PREGNANCY

Health & Pregnancy

Pregnancy Essentials

• Managing Morning Sickness
• What to Expect During Labor
• Pregnancy Food Facts: What's Safe?
• What Is Amniocentesis?
• Pregnancy and Vitamin D
• Q&A: Pregnancy and Your Hair

When the pregnancy test comes back positive, you've begun a life-altering journey. As the baby grows and changes through each stage of pregnancy, you go through changes, too: in your body, emotions, and lifestyle. You need information to answer your questions and help you make good decisions for a healthy baby and a healthy you.

Getting Pregnant

Preparing for Pregnancy

• See Your Doctor First
• Why Prenatal Vitamins Are Important
• Prenatal Tests
• Your Prepregnancy To-Do List
• Pregnancy After 35
• Teen Pregnancy

Improve Your Fertility

• Understanding Conception
• Getting Started on Getting Pregnant
• 8 Ways to Boost Your Fertility
• Tool: Ovulation Calendar

Already Pregnant?

• Early Pregnancy Symptoms
• False Pregnancy (Pseudocyesis)
• Home Pregnancy Tests
• Choosing Your Pregnancy Health Care Provider
• Due Date Calculator
• Fetal Development Slideshow
• Taking Medication During Pregnancy
• Fact or Fiction: Debunking the Top 7 Pregnancy Myths

Nutrition and Fitness

Eating Right

• Healthy Pregnancy Diet
• Slideshow: What Not to Eat When Pregnant

Exercise

• Pregnancy and Exercise
• Pregnancy Fitness Slideshow: Your Best Moves Before Baby Arrives

Weight Gain

• Pregnancy Weight Gain: How Much Is Healthy?
• Pregnancy Weight Gain Guidelines Explained

First Trimester

What to Expect

• First Trimester of Pregnancy
• Pregnancy Week by Week: The First Month
• The Second Month of Pregnancy
• The Third Month of Pregnancy

Prenatal Tests

• Prenatal Tests During Pregnancy
• Prenatal Tests: First Trimester
• Rh Sensitization
• Chorionic Villus Sampling (CVS)

Health Concerns

• High-Risk Pregnancy
• 7 Pregnancy Warning Signs
• Bed Rest During Pregnancy
• Dealing With Morning Sickness
• Blighted Ovum
• Sex During Pregnancy
• Common Pregnancy Pains
• Bleeding During Pregnancy
• Understanding Miscarriage
• Anemia in Pregnancy
• Ectopic Pregnancy
• Multiple Pregnancies: Twins and More
• Gestational Diabetes

Second Trimester

What to Expect

• Second Trimester of Pregnancy
• The Fourth Month of Pregnancy
• Fifth Month of Pregnancy
• Sixth Month of Pregnancy

Prenatal Tests

• Second Trimester Tests During Pregnancy
• Amniocentesis
• Quad Marker Screen
• Glucose Screening

Health Concerns

• Back Pain in Pregnancy
• Preeclampsia and Eclampsia
• Heartburn During Pregnancy
• Placenta Previa
• Round Ligament Pain

Third Trimester

What to Expect

• Third Trimester of Pregnancy
• Seventh Month of Pregnancy
• Eighth Month of Pregnancy
• Ninth Month of Pregnancy

Prenatal Tests

• Third Trimester Tests During Pregnancy

Health Concerns

• Braxton Hicks or True Labor Contractions?

Countdown to Baby

Preparing for Baby

• Childbirth Class Options
• Preparing Your Children for Baby’s Arrival
• What to Buy for Your Baby: The Essentials
• Circumcision

Labor and Delivery

• Vaginal Delivery
• Prolonged Labor
• Normal Labor and Delivery Process
• Cesarean Section (C-Section)
• Vaginal Birth After C-Section (VBAC)
• Pain Relief Options for Child Birth
• Inducing Labor
• Stages of Labor
• Delivery of Your Premature Infant
• Water Birth
• Midwives and Home Birth