Negative Pregnancy Test but Pregnant: Chances and Reasons

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Can you always trust express pregnancy tests? This question is still open. Experts assess the possibility of a false-negative pregnancy test at about 1-5%, but there is such a possibility. The accuracy of a pregnancy test depends on its maker, on how closely you follow its instructions, on what medicines you take, and other factors. How Do Pregnancy Tests … Read more

Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) and Pregnancy

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Sexually transmitted diseases (STD), (aka venereological diseases, sexually transmitted infections (STI) are infectious diseases, which are mainly transmitted and spread via sexual contact. The diseases transmitted that particular way only are Syphilis, gonorrhea, donovanosis, chancroid, but there are many more, that are transmitted via sexual contact together with the other ways of transmission: parenteral (HIV, … Read more

Benadryl While Breastfeeding: Safe Treatment of Allergies

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During pregnancy and childbirth, the woman’s organism undergoes serious tests. Because of stress, nursing mothers become vulnerable to various allergens. Most often the disease takes them by surprise. And then, the woman has to start looking for a safe drug that will not harm the child. Allergies are also quite widespread among nursing women but the … Read more

Male Birth Control Pill Availability – How Soon?

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Have you ever thought why in the age of exclusive achievements in modern pharmacology, biology, medicine, artificial insemination, the cloned sheep, tests of an artificial uterus, and other surprising achievements of science, we don’t still have male birth control pill? Why are male birth control pills still not created, while such an invention is seemingly doomed to popularity among … Read more

Stillbirth – Symptoms & Most Common Causes

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Stillbirth is a pathology of pregnancy when the fetus dies in utero in the 20th week of pregnancy or after it (we should remind you that a loss of a baby before the 20th week is considered a miscarriage). About one of 260 pregnancies ends with stillbirth. The majority of stillbirths happen long before the due date, but there are some cases … Read more

First Trimester of Pregnancy: Getting Used to Pregnancy

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Symptoms The beginning of pregnancy, namely the first three months, is an exciting time. However, be prepared to face a number of specific difficulties, because it is the most important period for the formation and development of a fetus. One of the signs of pregnancy – is the absence of menstruation. However, some women may confuse … Read more

19 Weeks Pregnant Symptoms, Ultrasound, Fetus Development

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Being 19 weeks pregnant, most women already feel the baby’s movements. Someone quite clearly feels every move of the baby, while the others just guess the first “flutters of butterflies.” Your weight is gradually increasing, the hips become wider. Your kid is growing, gaining weight, more and more it looks like a little person. Your … Read more

5 Do’s and Don’ts for Buying Newborn Baby Clothes

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There are so many different purchases (or if you’re lucky, hand-me-downs from neighbors and friends) that having a newborn baby requires — a baby stroller, bottles, blankets, a baby monitor, and clothing. This list only scratches the surface of all of the material items that it takes to bring a new baby into your home, and … Read more