by Charlene Smyth | Apr 21, 2014 | Nutrition/Weight, Vitamins
We’ve known about the importance of various vitamins to take when pregnant like folic acid, calcium, magnesium, etc, for decades but it’s only just recently that the importance of a relatively unknown nutrient, choline, has come to light. In this blog, you...
by Kathryn Rally | Apr 15, 2014 | Body Changes, Health/Safety
Discovering you’re pregnant may indeed be a joyful time; however some of the changes your body will experience over the next nine months may be less so. From the acne to the weight gain you’ll likely experience a revolving door of physical changes. One...
by Kathryn Rally | Apr 15, 2014 | Early Symptoms
Well, can you take a pregnancy test while bleeding ? Yes. Home pregnancy tests measure the level of hCG, or human chorionic gonadotropin, in your urine. This hormone, only produced during a pregnancy, is also present in the blood. As long as you use the...
by Kathryn Rally | Apr 10, 2014 | Early Symptoms, Stages
Before the widespread use of home pregnancy tests, women often created their own pregnancy tests. And you too, can make your own pregnancy test at home, with several simple ingredients readily available in your home or just down the road at your local grocery...
by Kathryn Rally | Apr 4, 2014 | Health/Safety, Infections
Just as oligohydramnios is not enough of a good thing, polyhydramnios in pregnancy is too much of a good thing. This prenatal condition develops when there is too much amniotic fluid in the amniotic sac. And here’s the good news: polydyramnios develops in...