Birth Defects
Finding out you’re pregnant can come as a pleasant surprise, a shock, or as a cause for celebration — especially if you’ve been trying to get pregnant for a while. While at the beginning you may be looking at lists…
How to Avoid Birth Defects During Pregnancy
Regardless of whether you planned your pregnancy or it took you by surprise, once you start getting ready to welcome your baby, you want to cover all the bases — reading about what to expect during each trimester, making arrangements…
Reasons for a C-Section
Finding out you’re pregnant comes with many emotions. Whether it’s shock, disbelief, or joy — or all three — at some point, you start reading about what to expect, picking out names, and decorating the nursery. Sometimes, the entire pregnancy…
High-Risk Pregnancy
When it comes to pregnancy, there’s a wide range of emotions that vary from person to person: There are women who’ve been planning to expand their family and are thrilled about the news, while others aren’t exactly jumping up with…
Pregnancy Mood Swings
Finding out you’re pregnant comes with many emotions. For some people, it means it’s a time for sheer joy and celebration. For others it’s shocking and terrifying. But we are here to tell you that no matter where you fall…
How Will I Know When I’m in Labor?
Being pregnant for the first time comes with many emotions. It could be shock or celebration (or both). Tears of happiness or tears that come from fear. Questions about when to tell friends and family, how to swing it financially,…
How To Have a Healthy Teen Pregnancy
Finding out that you’re pregnant sometimes comes as a surprise. Getting the news while you’re still a teenager (or the parent of one) can be downright shocking. While it may not be ideal timing, there are plenty of things you…
Foods to Avoid While Pregnant
If you’re currently pregnant, you’re likely spending a good amount of time doing online research about what you can do to make these nine months go by as smoothly as possible. And as a new mom, you’re probably also wondering…
How Likely is it to Get a False Positive on a Pregnancy Test?
There is nothing that can make two minutes feel like two hours as taking a pregnancy test. Regardless of what you hope the results will be, the desire to know immediately can be overwhelming. The thought of the possibility of…
What to Expect if You’re Pregnant with Triplets
You’re pregnant with triplets. Hearing those words either made your heart leap with joy, or made you cry, or maybe both. Three babies? How are you going to manage this? What kind of challenges lie ahead while attempting to raising three children…