Many women found themselves asking the question “Am I pregnant?” Early pregnancy has signs and symptoms that are easy to recognize, and generally they are the same, though different women may not experience the same symptoms. One of the main symptoms of early pregnancy is swollen breast and nipples. You may feel your breasts tender [...]
An American woman with a double uterus, a rare condition that affects around 1 per thousand women in the US, is expecting two babies, due one week apart, but they are not twins because one baby is growing in one womb and the other baby, conceived at a separate time, is growing in the other [...]
You are usually pretty careful, but lately you and your partner have been throwing caution to the wind. All you keep hearing about is how much trouble your friends have trying to conceive, so really what are the odds? Still, you have been so tired lately, get up from your desk 20 times a day [...]
When you’re expecting, what you eat and drink influences your child’s health, possibly forever. Everyday foods and beverages take on new meaning, as some may present a danger to your developing baby. Whole and lightly processed foods, such as whole grains, lean meats, fruits and vegetables, legumes, and low-fat dairy should form the basis of [...]
If you’re unusually tuned into your body, you might begin to suspect that you’re pregnant within the first few days of pregnancy. But most women don’t suspect they are pregnant until they miss a period, and a few don’t suspect or believe they are pregnant for months after conception. Here are 5 common signs of [...]
Cat Pregnancy: Development of the Embryo The entire development of the embryo is a fascinating study with scientific names for each stage, but for brevity and better understanding, we’ll concentrate here on the basics. After fertilization, the zygote (formed by the uniting of the sperm and the ovum) begins to form a somewhat ball-shaped mass [...]
Week 22 Your Baby’s Development The senses your baby will use to learn about the world are developing daily. Taste buds have started to form on the tongue, and the brain and nerve endings are formed enough so that the fetus can feel touch. Your baby may experiment with this newfound sense of touch by [...]
Week 11 Your Baby’s Development From this week until week 20, your baby will be growing rapidly — increasing in size from about 2 inches (5 cm) to about 8 inches (20 cm) from crown to rump. To accommodate all this growth, the blood vessels in the placenta are increasing in both size and number [...]
