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Articles: Pregnancy

This category contains articles about pregnancy, including information about what and what not to do, what tests might be performed, what complications might come up, and what to expect during prenatal visits with your midwife.

Babies should move at least 10 times every 12 hours. Most babies move much more often than that. Some even move hundreds of times each day. 
Almost any kind of sexual activity is all right in pregnancy if there are no problems and the mother-to-be (that's you) wants to have it.
First, it is important to know that your "due date" should really be thought of as a "due month."
Pre-eclampsia or toxemia is a condition that only occurs during pregnancy, with signs and symptoms that may include high blood pressure, protein in the urine, and significant swelling in the hands and the face. (This is why these things are checked at each prenatal visit close to your due date.) 
Folic acid is a B-vitamin that is essential for normal neural tube closure and development in the fetus.
Iron is probably the only nutrient that it is impossible to get enough of with a very good diet during pregnancy; therefore, some kind of supplement may be necessary.
About half of pregnant women will experience some nausea and/or vomiting related to their pregnancy.
The "birthing ball" is a wonderful comfort tool for pregnancy and labor.
About half of pregnant women will experience some nausea and/or vomiting related to their pregnancy.
In July 2006, in The New Yorker magazine, Jerome Groopman wrote a fascinating article about preeclampsia* and a young researcher who appears to have found the cause.  This is huge.
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