraceptives has decreased global abortion rates down, however unsafe abortions kill 70,000 women every year, while seriously harming millions more.
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Oct 8th, 2009
There is a growing number of childhood cancer survivors. Does the chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or surgery lead to problems with pregnancy and/or the babies?
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Sep 24th, 2009
A pregnant woman in Arkansas who is due to give birth in December 2009 has discovered that she is also pregnant with a second child that appears to have been conceived nearly three weeks after the first. If true, she is experiencing a rare phenomenon called superfetation.
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Sep 23rd, 2009
Results of a new study show that childbearing is strongly associated with increased risk for metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes. Women who develop gestational diabetes have double the chances of metabolic syndrome later in life that increases risk of heart disease from abdominal obesity, high triglyceride levels, insulin resistance, and other cardiometabolic risk factors.
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Sep 21st, 2009
Stress that occurs during pregnancy is known to affect a mother's physiology, which can in turn affect the fetus' developing biological systems.
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Sep 3rd, 2009
For as long as couples have found it difficult to conceive and start a family, they have tried folk remedies and nonmedical advice from family and friends to improve their chances of becoming pregnant.
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Aug 18th, 2009
At 16 weeks, a Tunisian woman is pregnant with 12 babies, 6 boys and 6 girls. The mother and the father are determined to deliver the babies naturally. Doctors have warned that with this determination, huge risks may cause the death of all 12.
