Pregnancy:
Pregnancy articles, pregnant woman, pregnancy information, pregnancy and birth, stages of pregnancy.
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Dec 4th, 2008
Fertility patients who are done having children feel responsible for the stored, frozen embryos left over from their treatment, yet more than half are against implanting the embryos in anyone else.
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Dec 1st, 2008
The U.S. bishops approved the Order for the Blessing of a Child in the Womb for use in the dioceses of the United States with a 223-1 vote November 11, at their General Assembly in Baltimore. The bishops also approved a Spanish version of the blessing of a child in a womb of a pregnant mother with a 224-0 vote.
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Nov 20th, 2008
Women who have decided that they do not want to ever become pregnant often select permanent sterilization.
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Nov 20th, 2008
Women who undergo weight-loss surgery, known as bariatric surgery, and later become pregnant after losing weight may be at lower risk for pregnancy-related diabetes and high blood pressure -- complications that can seriously affect the mother or her baby -- than pregnant women who are obese.
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Nov 3rd, 2008
Teenagers who have high levels of exposure to television programs that contain sexual content are twice as likely to be involved in a pregnancy over the following three years as their peers who watch few such shows.
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Oct 31st, 2008
Educational program brings young women together in a casual setting over manicures and martinis while learning the "dos and don'ts" of preserving fertility.
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Oct 25th, 2008
A study by OSDH shows although rates of prenatal care are generally the same for African American and white women in Oklahoma, one in five African American women face significant barriers beginning prenatal care.
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Oct 25th, 2008
The use of acupuncture to increase fertility is far from new — dating back to Taoist tradition over 8,000 years ago — but its use in societies in which Western medicine dominates is less than a century old, and no one knows for sure whether acupuncture can increase the chances of becoming pregnant.
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Oct 22nd, 2008
Our faith requires us to oppose abortion on demand and to provide help to mothers facing challenging pregnancies.
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Oct 20th, 2008
Health Minister Michael McGimpsey announced plans to review maternity services in the Greater Belfast area.
