Prenatal Health
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Running and Pregnancy: Is It Safe to Run or Jog While Pregnant?
Is running safe during pregnancy? Learn about exercise while pregnant, pregnancy fitness benefits and precautions, and good maternity exercise clothes.
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Importance of Prenatal Vitamins During Pregnancy
Prenatal vitamins are synthetic multivitamins which are vital for pregnant women. They play an important role in giving birth to a healthy child.
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Pregnancy Exercises for All Expecting Mothers
Pregnancy can present some unique challenges, but there are pregnancy exercises and stretches that can benefit any expecting mother.
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Is Chocolate Safe to Eat During Pregnancy?–Caffeine Risks to Baby
Is it okay to eat chocolate while you are pregnant? How much caffeine is in chocolate? Does caffeine cause miscarriage, low birth weight, and birth defects?
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Prenatal Care and Pregnancy: Tests by Trimester
Prenatal care is more than daily prenatal vitamins. From baby's first ultrasound to percutaneous umbilical blood sampling, prenatal testing keeps advancing.
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Choosing Prenatal Vitamins
A pregnant woman typically wants to be diligent about eating nutritiously and taking prenatal vitamins. The best supplements protect you and your baby.
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New Remedy for Morning Sickness
Expectant mothers are finding relief from morning sickness from an unusual source - their prenatal vitamin!
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What to do in the Fourth Month of Pregnancy
Adding extra calories is recommended at the beginning of the 2nd trimester. What else should expectant moms be doing in their fourth month of pregnancy?
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Pregnancy and Dental Health
Learn about the importance of dental health during pregnancy and methods for achieving acceptable prenatal dental hygiene.
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How Prenatal Stress and Anxiety Harms the Health of a Baby
A new study shows that a mom who has prenatal stress and anxiety could increase the risk for health problems in her unborn baby. Find out why.
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Is it Morning Sickness or Something More Severe?
Learn about the differences between normal morning sickness and severe morning sickness or hyperemesis gravidarum.
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Glucose Test During Pregnancy: Blood Sugar Testing While Pregnant
Learn about pregnancy glucose testing for gestational diabetes, blood sugar test results considered normal and abnormal, treatment for pregnancy diabetes.
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What to Do in the Third Month of Pregnancy
Here are some tips to keep moms organized and prepared as they near the end of their first trimester.
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Are Diet Drinks Safe During Pregnancy?
Find out how drinking even a small amount of diet soda can cause serious complications with pregnancy.
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Safety Tips for Pregnant Women This Summer
Extreme summer heat is especially dangerous for pregnant women. Follow these tips to stay cool, and learn to recognize the warning signs of dehydration.
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Home Remedies for Morning Sickness
Looking for natural ways to treat morning sickness? Mild to moderate nausea and vomiting associated with pregnancy can often be alleviated without drugs.
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Gestational Diabetes and Treatment
Gestational diabetes is common among pregnant women. Diabetes may develop during the gestational period, but the condition is highly manageable.
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Morning Sickness: Pregnancy Nausea Remedies, Relief & Treatments
Feeling nauseated while pregnant is very common. Learn tips for dealing with and ways to treat morning sickness and home remedies for nausea and vomiting.
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What to do in the Second Month of Pregnancy
From week 4 through week 8 of pregnancy, expectant moms are scheduling a first prenatal visit and learning baby's due date. What else happens in month two?
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How to Cope With Fibromyalgia During Pregnancy
Women who suffer from fibromyalgia can still enjoy a happy and healthy pregnancy. Coping with fibromyalgia while pregnant is challenging, but well worth it.
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